Sunday, Dec 11th, we had our baby shower. we weren't originally going to have one because we really weren't sure when the baby was coming (with all the preterm labor complications). also having family host a baby shower was out of the question (his parents are not very social), my mom is not in good health and my sister has her hands full with her 2 year old (plus planning these types of things is jut not something she likes to do :)
then we got to a point where things looked good - baby was staying inside where he belongs and all the weeks of bedrest were paying off. by that time, it was mid-nov and i was contemplating planning my own shower. i didn't want to ask anyone and it wasn't really going to be a shower - more of a celebration party... ha ha...
Robin started asking about a shower and i explained the above and she decided that wasn't good enough (thanks dear robin) and she mobilized Grace and what was going to be a small party turned into a bigger party (somehow everyone that i thought might not be able to make the odd time {due to morning church} ended up making it).
so we packed over 30 people into our house and did a Costco run for food. Robin also cooked up a massive egg casserole - yumm! it was a little hectic but it was actually really nice to see everyone, esp being on bedrest for so long. got to catch up with a lot of people and find out what was going on for the holidays (lots of family and skiing trips). 4 of my co-workers were actually able to make it - it was great to see them. we played some baby shower games: guess the belly circumference, match the animal to it's baby and guess the baby food. surprisingly it was mostly guys that won - ha ha.... and then we had cake - special ordered by michael and grace by a bakery on the peninsula. it was a whole sheet white cake with yummy strawberry mousefilling. we were still eating that cake at the end of the week :p
it was overwhelming how generous people were with gifts. we got so much of what we needed as well as a good number of gift cards to make up for what we still need. we love our friends and family! of course, we don't love them just for gifts, but we never expected all that. it reminded me of how important our little community of friends are and how we support each other through all of life's many changes and curve balls.
we had another baby shower on Wednesday, the 14th at william's office. we were overwhelmed there too! i teased william that for all his scowling grumpiness, i was surprised at how many of his co-workers would want to contribute to his first kid (almost 20 of them!). even he was amazed and reasoned it by saying that his co-worker Vicki must have went around twisting people's arms for money. ha ha! but vicki did a lot of work - she was the one that collected $, as well as buy all the gifts, cake and decorations. i am trying to figure out what we can get her as a thank you gift. William mentioned she just got a golden retriever puppy this summer so maybe something dog related.
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