This was a long exhausting but super fun and exciting day! I had 2 baby showers, one thrown by the Whipple's and one by the Winn's. It was so fun to see so many people I love but rarely get to see and it was so fun to have such support from friends. By the end of the day I waddled to my bed, Ray helped me in (in all fairness it is a REALLY tall bed!), and Ray rubbed my back while I passed out. Before heading to bed he even sat down with me in the sunroom and looked at EVERY single thing we got, and even acted excited too! He even helped me fold all the tissue paper up. He is such a good man!
First up was the Whipple shower at Brenda's house. They had lots of really cute decorations and yummy food! We played a couple of fun games, Melissa made a matching game with clever candy bar prizes (ex. Contractions= Whopper's, Baby Giggles= Snickers, College Fund= 1000 grand). Then we played a memory game where we had to name all that we could off of the clothesline after she took it down, my memory is not so great lately so I didn't even come close! They were really fun and she did great planning them. The memory game board was cardboard wrapped in a fleece blanket which she tied for me, which was pretty clever and cute! I got tons of cute outfits, blankets, toys, swing/bouncer duo and all the sisters got me the highchair I wanted so I was pretty excited for that!
My mom, Lexi, Jess & Briele were very supportive as usual and they even came to enjoy the party.
Next up we partied at Jess' house! She did such a cute job decorating! I am a sucker for giant ceiling decor! My mom made really cute favors that were chocolate covered raisins and peanuts that said "Pregnancy is not easy, so here's the scoop...Nicole gets the baby and you get the poop! Thanks for sharing our special day! Nicole & Katelyn". They served yummy sandwiches, veggie tray, and my favorite...brownie sundaes! Jess found a recipe that you make in the waffle maker, they were cooked as you came so they were nice and warm and topped with delicious treats!! Yum! I was so excited at how many friends came to show their love and support! Friends from my ward (Michelle and Jamie), friends from Alpine (Leslie, Kellie, Jill, Lindsey, Dacia, Ashley, Julie and Brittney) and tons of others and family!! I feel very loved! Again I got incredibly spoiled with lots of cute outfits, diapers, wipes, blankets, bath/lotion products, binkies, swimsuits and sandals, bath towels/washclothes, bathtub and toys, burp clothes and bibs, toys, etc. The biggest surprise gift was from my family, they got us a crib and mattress!! I was in total shock! Due to tight finances I had talked to Jess telling her I was going to borrow a crib but was torn because of course you want to have your own and pick out the color, style, etc. So Jess was super sneaky and got the exact crib that I wanted! I am so excited!
I had some very excited girls helping me open presents, although I did not go nearly fast enough for them! They were so cute though and everything that got opened they would say "Oh, that is so cute, Baby Kate will love it!" They are right, she will love it all!
After the baby shower the men folk came over (so grateful to them for being at my house and working on the basement! It helped so much!) and we had dinner to celebrate Cody's birthday. I made a book for Lexi to give to her dad with lots of pictures of the two of them. I asked Lexi a bunch of questions about herself and then her dad and then what her and dad do together, I put all of her responses in the back of the book. It was pretty cute and it was fun to see how excited she was to give it to him!
I had only taken the prius to Jess' house and boy did all the gifts fill it to the brim! Once added to the gifts from the Whipple shower the sunroom was overtaken! It was really fun to go through everything again, I can't wait for this baby to get here and we actually use the stuff!
I am so blessed to have such an amazing family, they put so much effort and time into these showers and they turned out great! Thank you, thank you!
