Baby Shower Fun

Here are some photos from my first baby shower on May 5, given by my “sisters”: my sisters-in-law Pam and Alison and Alison’s sister Candice.

The star of the party, my belly.

Rebecca Van Ness, who made our beautiful wedding cakes, made an incredible cake for the baby shower (as part of her gift, no less!)

The girls prepared a big spread of brunch foods, from yummy breakfast pizza to pineapple souffle and french toast casserole ….

Pam had the idea for these adorable party favors. Baby food jars filled with M&Ms with “Baby” and “Madilyn” printed on them and a decorative top. Lots of folks including Grandma Millie helped put them together.

My niece Jaycie was a big help that day!

Pam’s husband John and our friend Derek from church helped put on a fabulous shower—and they looked fabulous while doing it. Nice aprons, guys!

The “sisters”!

Posing with my mother-in-law Ginger and her mother, Millie, affectionately known as “Gram.”

Quite a spread of presents!

It’s gift time!

I was so honored that so many of my good friends from church were able to attend.

Jaycie helps Pam pull out winners’ names who each got to take home the beautiful floral centerpieces from the tables.

Mom saved the tearjerker present for last. She put together a scrapbook of my baby pictures (and some older ones too). I could only glance at a couple of pages before I started crying. She had spent weeks putting this together and it is beautiful. Several people at the shower looked through it but I waited until I got home to spend some time with it. It’s a book I’ll always treasure and I have a feeling Madilyn will too.

I’m so glad Mom was able to fly in for the big shower day!

Alison also served as photographer for the day as well. Thanks for the great pics to remember this special day with.