This past Sunday was my baby shower in Villa Grove that Jacob's mom was throwing for me. My friend Ashely and I had been wanting to check out the outlet mall in Tuscola, so we decided to shop first and then she would come to V.G with me for the shower!
We set out around 9:30 that morning with my not-so-trusty GPS. It's been crapping out a lot lately. Its newest trick is to either freeze or enter in numbers and letters that I didn't push! Anyway, we got there as they opened and shopped for a couple of hours. We pretty much stuck to the kids clothing stores, but checked out a few others as well. I'm pretty sure the most entertaining thing we witnessed was a lady (probably around 50) in Old Navy sitting at a table they had set up for kids, very intently coloring a picture. Umm...say what?
Around 1:15 we grabbed some McDonald's and headed over to Brenda's for the shower. We were the first ones to arrive and the others arrived shortly after. Several people had been invited, but it turned out to be a super busy weekend, so only a handful were actually able to make the shower. It was a very good time though!
Ashley's daughter, Charleigh who is 2 was with it. She enjoyed showing off for everyone. She took to Jacob's, Grandma Karin and when it was time to leave she was saying, "I wanna go with her!" Too cute.
Daniel got even more loot. Here's some of it:
Yay! His own Pujols shirt! Now Albert had better stay with the Cards!!
HAHA!
Love "Goodnight Moon"
A toy for the future!
So happy to get my diaper bag!
Charleigh loved helping me organize the bags!
We had lots of tasty treats!
Me and the proud Grandma!
Me with my partner in crime.
I think we left around 4:30 and as we were driving away Charleigh was saying, "I wanna go back to Brenna's! (Brenda's). Not much longer after that and some whining, this happened:
I'm so very thankful for all of the showers that were thrown for us. We're pretty much all set with "stuff" for now. And as much as I've loved the showers, I'm glad it's over now! No more giant messes as I try to sort through it all! Finger crossed, I've done the last load of Daniel's clothes, blankets etc. until after he arrives!
20ish more days!
Yeah for outlet stores. There's one on the way to Riverside that I'm going to stop at someday. Today on the way home from Riverside I found a new Hobby Lobby that just opened last weekend. I was super excited since they don't have those stores here. I'll be putting something in the mail for you in the next day or so and I promise you won't have to wash it. :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Anonymous was me ... Auntie J ... altho I'm pretty sure you figured that out. :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun to have a partner in crime ha! I bet you are tired out from all the showering :) what a blessing! love you, Momma
ReplyDeleteSo nice to see how much love you have over there in illinois! that Carleigh is a cutie and i like how she spells her name :) Looking forward to a month of blogging from you. you can do it ;) Love you!
ReplyDelete4 showers?? So not fair ;) You're in the final stretch!!
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