I was lucky with how many showers that people threw me! We got pretty much everything we needed except for a few small things! It was so much fun to reveal that we were having a boy at each shower, playing lots of different games, and just being able to socialize with all the friends and family!
I was so very blessed for all who came and I am so grateful
to everyone! It really means so much to me that we had so many people show up
to the shower! I love you all and appreciate everything everyone has done for us! Thank you so much :)
My mother-in-law and sister-in-law both helped to throw me a shower for Nick's side of the family. Andi, being on bed rest, made these beautiful elaborate invites! And yes, she did sew yellow thread around the border!! I guess that is what someone bored on bed rest does :)
Then, even though they had just moved into their new house just 3 weeks before my shower, they had everything ready and planned such a wonderful shower! I really did marry into a great family!
Even my little
sister-in-laws Elizabeth and Cierra put a game together for the shower
as well! The Price Is Right!! So much fun!!
For this gender reveal at this shower, we did a cake reveal! They did a wonderful job of making the cake!
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| Candy inside :) |
Present Time!
My sister Kortnie ended up surprising me by showing up as well!! She was in northern Michigan on vacation and I didn't think she would make it back in time, but she left at 5 in the morning so that she could make sure to be there!!
After the shower both my sisters and I went to the mall in Madison to
shop for our birthdays! Since all of us are born in the summer we
decided instead of just getting gifts for each other we would go
shopping and just buy each other what we wanted and make a fun day out
of it! So worth it! I love my sisters both so much!! I am so excited
that Kaylee is moving up here to Madison for school!! She will be about
an hour closer to me now!! Overall, it was a super long day, but totally worth it!
My
three Aunts threw me a shower for my side of our family! They had some
really fun games along with a diaper raffle and bringing books instead
of a card! All really good ideas :) I am so blessed to have such
wonderful Aunts!!
My Aunt Julie made the cute diaper cake and the watermelon baby carriage! So adorable!!
Then
I had everyone vote what they thought my baby was going to be and wear a
sticker so I could see what people thought! The votes were pretty even!
For this shower we had a present that would be the gender reveal.
Unfortunately
I don't think anyone understood when I opened the dinosaur stuffed
animal that is was going to be a boy. Mom said there was supposed to be a
boy outfit in the gift too, but they must have forgotten to put it in
there. Oh well, I just ended up holding up the dinosaur and said it is a
boy! It worked out just fine even though it wasn't exactly perfect!
There
were so many people who came, including one of my cousins I hadn't seen
in around 5 years! It was so great to see everyone, I can't wait for
our little boy to meet them all!!
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| I LOVE MY SISTERS :) |
My
best friend Lauren put together a brunch shower on August 4th at the
same location as my work shower. Since Dianne, my coworker, had already
reserved the room, she said that we could use the room that morning for
my firend shower. This way I was able to get all my IL showers done in
one weekend. Yes it was super exhausting, but totally worth it!!
Lauren
made some wonderful breakfast foods, and we had a diaper raffle,
presents and a lot of chatting! It was perfect for my friend shower :)
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All of my girls :) Love them all to pieces!!
For
the gender reveal for this shower, I got silly string, wrapped it and
took off the top so that no one could tell what color it was. Then
everyone got one and we sprayed it everywhere! It was a super fun way to
reveal the gender to my friends!
Present Time!!
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| My
sister was taking pictures and since she is also a big soccer player
she had to take a picture of our baby's first soccer ball! |
Pictures with my friends!
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| Roomie
Pic!! The next time all of us will be together will hopefully be around
Christmas! Then after that will be Hilary's wedding in June!! |
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| Megan who was my friend since birth, literally! We have pictures of us together when I was just a few weeks old! |
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| Steph and her baby boy Kayden! So excited for our boys to play together one day! |
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| My friend Raquel!! |
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| A picture of the parents to be :) This is actually a good picture of us!!! |
I
only work with one other girl at my job, Dianne, so she pretty much
knew everything from the beginning! Since I first told her I was
pregnant she said that she would throw me a shower along with my boss
Tracy who works at the Aurora location. Even though we are the only two
at our location, we talk with so many people daily who are at the Aurora
office. It was a lot of fun to get together with the girls we hardly
ever see, but have a complete relationship with via phone or email! I am
so grateful for everyone from my work who came down to my tiny hometown
for the shower!
We
had some fun games, subway lunch, a diaper raffle and the last gender
reveal as well! This gender reveal was like the Berg Shower gender
reveal where a present was what revealed the gender. Again, at this
shower people didn't really understand, and the outfit was actually blue
and said Mommy's Big Guy on the shirt! Future reference to people who
want to do a reveal at a shower, don't make a present be the reveal :)
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| Di, me and my boss Tracy! |
