Lauren's Baby Shower

A couple of Fridays ago, we had a baby shower for one of my closest girlfriends, Lauren. It was fun showering her with attention, gifts, and food. Lauren and Zach haven't found out whether they are having a boy or a girl. They got lots of good baby stuff. I think that the pictures say it all!

Shana's Shower Pictures

As promised, here are the pictures from Shana's Shower. It was a lot of fun and Shana got lots of good baby stuff!

Maggie's Shower

In January, Lauren, Shana, Maggie's mom Vena, Maggie's friend Adrienne, and I threw Maggie and Eli a baby shower at Vena's house. We had a full nacho bar and of course my margarita punch (nonalcoholic, in case you were wondering). I really enjoyed it. I know you will all be surprised, but I took a ton of pictures. Maggie was a very gracious gift receiver and it was so much fun to watch her open all her gifts. Andrew was there and behaved really well, as always. It was a lot of fun to finally meet some of the people that Maggie is the closest to that we didn't already know. I am including some of my favorite pictures from the night.






Andrew spent a lot of the night upstairs watching a movie. The movie sounded very exciting. Andrew is always ready to smile for the camera though!









Here is Maggie showing off the cool burp cloths Shana gave her. I just thought that this was a really good picture of Maggie!

This was my most sought-after picture all night. Jennifer was trying to avoid me so that I would not take her picture. She would "suddenly" need to refill her drink or something every time I would try to take a picture of the group she was standing around. I had visions of tackling her, but luckily, Lauren held her still for me. Look at those beautiful smiles!

Here's the star of the show! Isn't Eli so cute!

I think that these pictures speak for themselves. They are just really good pictures of some beautiful ladies that I love a lot! (And Eli, too.)

Lauren had to take several pictures before this one turned out like it did. I kept blinking every time my camera flashed! Also, I thought I was holding Eli up so that you could see him better, but most of the pictures turned out looking like I was letting him hang like a rag doll. I promise that he was securely in my arms, Maggie!

This picture was of the "big" gift and Maggie's reaction to it - do you see her clapping? Her mom and dad (and I think Aunt Nellie was in on this, too) gave her this super cool high chair.

This is a disclaimer that I have no idea why this post looks like it does. I tried to fit more pictures into a smaller space, but I don't think it worked out for me. I'll try to do better some other time.

Baby Shower for Kari and Eric

Some of our friends that Scott went to college with, Kari and Eric Moore (well, he went to college with Eric, Kari came along later :)), had a baby shower thrown for them last Sunday (Sept. 9). It was a lot of fun to see everyone and to watch Kari and Eric open all their gifts. There were some interesting games played and the pictures turned out quite funny. There was one game where a baby blanket had all kinds of baby stuff pinned to it and you got to look at it for a minute and then you had to write down everything on the blanket. Then, you had to throw "dirty" diapers into a basket from a certain distance. Some people (Rob) came up with inventive ways of cheating. Then, the guys played the game where you have to drink beer out of a bottle and the first to finish wins. It seems like a lot of work to drink from a bottle and I think it was even harder to try to suck beer out of the bottle. Anyway, that game always brings about fun pictures. I have a slide show of them below. Some of my favorites are of Rob cheating at the diaper game (even though there were no rules against leaning over until you are basically dropping the diapers in the basket), Eric looking at his bottle cross-eyed during the bottle contest, and of course I love the side shot I got of Kari. She is such a cute pregnant person.

I know that Kari and Eric are really excited about Evan's arrival. He is due on October 15. I am sure that they could use all of our prayers as they prepare to be parents.

Jennifer's Shower

Tonight we had a shower at Cheryl's house for Jennifer, my friend at work who sits next to me. She is due on August 1st, but we are all convinced she will be having that baby much sooner than that. Jennifer and Lamar are naming her Haylee Joan Ellis. It's such a pretty name. Jennifer and Lamar are so excited about Haylee's upcoming arrival! Jennifer seemed to get a lot of her bigger items, so that's great!

Leslie from our office came and brought her new baby Simon. Simon was born at the end of April. He was really cute and smiling for everyone. Leslie and her husband Robert have two beautiful children! Everyone seemed to have a good time. It's always fun when we go to Cheryl's house!

This picture is proof that Cheryl tried to hog Simon all night, but Teri made her pass him around. Thanks Teri. :)

Of course, Teri may have just wanted to hog him for herself. Just kidding. I think everyone held him that wanted to.

Baby Shower

This weekend Scott and I went to a shower for one of his fraternity brother's and his wife, Jeff and Adriene. They are having twins, bless their hearts. It was a fun shower. The air conditioning didn't work, so Adriene had a fan blowing directly on her during the gift-opening. That is why her hair looks like she has a fan blowing it! Anyway, it was good to see the friends that we do not get to see very often. I know that lots of prayers are needed as Adriene and Jeff continue to prepare for the baby girls to come. They are due at the end of September, but she will not go past mid-Sept, per doctors orders.