Mama's Baby Shower

Lucky me Tyler got 3 baby showers!  Kayla only got 2!  So, first off, thank you to all our wonderful friends who really showed us the love.  The first was the Cowboy shower, then the work shower on 6/2, and today was the mama's shower (mostly Stroller Strides women, but everyone there was a mama).  Alicia, my night partner at Stroller Strides, hosted the shower at her house - which I love and am completely jealous of - and enlisted the help of SS instructor Ana to help with games and food and one of Alicia's students to make the cutest duck cupcakes! 

We had such great food - baked french toast, an egg and sausage dish, some yummy grape concoction that was absolutely delicious, a blueberry and strawberry shortcake, and of course punch and champagne.  Instead of a lot of games we sat around and talked and relaxed and enjoyed our kid free time, but Alicia did keep them busy sewing onsies for Tyler!  Yep, you read that right - they sewed!  Well, sorta.  They cut out fabric in fun shapes like turtles and trucks and balloons and used a simple stitch (I think Serenity called it a blanket stitch) to sew the shapes on the onsies.  I've heard of painting onsies but never sewing!  As daunting as this was it was a really cute idea.  I wasn't even about to attempt it so I helped myself to another serving of the grape concoction and watched all of them go to town.  I only came home with one though - Alicia's because she had started it the night before.  Everyone else had to take theirs home to finish it.  Kelly said she had never been to a baby shower and come away with homework!  That's how we roll as mama's though - our work is never done.  Seriously though, ladies, I totally appreciate it.  Super cute idea! 

Of course there was time for opening presents - mostly clothes which are cuter than I expected.  I was spoiled with Kayla's super cute clothes that I thought shopping for boys clothes would be boring but they have some cute stuff out there too.  But, lucky me, I don't have to buy much b/c our friends have been so great about giving us new stuff and hand me downs.  And I totally don't knock the hand me downs.  The kids never wear them for long enough so you might as well get some more use out of them with other kids.  Works for me!

We were enjoying ourselves so much some of us stayed for 3 hours!  That's a long shower!  I offered to sleep on Alicia's couch so she didn't have to go pick up Cooper yet but she figured he was asleep so she wouldn't go get him anyway.  I did miss my nap for the day though but oh well - this was a much better way to spend the afternoon! 

Thanks ladies for such a great day!  We are really very blessed to have such great friends!