Baby Shower - Aug 12th

Finally, here are some pictures from our baby shower! We had the shower last Saturday at a park near our place, and we had such a blast visiting with all of you who were able to make it out. :o) Thank you all so much for coming out & making our day so much fun! Those in attendance learned many new bits of trivia about Jeff & me...including how Jeff tortured his Aunt Melody's poor, sleeping dog as a child and how I was able to defeat the child safety gate installed on my bedroom door in order to watch early morning cartoons. Hopefully Mia will prove to be less devious than either of us!! All of the men were challenged to nursing down a baby bottle of "beer" as fast as possible. Due to park regulations the beer was actually sparkling cider...and due to the slow-flow nipples, the men were encouraged to begin cheating to speed up the game. (The pictures were still priceless!) Congrats to Pat, who chugged his the fastest! ;o) The food was absolutely amazing... Many thanks to my mom, Pat, & Regina's mom (Linda Ames) for cooking the bratwurst, chicken, hamburgers, and all the salads & side dishes. I've received many compliments on the food since Saturday, including a couple of questions about who catered. And the pregnant lady was thrilled to indulge in brats, potato salad, & 7-layer bean dip!! ;o) A million thanks to Regina & my mom for organizing everything. We loved the games, decorations, food, location, and the opportunity to visit with everyone. And thanks to Melissa Murray for the adorable chocolate favors! (If anyone is interested in ordering chocolate favors for a special event, Melissa can be reached at melissaschocolatecreations@hotmail.com). Let me know if you'd like me to email you copies of any of the pictures above. And if you have pictures I haven't seen yet, I'd love to get the full digital files. I'm adding all of them to Mia's scrapbook. Thanks!