All the gifts were great and I can't say thank you enough to everyone for their thoughtfulness. I know that everyone who planned it had a super busy week last week, especially my mother law who was finishing up her last week of school, and fitting in the shower was a challenge.
What also made it special was that Marty and Diane came out as well! They of course bought the baby a gift (even though he already got something from them) and surprised me with a gift of a new car seat!
Eric took all the men to the Indians game on saturday night, while the rest of the ladies hung back at home. We had fun playing with the kids, and my favorite quote was from my niece Rachel who told me that when the baby is born, it comes out of my leg! All my nieces wanted to know where the baby was, and then offered their help at the shower opening my gifts since he was MIA!
Back at home tonight, Eric and I just got home from a "Happiest Baby on the Block Class" that I have posted about before. I already read the book, so I didn't learn too much, but it was good to see swaddling in action. We also got the DVD that shows Dr. Karp helping out different parents so Eric and I will have to watch that soon and I'm sure will be referring to it many times. We had to bring our own baby doll, and I had it with me at work today which everyone enjoyed. It had much abuse (still don't know if it was a boy or girl) and at one point it sat on my desk with a cigarette hanging out of its mouth. We have sick senses of humor at my office, what can i say....
Ok, now I need to go put away all the gifts from the shower and get that nursery together! It's a bit of a mess... we got the ceiling fan in for that room and our room in the mail, and hopefully they can go up this weekend!
