What a beautiful day!

The pregnant sisters!

Future Auntie Rachel & Grammie-to-be

What a delicious spread!

It's a boy!

What a beautiful day for a baby shower! Rachel graciously hosted a lovely event for Sarah and Lil' Mikey today. The party was outside at Sharon's house and it was a wonderful time to celebrate babies and family. Twenty-two family members gathered in the yard for lots of visiting, delicious food (chicken salad sandwiches, ramen noodle salad, cherry fruit salad aka "fluff," chocolate cupcakes and punch), a challenging game and gift opening. Rachel, being a nurse, put us to the test with the "Itsy Bitsy Baby Parts" game in which we had to identify 12 different body parts in 12 ultrasound pictures. Sarah only got 3 right but the winners each got 7 correct. The game was so hard that cousin Meghan identified the "lips and nose" as the "bottom" and vice versa. We had a good laugh at the challenge. Everyone also went home with the cutest frosted sugar cookie favors shaped like bottles, courtesty of Sharon.

It was also really nice to get together with a group of woman and to hear their baby and mothering stories - it's great to have such a nice family. As Sarah reads more and more about labor and delivery she keeps reminding herself that millions of woman have survived it since the beginning of time and most of them have more then one!

Sarah and Mike would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came and so generously helped us stock Lil' Mikey's nursery with lots of must-have items such as bottles and lots of fun stuff too - toys, books and adorable outfits. Sarah was also thinking about all those that couldn't come today but wanted to be there. Lastly, we want to say a HUGE thank you to Rach and Sharon for throwing such a great party. You really know how to make a pregnant girl feel special.

If anyone wants to see the rest of the pictures from the party send Sarah an email (san78@mchsi.com).