Today was my first baby shower! Leisha, Shannon, and Angie organized it and we had it at the Gardner house in La Mesa. I forgot my camera so if anyone has any pictures, send 'em my way. I got a few from Sheri. I meant to get a group shot, but my pregnancy brain (and/or nausea) got in the way of me remembering to do that too. We had a great time...it's funny how far south conversations go when you put a bunch of gals in one room. Hee hee! I went to urgent care a couple of days before to make sure I'd survive the shower and I felt pretty good.
Some highlights:
We played a very sweet piggy bank game. Everyone put some change in a piggy bank and made a wish for Mommy and baby Corbett. Here are the wishes...
- Good health and happiness
- Immediate bonding
- A home filled with music - from guess who? :)
- Happy, healthy baby and easy nursing
- Easy delivery and Daddy-baby bonding
- Happy baby with lots of smiles
- Creative baby
- Lifetime bond with baby
- Time together playing, laughing, and loving
- Sleep! - says the sleep deprived Mommy of the bunch!
- Put off unimportant things
- Cooperative
- Happy
- Enjoys his toys, comes out easily, and make sure he's cute!
Suzy's adorable little Peter stole the show on several occasions. Here he is eye-ing the piggy bank after playing with the toilet paper used to guess my girth.
Okay, some of you are going to think this next thing is gross, but it was a fun, unique highlight of the shower...Shannon heard a rumor that if you mix Drano with the urine of a pregnant woman that you can tell the sex of the baby by the color. Blue for boys, green/brown for girls. And...since I know the sex of mine, but Angie (who was only 5 weeks pregnant at the shower) does not, we thought it would be fun if we could unofficially determine the sex of Angie's baby by testing both our urine. If the color prediction works with me, then maybe we can guess Angie's. So, that's right...we both peed in jars and Shannon mixed them with Drano. Results? Mine turned very brown, but I KNOW we are having a boy (see the ultrasound on an earlier post if you're not convinced). Angie's turned green. So, who knows?? But, it was good for many laughs!
Thank you to everyone for making me feel so special! I am SO glad that my Mom and sister, Sheri, got to fly down from Seattle to be here! And that they got to meet so many members of my "other" family! I will cherish the memories from this day!
