Last Saturday, the ladies from my church community group (and Dea), hosted a baby shower for me. It was a wonderful time of celebrating the blessing of Riley’s upcoming arrival and I was touched that my cousins Julie and Erica and an 8 mos. pregnant Jenn B. were able to come down from
Riley collected some serious booty – lots of books, adorable clothes and handmade items (sock puppets from Aimee, glow-in-the-dark mobile from Heidy, Mickey Mouse blanket from Julie, and a homesewn “hooter hider” from Jenn K for his modest mama). Lisa found a bunch of moose-themed gifts in honor of my Alaskan roots and Riley got a personal invitation on a seashell from Gramma Betsy to come and play with her at
The spread was full of my favorite finger foods & drinks – fruit salad, cheese and crackers, thai spring rolls, thai iced tea, crab cakes – it was all delicious. Antonia brought mango nectar (made in her home country of
-Here you see the three preggos on the sofa (from left) – Jenn B (June), Me (May), Jenn K (April)
Alecia & Aimee who is holding Oil’s daughter Zippy – our son’s intended if we have our way (we’re negotiating the details of the dowry with Jon and Oil)
Group shot with Erica, Lisa (& CeCe), Dagmar & Oil
Me & Dea
Today, my co-workers threw me another shower with more good food and good stuff for Riley. The folks at InterGen were very generous and bought the stroller & car seat combo and Baby Bjorn we had registered for as well as other gifts. So now I don’t have to worry about not having a car seat to bring Riley home in – we have everything we need in the event of early labor.
Here’s a couple shots from today’s shower:
If labor happens it will only be early for the next 7 days. I’m 36 weeks today and as of next Thursday, Riley is considered full-term. May God have mercy on me and start those contractions soon after. I’m feeling “beached” at this point…
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