Today, Anders' mom, sister, and aunt traveled to Eau Claire to throw me a LOVELY little shower, complete with showery things like green tea spritzer, homemade cinnamon fingers, pink-frosted cupcakes, pleasant games, and a ridiculous amount of gifts.
Last week, my coworkers threw a surprise triple shower for the three of us office girls who are pregnant. (The shower was an especially fun surprise for me, as my boss had requested a private meeting, and I was pretty sure I was in trouble, until I walked into a room with balloons and cake.)
Even without showers, baby gifts keep being haphazardly thrust upon me. People can't seem to help themselves. They already know how sweet little Jabberwocky is going to be, I guess.
Here we go:
This afghan/hat/mitten set was hand-knit by Anders' grandmother, who went to be with the Lord in January 2010. She made them a couple years ago, at the prompting of Anders' mom (as well as a set for Anika's future baby). We had no idea this was coming. Deb had us open it this afternoon when just family was present, and there weren't many dry eyes. I can't wait until our little girl gets to put these on. They are beautiful.
Beautiful, beautiful duck painting that miraculously has a grayish-blue mat and pink accents. Guess what color our nursery is? Grayish blue. Now that we know our bundle of joy is a girl, we're looking to dress it up with pink accents. This painting does a lot of work for us. It's from my friend Alisse, whose taste, I'm sure we can all agree, is pretty frickin' exquisite.
This came from my work shower. It cracks me up. I love the positive spin on the up-all-night thing.
From Anika (Anders' sis), who is hilarious. She has an aptitude for picking out inappropriate cards. Intentionally. Like the birthday card she sent me a couple years ago that said "Congratulations on your triplets."
Headband with awesome, big, feathery bow, from Elisa. It is over-the-top, and simply fabulous. I can't wait to take pictures.
"Daddy's little fishing buddy." From Anders' mom. The joys of fishing are deeply ingrained in Anders, who's always been his dad's fishing buddy, so this was quite touching.
Hand-made tutu! From Anders' Aunt Carla (affectionately known as Sasta). Can you even COPE with how ADORABLE a baby girl is going to look wearing this?
Here I am opening a Pack-N-Play from my parents and sister. First of all, great gift. An absolute necessity, and something Anders and I would have had difficulty picking out for ourselves. Second: great colors. Gender-neutral blues and browns. But third, and best: it's called the "Little Hoot Collection," and it's owl-themed. Owl fabric, and a totally rad owl mobile. I kinda have an owl thing ... thanks to Elisa ... who one day (years ago) decided to start giving me owl gifts ... and what do you know, it caught on! Love this Pack-N-Play!
Part of a giraffe-themed gift bag from my friend Bergen. I was going to take a picture of one of the other giraffe elements of this package, Sophie the Giraffe, "the world's most famous teething toy," because it's French and wildly popular within a niche crowd and SO like Bergen to discover such a thing. However, it's really the book I like best. I intend for books to be a big part of my children's upbringing, and quality kid's books like this one are exactly what I have in mind for my library.
Beatrix Potter anyone? Like many a child, I LOVED this story growing up. So it's kinda like the fishing buddy shirt for Anders. Mom sent a copy to continue the tradition for our daughter.
Umm ... I bought this one.
So, I used to get a little panicky when I've had to get a baby gift for someone, never having had a baby, and feeling profoundly clueless. But now I have all kinds of great ideas!
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Glad you had a great shower! Did the package arrive? Just hopin' :)
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