You Are My Sunshine

A week ago today our friends here in Dallas threw us a "You Are My Sunshine" baby shower.  I had cleared coming to it by my doctor since I was still on bed rest, and it was so great to get out of the house and see people!!

I love this picture ;-)  Patrick was there on guard duty (and to keep John occupied during an estrogen-take-over) since I was on bed rest.  He just made sure I sat down, drank lots of water, and didn't have to get up for snacking or retrieving things.  I am really glad he was there - it was nice to share the excitement with him.  After all, he is partially responsible for this whole pregnancy thing!

Me and my cute sash that Katie bought for me.  We were so blessed by our friends...and Cohen's room is nearly complete (hopefully I can blog about that this coming week!)

 We had several friends from our Sunday School class come to the party.  Cohen will make baby number 4 (Katie's is baby number 5!) so we have had lots of good baby time over the past few months.  This is Patrick getting some Addison time before she had to leave.  I think I'm going to have a hard time prying my son from his father's hold.  Doesn't he just look like a natural?!?!

A long time ago, before we knew boy or girl, I found an idea on Etsy to make an alphabet wall in the nursery.  They are simple wooden letters in all sizes and fonts that looked really great up on a plain wall.  I was going to just order them pre-painted and done, but I thought it would be a fun thing to have all our friends paint a letter for him.  Plus, each person could be unique and write a saying or their name on the back of a letter.  The girls set up a painting table and we all got to work!

 Joy Ferguson, Christina Chapman, Regina Bagwell and Dina Dunn painting letters for Cohen's room!  Look at those cute polka-dots on the "R"!

 Patrick making a letter...and yes, the boys did break out a few beers ;-)  I guess its the best way to cope with 20 + women in one place!  Patrick painting an orange 'g' as well.  Cohen's going to like orange...

 I am painting the 'W' for his middle name.  I also did the C - can't wait to see what all these look like all in order!

 Katie Lewis painted lots of letters for us...and then we all pitched in to cover the 6 or so letters that went unpainted at the end of the party.

 The finished W for William!

I don't have a picture of all three of my hostesses yet...when I get the second round of photos in, I'll do a follow up blog post!  Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Christina, Katie and Susan for making us feel so loved ;-)  Ya'll rock!

Cici and Petco Shower!

Huh?  What did you say read?

Yup, that would be my parent's chosen names for 'grandma' and 'grandpa.'

Cici - My mom's first name is Cindy, so this seemed to fit well.  Plus, I think the word grandma or grandmother is just too much for her to take in.  I really think she's still in shock that I'm pregnant...and that she will be a Cici!  Anyway, someone at the church shower found this logo...we didn't even think about the pizza joint. I think I will make a knock-off shirt for her to wear ;-)

Petco - This one is a bit more difficult to explain.  My dad is part Czechoslovakian, so his parents have a very heavy accent.  His given name, Peter, translates into roughly Pet-Co...something we have been calling him for a while as a nickname.  The name just seemed to fit when we were

So my mother's church wanted to honor these first-time grandparents with a small shower.  We drove up to Tulsa on Saturday (July 21st) to be there with them.  It just so happens that was Mom's birthday as well, so we had double the reason to celebrate!  It was so sweet and nice to see everyone, and boy, her church LOVES her!  She had over 50 people there, and enough gifts to fill the car plus some.  I think she is all set!

Here is picture overload!  Sorry!

Me and my parents (Cici and Petco)

The Cake!  If you can read it, it has their names in yellow icing in the center!

An action shot of the church parlor- early on: I stopped counting when we had to put more places to sit.

Me and my lil sis, Laura.  Audrey couldn't make it because it was a Saturday, and you know what hairdressers are doing on Saturdays!  But we missed her!

I guess they were really excited about whatever gift this is!

More precious gifts - we were so spoiled!

Proud future-parents ;-) I still can't believe Cohen will be here so soon!

When we got home, mom had to sort everything out in the living room.  In fact, she made the grand-baby room in less than 24 hours complete with everything put away.  Now she's just waiting for the baby!  

Anyway, New Haven UMC was beyond gracious for hosting and showering our family with such love.  It was fun and we are so blessed ;-)

Have a great week!