Minnesota and Baby Shower

Well, last weekend, I went home from March 5-8th and it was so nice to go! I got there on my Mom's birthday, the 5th and got to spend the first part of the day with her! We did a little shopping and I treated her to a pedicure, at which time, I also treated myself! So, it was very nice. My brother got a job just recently with a 2 hour commute each way, so we waited until he got home from work and all went out to a very nice dinner which was on my Dad and brother! What gents! We were able to go to lunch with one of my cousins, his wife and daughter, who we haven't seen in a long time and hadn't even met their daughter Emma! It was so nice to see them! That's everyone below, my Mom, Jeff, Me, my Dad, Ryan, Emma and Stacy!

I had my very first baby shower on Saturday and it was so nice! My Mom's friend, Carol (the woman on the right in the picture above), threw the shower for me and she did great! I realize I'm not huge on being the center of attention, but I think it went wonderfully! It was so hard to get to try to talk to everyone as much as I would've liked as I don't get to see many of them often. But the baby is one very spoiled little girl! We are very grateful for everyone's generosity! It is so nice to have the help of family and friends.

Again, as you can see from the picture above, very spoiled little girl! But so are we for getting all the help! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

My Mom tried to make us swear that when I got home at midnight on Sunday night from my flight that we wouldn't go through all the gifts to show Gregg, but we figured, could we really wait until the following weekend? Um, no! And he gets home from work at midnight during the week, so it would've happened another night that week if it didn't that night! He loved looking through all the presents and this one was made just for him! It was from my family to him. It was a tool belt full of all things Daddy would need: all the necessities along with tongs for the dirty diapers, a medical mask to avoid the smell of the dirty diapers, goggles to avoid all the flying mess, etc. Gregg mentioned that little did everyone know that it is going to be me that has a harder time with all the "messy" stuff than he will be! He's the medical guy, I'm the wimp! He liked it so much, he doesn't want to take it apart! Thanks Mom and Dad! He was shocked to see how much could fit in the duffel bag my Dad gave me to bring everything home. It was obvious how lucky we were.

It was a great trip home! It was very short but wonderful! We are truly blessed for the friends and family that continues to care for us in Minnesota and are apart of this big adventure of ours!