Your First Baby Shower

This was my first baby shower for you and it was also my 28th birthday. I was around 4 months pregnant. I was not showing very much. We thought it would be nice to have a baby shower with everyone in the family that was pregnant at the time in Puyallup, Washington at Grandma Kathies's house. We live in Salem, Oregon and your Dad stayed home because he had Lucciano that weekend and they wanted to have a guy weekend. We had a lot of girls that were pregnant at once. Your Aunt Taylor ( 8 months having a boy ), Aunt Jessica ( 5 months pregnant having a girl ), Aunt Karen ( 4 months having a girl ) and I ( 4 months having unknown at this point ). Aunt Jessica was not able to come because she lived in Tucson, Arizona and she wanted to save the trip to come and see you and me later in Salem, Oregon. She helped with putting everything together though. She sent instructions for all the games and made the party invitations and party favors. She then sent them all to your Aunt Katie who hosted the baby shower.

Morning of Baby Shower

We woke up and your Aunt Taylor, cousin Rylie Ray, Aunt Katie, Grandma Kathie, and I went to this little craft mall that they have a little eatery that have tea parties with little sandwiches, tea, and desserts. Grandma Kathie thought it would be fun to go and have a tea party before the baby shower. Aunt Karen had to work so she could not go. So we all had some sandwiches, apple cider, and some soup which were really good. It was a lot of fun then we walked around the craft mall to look at all the crafty stuff. It was a nice little outing. Then we went to the store to pick up everything we needed for the baby shower and started preparing for the afternoon.

Afternoon of Baby Shower

Grandma Kathie got your Mom a chocolate fountain for the party, which she took home with her after. We were able to dip fruit in the chocolate fountian, which was fun. We also had other things to eat. Everyone that was there were family. It was:

Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Knoll
Great Aunt Pattie and Great Uncle Danny
Grandma Kathie
Aunt Taylor and Uncle Jeremy
Aunt Katie and Uncle Tim
Aunt Karen and Uncle Bill

It was really fun. We played some games like Baby Ice Cubes., Candy Bar Diapers, How big is she with ribbon. Everyone had a lot of fun. We mostly talked since we don't see each other that often. You received:

Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Knoll : Cloths and Great Grandma is going to make you a sweater when she finds out if you are a boy or a girl.

Great Aunt Pattie and Great Uncle Danny : More cloths and she is going to make you a baby quilt

One of my friends Ashley ( Aunt Taylor's Sister ) gave you a wiggle worm floor toy that had stuff hanging above so you could play with them.

Aunt Taylor and Uncle Jeremy : baby sling white and green

Grandma Kathie : Car toy to entertain you in the car but also the chocolate fountain and a gift card. She also gave Mom a sewing machine for her birthday. She was really excited about that.

Then everyone left and I stayed at Grandma Kathie's till the next day and then drove home.