Family Shower

The weekend before Thanksgiving, the ladies in my family got together for a baby shower for me.  Since we were already in the Dublin area for a 50th anniversary tea for my aunt and uncle, it was decided to meet together at a local Italian restaurant.  It was a nice time to be together and I was surprised with many hand-made and other special items.  Many of my aunts and cousins are so talented!

For some reason, we didn't get many good pictures of everyone at the shower and I never even got one of me and my mom or the girls together!  This picture taking HAS to get better in the next few months!

 My sisters - Rebecca (due the end of April!), Deborah, and me

Yes, I look and felt huge!  It was the end of a LONG day...and I always seem to look bigger at night.

 One of the many hand-made items given to me.  My aunt did this blanket and it will join a few others that she has previously given me.  Special treasures from family!

My UGA loving cousins gave this outfit to me...it was the closest they could come to buying something "Auburn". 

BUT, other cousins who are now living in Alabama knew how to make this expecting mom HAPPY!!  We'll be raising our little guy right with this AU football!!

 A sweet prayer blanket given to me by another aunt.

 And, another favorite gift was BOOKS!!!  I can't wait to be able to read to our little guy.

These books are the "Golden Book" series books that we grew up reading.  Classics like Jack and Jill, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Hey, Diddle Diddle, The Three Bears, and The Ten Little Monkeys.

My mom and sisters gave me a lot of books too, including some in Spanish!  So, our little guy (and us!) will be able to start learning words in Spanish and English (and maybe translate for us when we go visit Mom and Dad in Guatemala!)

 My cousin, Debbie, wrote a children's book a few years ago and gave me a copy for our baby.  The book is called The Ketchup Boy.

She even signed it for him and included a tee-shirt and pencil with the book cover.