The Baby Shower Was A Success!

Well, the baby shower is finally over! Months of shopping, crafting, laughing, and hard work have paid off.

Jennifer, Deata, Anita- we couldn't have done it without you! From the awesome food made by Deata and Jennifer, to the set up, the clean up, just absolutely everything.

The day started off quite well. Everything was ready to go, with the exception of my baking the meatballs and boiling the pasta. We started loading the cars up (Jennifer and Deata spent the night at my house), and while walking down from my kitchen to the laundry room, my shoe got caught in my pants, and I took a swan dive off the stairs. I only missed one step, and fell flat on my face, sprained my ankle, cut my left knee open, and broke the dog ramp. Nothing like picking the most inopportune moment to hurt myself.

Since it was my right ankle I sprained, I couldn't even drive. John had to drive me to the shower and I had to limp my way in. Unfortunately, I couldn't put any pressure on it at the beginning, and was unable to help with any of the set up. My friends are the BEST people in the world. They made me calm down, sit down, and quit freaking out. I sat with my Maria (Anita's 4 year old daughter) and filled the treat bags with Hershey's Kisses. She was SUCH a big help! All she kept saying was "Auntie Beth, I love helping you!". The feeling was mutual!


Katie and Rick were only 30 minutes late, beating our first estimates by 15 minutes! They seemed to love everything that we did. Rick's mom, sister, sister-in-law, niece, and his "aunt" all came, and we were thrilled to have them. We will be attending another shower for them at his mom's house on Saturday. It's going to be fun- just like they are! Rick cracked us up while opening their gifts. I honestly don't think Katie opened more than a couple. He giggled when opening everything, and it was terrific to see his enthusiasm.
All of the centerpieces and most of the decor were all homemade using the Cricut machine John got me for Christmas. That thing is awesome! The centerpieces were simply made from a 4x4x8' piece of pine, cut down with a chop saw loaned to me by a co-worker. I bought 59¢ craft paint bottles and put a couple of coats on the blocks. The cutouts were all done with the Cricut, scrapbooking adhesive, and a few rhinestones for eyes. They were so cute!

It was Jennifer's idea to make a "clothesline" of cutouts, and we made the above onesies with different animals on each, with the baby hanging in the diaper in the middle. It turned out great!

Now that Wednesday has arrived, I can walk again. I kept the foot up as much as I could, and I seem to have healed quite well. Not bad, considering it hurt so badly on Sunday that I thought I fractured it. My friends said it was a way for God to tell me to chill out, and quit worrying. Couldn't there have been some other sign? I get thrown down the stairs to prove a point? :)

Here's to Sammy- my future new nephew!