Baby Shower 3.

This post is so overdue, but I guess better late than never?!?!

We had our third baby shower back in May which was mainly for Mitch's side of the family and for all of our friends from the area. There were lots of yummy sandwiches, cake and of course presents. Something unique at this shower was that our guests were asked to bring a book for our baby rather than spending money on a card. Mini Bee accumulated lots of good books for his book shelf!

This shower was held at the Holiday Inn in a more casual setting because we invited a wide variety of guests, both guys and girls. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and it was great having Mitch at a shower to celebrate our upcoming arrival since guys usually sit the fun parties out.

Another fun part of the shower--My mom surprised me and showed up! I had no idea she was coming to town so it was a great surprise!

Here are some pictures that Mitch's dad took:

All the goodies!

 The adorable diaper cake filled with lots of baby goodies!

 Mitch all enthusiastic--He will love this picture :)

 Checking out the cute monster bath towel!

 Our baby swing--Yay! Also the changing pad my mom made on the side.

 Mitch saying thank yous to all the guests!

Many thanks to Mitch's sister, sister-in-laws, and parents for pulling together a great shower--and of course our guests too for coming!

Summer Vacation & 29 weeks baby bump shot.

Slow week on the blog. Honestly, my life has only been slow on the blog though. Because I finished the school year with my two classes of kids. I have officially prepared them for Kindergarten and passed them onto the next adventure of their young lives. That's what is so hard about being a teacher. You invest all this time and work into them hoping that they will keep advancing with each year, even amongst all these little quirks that took a whole year to figure out. If only I could pass that information onto their next teacher....

Now my mission for Summer vacation is to
1. Take it Easy
2. Organize the house
3. Do some projects
4. Prepare for baby :)

As promised (good thing I don't promise timelines) here is the baby bump picture for 29 weeks... Yes, its almost 2 weeks old already. Eek! Rest assured we took my next shot already today so that we don't slip that far behind again. We also did some studio maternity shots so those will be shared within the next few days or week depending on how busy Mitch is.

Don't you just love the diaper cake I am holding? My mom made it with some of the fabric scraps we used on the crib fabric. 

Speaking of baby showers.... We have our last one tomorrow night! 

After that we should be close to being ready for mini bee :) It's getting so close and exciting! 

Baby Shower (1).

I have no idea how this week has gotten past me but the fact that Easter weekend was a long time ago makes this post more urgent.

My wonderful sister, sister-in-law and mother put together lots of work and effort to throw me a very special baby shower.

The shower consisted of my relatives and close family friends. Not only was I "showered" with lots of amazing gifts but it was also a good chance to see lots of cousins I haven't had a chance to see.

Here is the brunch menu served:
(Eggbake, fruit, and muffins)

First on the game agenda was to have all the guests decorate onesies with any design or quote they could come up with and I chose my favorite from all of the designs.
Here is a sample: (including my favorite choice--the middle shirt, I am sure to hold true)

Then we played a game where I was blindfolded and had to feel all the different baby supplies and guess what they were. I was awesome at this game by the way ;)

Last up, we played what might have been my favorite game. There was 20 qualities listed and I had to choose whose quality I want Mini Bee to have. (Ex: Eyes: Mine or Mitch's?) I then compared my answers with everybody else's. It was interesting to see which qualities people thought were more desirable in Mitch and I.
 
Another awesome piece to the shower....
A diaper cake my mom made for me :)

At the shower I received lots of thoughtful/useful/cute gifts. This little mini bee is sure spoiled and lucky. I think he feels pretty loved.

Here is his closet after the first shower...

How awesome, right? Mitch and I (and of course Mini Bee too) feel very fortunate to have so many people celebrating with us in the upcoming arrival of our little guy.
Thank You!! :)