Right up there with an Oprah baby shower.  Most shower events, you expect about 50-60% of the invited guests to show up right?  Well, 90 invitations were sent out.  A whopping 77 people RSVP’ed that they would be attending.  But wait, that’s not all.  How many showers have you been to where the number of people attending was actually greater than the number of invitations?  We know there were at least 91 people!!  And did I mention that our grand finale shower was the last of five showers total?  This is one loved little guy we are about to meet!  So without any further rambling, here are the pictures…

We scattered the middle of the tables with confetti, mints and papers for people to write thoughts for the new parents (which sadly were mostly overlooked, about 10 people wrote something!)

Preparations

The mother to be loves Snoopy

Teresa and her sister comparing ultrasound pictures…

…and bellies! Teresa wins!  Ginger is due in November.

My diaper cake masterpiece

The grandmother to be (my sister inlaw) and my mom

Caleb’s granny, the great-grandmother to be

A few gifts are actually missing from this picture if you can believe that.

There were some cuties there too!

Let the gift opening begin!

Isn’t she just gorgeous?!

Hugs from a mini gift-giver

This one…she is 13 months old, and has been walking running since she was 9 months old!

Caleb was a gift opening assistant.  He wasted no time.  When the wrapping paper was off, he said “Next!”  Very efficient!

Teresa’s parents, isn’t her mom just beautiful?  I see where her natural glow comes from now!

It’s the thought that counts!  Not guessing he will be wearing this one!

Adorable handmade Snoopy quilts

I had to get these eleven day old feet!

That look!  My mom is in the background admiring her little ringlets.

Definitely most creative/awesome gift!  How cute is this?!  The baby face is made of that craft foam, sewn together. His body was a baby sleeper stuffed with tissue, and he was in a laundry basket full of goodies, Burt’s Bee’s items, baby toys, all kinds of cute stuff.  LOVED this!

“Whew, we made it through!”

My balloon band (we came home with 18 balloons I believe…it may as well have been Christmas!)

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Ta-da!!!

Get it? We were still under construction yesterday… toldja to read carefully :)

Our train table has become a somewhat temporary jobsite.  I made this reasonably easy to store away when not in use.

The gravel yard: coffee grounds and sawdust

Construction work is serious business.

And no, the blue painters tape is not an accent piece…our train table actually has very small holes all the way around the outside for add on toys that we don’t have.  I’m a little bit crazy, but not plain stupid.  I covered up all those already dust filled holes.

We’re planning to go and collect some small rocks to add to our site, we just haven’t gotten to it yet.

I can’t take credit for this awesome idea though, you can read more about it here.  I borrowed the general idea, and then kind of went a different direction toward the end.  This guy made more of a rock quarry.  My patience with the project was wavering by the time it came to painting, so I gooped sand, brown paint and glue together and smeared it everywhere!  It definitely achieved the textured, yet not too messy appeal I was going for.  I do recommend his cutting technique for the styrofoam.  You know, unless an indoor snowstorm just appeals to you.  In that case, stabbing a bean bag chair will render approximately the same result.

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Project X, as it has been nicknamed is nearly complete.  So these will probably be your final hints.  I curious to see if anyone can figure it out while it is still under construction.

Guess this sort of blows the iceberg theory out of the water ;)

Yes, we did this on purpose.

Final hint: Read carefully.

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…there’s a warning somewhere on this thing that says “Not for use by children” and perhaps a “Use with care” notice. Maybe Black and Decker should have issued a special attention notice  for our family: “Dustbuster not intended as a substitute for bathing.  Please refrain from vacuuming child after meals and allowing child to vacuum his own hair while unattended.”

For those of you who, instead of laughing, are thinking to yourselves, hmmm maybe I should let my kid try that, I leave you with this.  He entertained himself for a full 12 blissful minutes.  I’m unsure of whether an extended life battery can be purchased, but I can look into it for you.

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This is Caleb’s girl friend from across the street.  She and her brothers come over to play a lot.  If she got any cuter, I might just keep her here for myself!  She was sure to tell me Happy Mother’s Day!

They had so much fun playing in the car today.  Pretending to be grown ups driving to the gas station and listening to tunes on the radio.  Caleb asked if he could give her a kiss!  “Noooo!” she squealed!

He did give her a weed flower, eskimo kisses and butterfly kisses before asking if he could plant a wet one on her cheek!

I seriously want to offer her parents a free photography session to have an excuse to take pictures of her.  She is so delicate and girly, I feel like she should be wearing a set of wings.  She said the bugs kept biting her earlier and I told her it was because she was so sweet.  She said, “Yeah I think so too.  *Sigh.  Raises eyebrows* Not everybody else does though.”

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…this morning?

(No I didn’t butcher the front, it is just the way it is laying while still wet, I’ve now had two years practice!)

A wee bit shaggy a few days ago…

I can always tell it is time for a haircut when the back looks like this every time he lays down… and also, we misplaced his ears.

Of course, it has been worse in the past…

I see nothing funny here.

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Either that, or the groom running around, still not in his tux…

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