Build Her Library Shower

This shower was at our home on June 18th with friends from church. The theme was "Build Her Library". Everyone was encouraged to bring a book with their sentiments written inside in lieu of a card.  This is a sweet way to build memories.

The cake was so adorable and yummy.  It was made by Vanessa.

All of the food was wonderful!

The hostesses, Katie B. and Hannah

Katie B. with Vanessa, the pastry chef.

 Sue, Mary, Darleen & Kim

Sheila & Darleen

Rachel & Amy

Now it's Amy's turn to fix her hair.

Lori & Sarah

One of our games was to guess the candy bar that's in the diaper.  I was reminded that her diapers will not smell this yummy ;-)

Pam trying hard to figure this one out.

 Lori won this one and the prize went to me.  It was a "Boo Boo Bunny".  It goes in the freezer and you pull it out when your child needs comfort for a little boo boo.

 Then we had two games going at once.  One was "How big is the belly?" and the other was "My water broke".  We each had a cup with a mini plastic baby that was frozen.  Whoever got their baby free first won.

 Lots of us were blowing in our cups to try and get our babies to break free but others used different tactics.

Darleen won the belly game.

The prize was two pair of socks.  One had polka dots and then there was this pair (her dad will love these!)

Everyone decided to look at the nursery and they had fun playing with the baby's clothes.

Her crib is in our room.

Time to open gifts!

Sue, Mary, Sheila, Darleen, Hannah and Valerie is in the chair in front.

 Pam & Sarah

 The photographers, Theresa & Pam.  You captured some great moments!!

Who could resist a little girl in an outfit like this? I think Katie B. is helping us plan for her first photo op.

 Dad stayed away as long as he could.  He had to sneak around and get some berries.

 This is one of the fanciest dipaer bags I have ever seen.  It comes with a bassinet/changing pad & tons of organizational pockets.  It's all-in-one. Thank you, Susan (we missed you) and Amy!

 Another gift from Los Angeles.  This is a teether from LaSaundra.  Thank you, L.  Wish you could have been here.

Mary's decorative wrapping.

Her first tutu.  Courtesy of Mary :-)

 Theresa got us a basket with a lot of goodies!

 Sue was thinking about those fun times when the teeth start appearing.

 I think Sarah was thinking about her second photo op with this outfit.  It comes with an adorable floppy hat too.

 This box of useful items came from Kim & Kendra.  Thank you. And Kendra, we missed you too.

Kim's water broke first.  The prize was a giraffe that makes soothing noises for our baby.

It was so much fun being with all of you! Thank you!