Belated Shower Post

I've been super slow posting pictures from the wonderful shower Jill and Liz threw for us at work.

The adorable (and tasty) cake! How cute are those rattles?


Wow, this looks like endless entertainment for the lil guy! Thanks Liz, Kyle, Joshua and Travis!


Diaper cakes are too darn cute to take apart - I love the shoes and K on the cake Jill made.


We received not one but TWO beautiful handmade blankets - have I mentioned that we're so lucky to have such wonderful friends? The blankets photographed wonderfully - I on the other hand look odd in those two pics. Trust me - they're gorgeous and will get so much use!

We were so overwhelmed to receive our pack and play as the gift from the group - a big thank you to everyone!!


There was some debate about if these sippy cups were for me or for the baby. :)

Scott's new ride

We've been debating about a new car for a while now - it was either make a few repairs to Scott's car or decide that it had reached the end of its life with us and trade it in. All of the car specials and financiang offers helped convince us and totay we bought a Chevy Malibu!

"How wonderful life is..."

"now you're in the world." from the Elton John song is the quote our lil guy will "read" while he has his diaper changed. I ordered the quote from Uppercase Living and was thrilled with how it turned out and looks on the wall. Sorry the wall color looks different -different cameras.



We finally decided to put the initial above the crib and surround it with a few circles in coordinating fabric. I'm really happy with how it turned out - in this pic you can also see one of the quilts my mom (quilter extroirdinaire) made.



We also added a few shelves to the room so we would have somewhere to store cute things (like the sock bouquet Jen made) as well as books.



I think the room is "almost" finished!! I'm happy with the end result!

Showered by Friends and Coworkers

On Thursday afternoon, Liz and Jill threw us a baby shower at work. More pictures to follow; however, I was overwhelmed by how kind and generous everyone was (and has been throughout all of our showers). Thank you to all of our friends and family - we're so lucky!

A picture of me with Liz and Jill - the fab hostests.

A guy day

While the ladies of the family were at the baby shower that Jen, Kenna and Erika threw, the guys headed out to the K to check out the renovations to the stadium. They were impressed by the new additions and improvements. Unfortunately, the Royals lost - by just one point - but they still had a great time.

Michael in front of the George Brett statue. He must not have been ready to have his pic taken - he was excited to go to his first MLB game!


Dave and Chuck - always sporting Nebraska colors - even to a Royals game. :) Now sure what they're pointing to, but it looks like they're having fun.

Super weekend

What a great weekend! We had family in town for a baby shower on Saturday - Friday night everyone had dinner at my parent's and it was good to see everyone and catch up.

On Saturday, the "girls" headed to the baby shower and the "boys" headed to the K to watch the Royals play. They went out several hours before the game to check out all of the new stuff at the stadium. Unfortunately the Royals lost (by one point!) but they had a great time!

Jenn, Kenna and Erika hosted a beautiful baby shower for me on Saturday. I'm so lucky to have such great friends! The food was fabulous, decorations adorable and Jenn had the great idea to have me take a picture with each person as I opened their gift! It was great - and now I have a picture of me with each person that I can pair with the advice tag in the shower scrapbook Jenn started for me!

Kenna, me and Jenn


The yummy food and super cool baby sock flower arrangments - how can I take those apart?!


A few pics of me with people - Liz and I.


My mom (aka the quilter extrodinare) anad I. This baby will be very warm with beautiful quilts.



Jenn and I.



Linda, Kelli and I.

Shower

This afternoon Scott's coworkers threw us a baby shower. I really enjoyed seeing everyone and it was a fun shower! The cake was fabulous (I just had another piece a little bit ago) and Rose made these fantastic pizza squares that were quite tasty (and a big hit).

We received many wonderful things that will make caring for the lil guy much easier, and some that will make it a lot more fun! :) I was so excited to get several books - I loved having books read to me when I was little, and I look forward to doing the same with our little guy. We are lucky to have such great friends and coworkers.

Below are some pictures of the afternoon.

Scott and I with the shower hosts (Andrew, Rose, Cari and Rebecca)

The 'lil guy's official KC MO fireman shirt! Thanks Chris and Kate!

Some of the gang enjoying cake and punch.

The yummy cake.


The adorable diaper cake that Rebecca made! She's super mom - she just had her first baby a month ago!