Nakita Grinie

Baby showers 1 and 2

Proof that our weekend was absolutely fabulous: tons of pictures, not a lot of words:)

Baby shower #1: a Friday morning brunch in Jefferson City, held by my Mom's friends back home. I got up early on Friday after we arrived to St. Louis very late on Thursday and drove to JC. I wasn't really sure what to expect from this one but it was so much fun. And who doesn't love egg casserole, fruit salad, and yummy treats like these?


Love all the wrapping papers!


Memaw made the trip up for BOTH showers, so of course we had to grab a 'three generations' shot.


The big hit of this shower? The quilt my mom sewed for the baby! I am absolutely obsessed with it. This is the back:


And this is the front. I helped her select a pattern online and she did the rest. Perfect colors, wonderfully modern, and made with love:) In fact, I am told my very own father helped to meticulously cut these strips of fabric but don't tell anyone.



I drove back to St. Louis Friday night, and on Saturday my girlfriends threw me their shower. It was so 'Julia' it was practically dripping with my style. Loose leaf tea, lemonade, coffee, and all desserts.....I was in heaven of course. Just look at those handmade tablecloths Hannah sewed!




And don't even get me started on the plethora of sweets. How did they know I could live off a sugar block for the rest of my life?




All of the bright colors were gorge, and mimic my nursery for sure.


Adorable!


And these little banners made by Maggie will definitely go up on our door once baby boy arrives. Too cute!


Yours truly with an insane amount of loot. Again, the pretty papers make me happy.


After a few games, lots of chatting, and opening enough gifts to make me teary I forced everyone to take a group photo. Surprisingly, nobody even batted an eye because I'm sure they expected this request from me:) When I count it up, these guests span five different states and at least 6 or 7 different cities. I love these girls!


The hostess with the mostess (and the cutest 7 week old ever).


And remember at Hannah's shower how we did a belly shot like this? Well now we have an extra pregnant lady (Hi, Kristen!) and the weeks are a bit different. It goes from being a mommy of a 7 weeker, to 32 weeks, to 23 weeks, to 16 weeks. Who's next, ladies?


All four of my shower hosts.


And my family (mom, me, Memaw, Aunt Beth, and my cousin Amy). We are pretty short and don't look anything alike, right?


And later that night at dinner with Keri and Allison!


So driving back with all of our loot was highly entertaining.


And unpacking it, although it was already consolidated into very few bags, made me feel overwhelmed by everyone's generosity.




I mean, just look at all of the 'odds and ends', for instance.


And because we've started a family tradition by placing Henry in all of the baby's gifts (ie the crib, the car seat, etc) we had to try it out with our new Bumbo. I think he hated it a lot.

So yeah, there are no words for how loved we feel right now. I'm slowly organizing the nursery and am getting started on my thank you cards but I'm still letting the whole weekend sink into my thick skull. We are extremely blessed, for sure. And the next time we cross into Missouri territory we'll have a brand new baby with us. How crazy is that?