I begrudgingly let her play games which all worked out really well. As it turns out, my hatred for baby shower games didn't really matter because I wasn't playing them. It was all just quite entertaining to me! We played "What's in the Bag", where you put 10 baby items in brown paper bags and everyone has to guess what's in each just by feeling it through the outside of the bag. My favorite quote of the day:
"Well, I don't really know what this is... because I didn't go to BLIND SCHOOL!"
We had a diaper raffle where anyone who brought a package of diapers was entered to win a $25 Five Guys gift card. I have so many diapers now but Jodie assures me that even though it seems like a lot, they won't really last me very long. There's way too much poop in my future. They also played bingo while I was opening gifts.
And my favorite-- everyone filled out advice cards for me. Those were also very entertaining. I got everything from "Be sure to sanitize the grocery cart handle." to "Kids are just like pets and after meeting your pets, I know you'll do a great job." What can I say? We have some very wise friends. I'm slowly but surely putting my scrapbook together of everyone's picture and advice. Those advice cards are so wonderful. It's something I'll treasure forever.
I had everyone take a picture with me to use in the scrapbook. I don't know why we ended up doing it in front of the back door, but whatever. This one is my favorite:
Odd choice of favorite, right? But, guess how many people are in that picture. FIVE! Yep, Amy's pregnant with twins!
As with the first shower, everyone was so generous. David and I have really wonderful friends. I got everything that I needed to finish up my "must haves" list.
I did, however, notice an interesting phenomenon. People don't buy boy clothes like they do girl clothes. I remember Annie getting sooooo many cutsie girlie outfits. I got some adorable onesies but almost no outfits. Odd. I'm not complaining though-- I got lots of hand-me-downs from Cari so I don't really need much for the first year or so!
The third shower wasn't really a shower. I would've called it shower number two and a half, but I don't know how to say that in Spanish. Work (Tracy!) organized a lunch at the Olive Garden for us. About fifteen people showed up and it was a good time. What was particularly nice was that three levels of my bosses showed up and my old boss. David's boss was there too. Lots of other office friends came too. Tracy apparently sent an envelope around the office and collected enough cash to get us the Pack 'n Play! Again with the generosity. I'm blown away.
So, we're set. Really, really set. Just 5.5 more weeks.
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