St. George Baby Shower  

Posted by Amber

My sister, Monica, wanted to host a shower for us, so on Friday, Sept. 28, Gloria and I headed to St. George to party.  Our drive was pretty uneventful.  We chatted and watched the scenery.  On our way down, we also stopped at the hospital in Cedar City because they sell (pretty decent) breast pumps at cost.  Since I was heading south anyway, we may as well stop :)

Friday night, we hung out with the family.  We had some dinner, watched a movie, and picked up some things for the shower the next day.

Saturday, I relaxed while Monica continued cooking up a storm :)  I also finished the movie from the previous night.  (Mirror, Mirror - I'd never heard of it, but it was really good.)  I also did some stuff for the primary program and read in my book.  And of course, I snapped some pictures of the preparations and decor :)

The invitation
 
 Matching game - and I promise I didn't cheat!
(I got a match every single time - and I was the first one to go!)
 Super yummy strawberry lemonade cupcakes.
 My lovely sister, Monica hehehe
 Preparations - it made me tired just watching.  Oh, and see that waffle in the bottom corner? Tasty pumpkin waffles we had for breakfast on Saturday! So good :)
 Please ignore the fact the top banner has fallen down :)



 So many pom poms......
My tasty plate.  Okay, I didn't eat the plate, but rather the contents sitting on top of said plate.
 
We had a grand time hanging out with family.  And I met a cousin I didn't know I had :)  (Happens when you blend families I guess :))  We got some awesome things from everyone.  I have no pictures of that, because Monica needs to email them to me still.  But perhaps I'll do a 'part 2' of this post when I get those :) 
 
Anyway, after the shower, we loaded up the car, took Sabrina and Savannah to dance, and headed back home.  It was a short stay, but we had lots of fun.  (It was also necessary since I seriously procrastinated putting together the primary program and had to have parts out to kids on Sunday :))

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Biggs Baby Shower  

Posted by Amber

Saturday, Sept. 22, my in-laws hosted a baby shower for us.

Camile designed the invitations - no pink :)
 
 The spread - we went with a brunch menu :)

The girls spent the day before making and decorating lots of cute cake pops.
 
 We got lots of great stuff :)

 Mom made the blanket - I love the different textures :)
 I know it's hard to see, but they were also sweet enough to purchase the travel system for us!
 
We had a good time eating yummy food and visiting with family and friends.  Thanks to everyone who came!
 

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Wilson Baby Shower  

Posted by Amber

I've been waiting for a long time to have a baby shower. Matt won't let me really buy anything until after we have showers (which is smart, but kinda hard for me). My mom's side of the family had a shower for me this past Saturday, Sept. 15th. To be honest, it was a little weird to finally be having a shower, but at the same time, our time is running out! The Beardalls did a wonderful job decorating and the games weren't completely lame. (You know what I mean.) We did some activities just on paper, and then my favorite was Baby Cranium. The two points Caleen and I got hardly involved our clay at all ;) (Twins - and we were sitting at the table with Cambria and Kaitlyn... so I just pointed ;) and Baby - Caleen took the ball of clay and stuck it up her shirt. hahaha)

 Decor
 Centerpieces
 Mints, favors, and dipping chocolate.  Apparently it was supposed to be in a fountain, but the plug was not with the fountain :)
 Goodies
 More goodies
 Decor and Kristine :)
 Decor and play-doh for Cranium
 Drinks
 Decor and Kim prepping bananas




They kinda go all out :)
 
After games (which I won two of, btw ;)) we had food.
 





 
After food, there were presents :)
 

 From Karen, Kim, and Kris
 From Karen, Kim, and Kris
From Karen, Kim, and Kris
 Karen, Kim, and Kris were also sweet enough to order the diaper bag I'd registered for :)
 The loot from Karen, Kim, and Kris - we're spoiled :)
 From Angie, Cambria, and Kaitlyn
 From Kari
 From Sarah Dixon, who couldn't make it :(
From Chris, Tammy, and Traci
  From Chris, Tammy, and Traci - I love that it converts to a toddler chair :)
 From my parents
 From Debbie
 From Debbie
From Debbie - I'm so excited about that tote! It goes in her room perfectly :)
 
Not pictured - Grandma Erdmann gave us $25.  Grandma Wilson and Koreen ordered the crib, a crib sheet, and a mattress pad off of our registry.  There was also an outfit Kim picked out (but the pic was blurry) and I was informed Kim picked out something she would wear - lace and bows :)
 
I think we did well.  We're going to have one well-dressed little lady here soon :)
 
Thanks to Gloria for taking note of who gave what, and to Kris for taking pics with my camera while I was opening presents :)  My goal is to actually send out thank you cards (I failed at that after our wedding - although I did buy the cards... does that count for anything?) but if I end up failing again - thank you to everyone for the wonderful gifts.  They are needed and will be well-used, I'm sure :)


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