Photos from our Baby Shower, on Feb 7th, 2009.
The basket of "tulips" are actually baby washcloths! and the base is cushioned with a baby blanket. Our friend, Sarah created the basket for us. 
Andrew and I are cutting the baby shower cake (white cake with butter cream icing) Yum. New parents cutting the cake together like a newly married couple does at a wedding reception.
This faux cake is made entirely out of baby diapers, and in the middle (inside) are two baby bottles holding the structure. One of the baby bottles had the messages written by our friends and family in it. The other bottle was filled with pink M&Ms. Our friend Carissa made this Diaper cake. Very Martha Stewart of her. I was impressed!
This faux cake is made entirely out of baby diapers, and in the middle (inside) are two baby bottles holding the structure. One of the baby bottles had the messages written by our friends and family in it. The other bottle was filled with pink M&Ms. Our friend Carissa made this Diaper cake. Very Martha Stewart of her. I was impressed!
We are opening up the gifts at the baby shower. Ellie, Carissa's daughter was my helper handing me the next gift to open. She's 3, and so helpful. This is a pic of a dress and some cute outfits from Andrews folks. Friends and Family who couldn't make it out to the shower (from out of state) mailed the gifts to Carissa, who coordinated the shower, so we would be able to open the gifts all together. A great surprise for Andrew and I. We had no idea.
Of course you can't go to a baby shower with out playing the shower games. Here are pics of us all playing the Dirty Diaper game! Hilarious. There are chocolate candy bars melted in 4 different diapers and people guess what the chocolate is in each one. Johann wanted to taste it! EEW! LOL It is in a diaper and looks like POOP! No, Johann, just look and smell and then write down your guess for each diaper. Then I caught Tonya in the action, she got a good wiff of the "dirty diaper" to make her guess. Tee-hee.
I am passing on the diaper for Andrew to take his turn guessing. I told him to smell it...it will be one of the very few diapers you will enjoy the smell of! LOL. We are in for a whole new world when this baby is born. Changing 8-10 diapers a day!? AND baby poop is not going to be as sweet as the chocolate poop. Be forewarned, Andrew! This dirty diaper game was so funny!
Andrew and I had a blast at the shower and at the "After Party". We were wrapping up the shower around 4 or 5 o'clock and some of us went to Chucke Cheese for pizza and games. We were there till 9 o'clock! I have only been there one other time as a kid. This was a chance for Andrew and I to get a glimpse of what is to come into our future of raising a small child and going to such places like Chucke Cheese. Note to self: Chucke Cheese is not to be visited on a weekend! Save the trip for the middle of the week, like a Wednesday, and we will be fine. Going there on a Saturday evening was a mad house!
Andrew searched high and low for this particular game. It is a classic mole bobbin game, hitting the moles as they pop up out of the whole, with a mallet! He was determind to play and get a high score...finish up a child hood frustration of some sort that he has had with this game. I had no idea. So he plays the game, boppin the moles with the mallet, only he is at the adult height now, slouched over playing this "toddler size" game!
Was so adorable to watch him play. In the end he only got 4 tickets. Each game at the arcade of Chucke Cheese spits out a number of tickets to collect and turn into for an arcade prize/toy. FOUR tickets? I played a newer game, Deal or No Deal. From the popular TV game show. I won 28 tickets! HA! I picked out my winning brief case and illiminated the other cases down to one case, deciding on Deal or No Deal through out the game. It was so fun!
When the costumed Chucke Cheese came out to mingle with the kids, he was like a celebrity for kids. The kids all went bonkers over him and took photo opps with Chucke Cheese, shook his hand, gave him hugs, etc.
I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Chucke Cheese is a RAT in a Pizza parlor?!!! Why would a pizza parlor (serving food) have their mascot be a rat? Isn't this against a food code violation? no rats aloud!? ;^)
Look at her chubby cheeks! (photo above 3D) I think that is her hand/arm to the right of her face? 3D versions of ultra sound looks a little distorted at times, it is hard to look at it telling what is what. This photo is also "upside down" in comparison to the lay out of my pregy belly.
The ultra sound technician measured our baby at 6 pounds already, and I am at 35 weeks. Two weeks left of pregnancy to be considered full term at the 37 week mark... and a complete pregnancy at 40 weeks. I have about 2-5 weeks left till she makes her debut. But of course she can come when ever she feels like arriving. The Doctor says, being at the 6 pounds is in the 80th percentile. ( I get a little confused at this point, while the Doc talks to us) Basically she is not at a preemie size currently, safe to have now if I had too. The longer the baby is in my belly, the better of course, with the lungs developing fully, and other parts all finishing up. Each week that goes by still prego she develops that much more, till she is ready to come out. We welcome you with loving arms baby girl. Look forward to meeting you. :^)************************************************************
A photo also at the 21 week mark, of her fingers, she is waving to us. Then a profile shot of her at 21 weeks (photo below). Looking to the left.
Of course you can't go to a baby shower with out playing the shower games. Here are pics of us all playing the Dirty Diaper game! Hilarious. There are chocolate candy bars melted in 4 different diapers and people guess what the chocolate is in each one. Johann wanted to taste it! EEW! LOL It is in a diaper and looks like POOP! No, Johann, just look and smell and then write down your guess for each diaper. Then I caught Tonya in the action, she got a good wiff of the "dirty diaper" to make her guess. Tee-hee.
I am passing on the diaper for Andrew to take his turn guessing. I told him to smell it...it will be one of the very few diapers you will enjoy the smell of! LOL. We are in for a whole new world when this baby is born. Changing 8-10 diapers a day!? AND baby poop is not going to be as sweet as the chocolate poop. Be forewarned, Andrew! This dirty diaper game was so funny!
Andrew and I had a blast at the shower and at the "After Party". We were wrapping up the shower around 4 or 5 o'clock and some of us went to Chucke Cheese for pizza and games. We were there till 9 o'clock! I have only been there one other time as a kid. This was a chance for Andrew and I to get a glimpse of what is to come into our future of raising a small child and going to such places like Chucke Cheese. Note to self: Chucke Cheese is not to be visited on a weekend! Save the trip for the middle of the week, like a Wednesday, and we will be fine. Going there on a Saturday evening was a mad house!
Andrew searched high and low for this particular game. It is a classic mole bobbin game, hitting the moles as they pop up out of the whole, with a mallet! He was determind to play and get a high score...finish up a child hood frustration of some sort that he has had with this game. I had no idea. So he plays the game, boppin the moles with the mallet, only he is at the adult height now, slouched over playing this "toddler size" game!
Was so adorable to watch him play. In the end he only got 4 tickets. Each game at the arcade of Chucke Cheese spits out a number of tickets to collect and turn into for an arcade prize/toy. FOUR tickets? I played a newer game, Deal or No Deal. From the popular TV game show. I won 28 tickets! HA! I picked out my winning brief case and illiminated the other cases down to one case, deciding on Deal or No Deal through out the game. It was so fun!
When the costumed Chucke Cheese came out to mingle with the kids, he was like a celebrity for kids. The kids all went bonkers over him and took photo opps with Chucke Cheese, shook his hand, gave him hugs, etc.
I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Chucke Cheese is a RAT in a Pizza parlor?!!! Why would a pizza parlor (serving food) have their mascot be a rat? Isn't this against a food code violation? no rats aloud!? ;^)
Now it is a week later from the baby shower and tonight I am sorting all the gifts by clothes, blankets, bath stuff, etc. Getting it all ready and put away. Tomorrow I will do baby clothes laundry, and build my book shelf to get organized. Currently, I have the clothes in 4 piles: new born size, 0-3 months size, 6-9 months size, and 1 year or more sizes. The new born and 3 months piles are set. The rest of our baby's first year she will have to be naked, or wear clothes every other day. She has so many cute outfits and onzies for the sizes up to 3 months and a few at the 6 month size, but after that she runs out of clothes.
We also have a pile of blankets, ALL PINK! Our baby better be born a girl, and not a boy by some small chance, with all of the pink blankets, cute girly outfits, and hair bows...
Andrew and I went to our ultra sound appointment today and the baby is a girl, according to the clear view of her girl part. It would be hard to mistake her for a boy in the end when she is finally born. (does that make sense?) 99.99% the baby is a girl. If not, then we could just have a little drag queen baby, with hair bows and all. Tee-hee.
We also have a pile of blankets, ALL PINK! Our baby better be born a girl, and not a boy by some small chance, with all of the pink blankets, cute girly outfits, and hair bows...
Andrew and I went to our ultra sound appointment today and the baby is a girl, according to the clear view of her girl part. It would be hard to mistake her for a boy in the end when she is finally born. (does that make sense?) 99.99% the baby is a girl. If not, then we could just have a little drag queen baby, with hair bows and all. Tee-hee.
This is a 3D photo of our baby! Cool technology! I can really see her inside me, just chillin and waiting around to be born! Her foot is up near her face, it is a side view or her face, she is looking to the right. Profile shot. 34 weeks 6 days old, in the womb. 
These photos would actually be upside down according to my baby position, where she is already head down, going towards the exit area. With her foot by her face, it makes sence, because a little round bump always hangs out up by my ribs, which is her baby butt. If I look down at my pregy belly, there is a round butt bump to the right side. She's like a little stink bug, haha. Stickin her butt up, and the head nestled down by my pelvis.
These photos would actually be upside down according to my baby position, where she is already head down, going towards the exit area. With her foot by her face, it makes sence, because a little round bump always hangs out up by my ribs, which is her baby butt. If I look down at my pregy belly, there is a round butt bump to the right side. She's like a little stink bug, haha. Stickin her butt up, and the head nestled down by my pelvis.Look at her chubby cheeks! (photo above 3D) I think that is her hand/arm to the right of her face? 3D versions of ultra sound looks a little distorted at times, it is hard to look at it telling what is what. This photo is also "upside down" in comparison to the lay out of my pregy belly. The ultra sound technician measured our baby at 6 pounds already, and I am at 35 weeks. Two weeks left of pregnancy to be considered full term at the 37 week mark... and a complete pregnancy at 40 weeks. I have about 2-5 weeks left till she makes her debut. But of course she can come when ever she feels like arriving. The Doctor says, being at the 6 pounds is in the 80th percentile. ( I get a little confused at this point, while the Doc talks to us) Basically she is not at a preemie size currently, safe to have now if I had too. The longer the baby is in my belly, the better of course, with the lungs developing fully, and other parts all finishing up. Each week that goes by still prego she develops that much more, till she is ready to come out. We welcome you with loving arms baby girl. Look forward to meeting you. :^)
Here are some other Ultra Sound pics from a previous DR visit. Here I am 21 weeks prego. This is her snuggled up with her foot by her nose, the head on the right foot to the left. The photo is looking down at her.
A photo also at the 21 week mark, of her fingers, she is waving to us. Then a profile shot of her at 21 weeks (photo below). Looking to the left.
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