First Baby Shower

so this weekend marked a milestone for us. my first baby shower. i would say OUR first baby shower, but we all know how joe feels about being included in the shower part of having this baby. and just so we're clear, joe got to walk around in the hot afternoon sun, hitting a tiny white ball with a club while i was inside in air conditioning, sipping punch and opening gifts. somehow i think i got the better end of that deal.

anyway, it was my first baby shower. joe's mom and sister hosted it, and i have to say it was wonderful. everything was fantastic, the food, the decorations, the games, the company. it's nice to be surrounded by family and have everyone wishing you well. (and we got a lot of great gifts for the baby too.)

but i have to tell you the funniest part of the shower (besides when it turned into a christmas like frenzy when i let three little girls under 6 "help" me open my presents). the funniest was that we played a game where there was a baby bottle full of pink jelly beans, and the game was to guess how many jelly beans were in the bottle. my mom asked my niece hannah, who is 5, if she knew how many jelly beans there were. hannah said yes, and wisely pointed to the markings on the side of the bottle that indicate how many milliliters of formula. the top number said 260, and hannah pointed at this number. hannah was very confident that those numbers OBVIOUSLY indicated how many jelly beans there would be. so my mom took hannah's advice and wrote down 260. and wouldn't you know it, there were 262 jelly beans. leave it to a 5 year old....

thanks so much to kay and tina for a wonderful shower, and to everyone for coming and all the fantastic gifts. this baby is so very lucky.....