31 weeks - The Shower

My shower was this weekend and it went really!! It was held at Holler Park just down the road from us, the weather was great, and maybe 25-30 people were there (both sides and friends). It was theme "jungle animal" and it was super cute! I had a great time and it went by super fast.

• Cute baby shower items:
• Tiff made that watermelon baby carriage fruit basket thing - it turned out great.
• There were a bunch of diapers available for people to write cute notes on
• There was a cardbaord picture frame for people to sign - that activity was a little light
• Little blue pacifiers were frozen in ice cubes...first person whos "water breaks" one a  prize
• Gift bingo
• Little diapers wrapped up like diapers with milk balls in them
• The gift opening was fun, but also awkward. It took about an hour to get through everything and I almost broke a sweat it was so warm sitting up there.
• I didn't have much time to look around the room, but man did I see some board faces!! But at the same time there were some smiley faces in the front row :)
• After the shower a bunch of people came over after the shower and that was extremely overwhelming! the house was crowded, kitchen was messy, and everyone wanted to see the baby's room  - but it's not anything close to ready, or even cute to look at yet. 
• Dan's mom and 2 of this sisters (and one boyfriend) stayed at the house. It was a lot of fun having them here and also very exhausting. very much a whirl-wind weekend.
• This whole time too I've been fighting a cold.
• We got a lot of stuff and surprisingly not too many things we need to return  - though I haven't sorted through all of the clothes yet. Also, unfortunately, there were nearly no gift receipts, so most of it will be a pain in the butt to return anyways. And there's also a lot of stuff we need to buy still..
• There defiantly were some re-gifts and even a few used item.
• ...This post is bumming me out (it's making me mentally recap all the petty things that got me upset this weekend)...i think i just need more sleep.
• Now that it's over, time to move on and focus on our new family
• OH yeah, i forgot to mention the cake. Mom asked me where I wanted my cake from and I said that it would be just fine if she made a cake but that I don't like grocery store cakes. I was kind of hoping she would make the cake just b/c the only other option left would be to spend a lot of money at a regular bakery. Well, she bought a grocery store cake (from sendiks) and I didn't like it. However, it was decorated super cute (they copied the picture from my shower invites) and a lot of people at the shower said they really liked the cake. Mom even said that she told the lady at the grocery store that "my daughter doesn't like grocery store cakes" and they lady said back "well, we will have to change her mind about that!". Mom was so impressed she wants to go back to the store and personally thank that lady for making such a good cake. I never told my mom what I thought of the cake b/c it's really not important and she's so happy with the outcome. However, if she would ever directly ask me what I thought, I would say something.