June 4, 2011-My sister, Maribeth, cousin Jill, and friends Laura, Lori and Courtney threw me a baby shower in Jeff City! Everyone managed to dodge the cicada's that were swarming my parents house (well minus my sister who claims she got bit on the neck by one! yuck!) and have a good time!! Jill brought over a yummy cake that matched the invitations, my mom made a diaper cake that matched the theme of elephants in baby s's room, lori brought my most favorite cupcakes ever, court brought some yummy punch (i need that recipe!), mary did a great job on all the decorations, food, invites and organization of the whole thing, and laura brought some delicious crackers and cheese. They also played a game, where everyone had to guess which baby's mama (todds mom, karen, or my mom, melita) answered the question. For example, we all learned that Karen threw up in every parking lot in Big Rapids when she was pregnant with Todd, he was born during a tornado, his first word was Ball, and she shaved her legs AFTER her water broke before going to the hospital! haha. Melita craved mexican, was in labor for only 3 hours (lets hope its this easy for me :)) said my first word was dada, and I came a whole month before her due date! My aunt wanneta and sister maribeth won that game! We got alot of wonderful presents, alot of gift cards which we will use to finish off our registry items, and had a great time! Most of all I think everyone enjoyed holding everyone's babies!! There were 6 of us pregnant just a few months ago, and I am the only one left standing!! Thanks to everyone who came and Baby S sure is lucky to be welcomed into the world with so many great friends and family!!! love you all!!! and thanks again to my besties and sissy for throwing me a shower! :)
