Another Baby Shower!

August 26, 2012: This time it's going to be a boy!

Two weeks ago, Sarah and I attended the baby shower for Emily's baby girl, due in late October, who will find two older brothers awaiting her arrival as she enters this world. Today we attended another shower, this time for Tahna's baby boy, due in less than two weeks. This little boy will arrive to find an older sister, Natalie, waiting anxiously to get to know him.

Tahna is the second-youngest of my sister-in-law Dana's seven sisters. Thus, like Emily (Dana's niece), she is family to us. Not to mention that Tahna and Sarah have been great friends since their high school years. They even got married just four weeks apart back in 2011. We can't miss out on celebrating with the family and friends we love!

A brunch buffet awaits us.

We met at 10:00 this morning at a church building in Snowflake. The shower was put on, I believe, by one of Tahna's cousins (her husband's cousin, in fact) and included a delicious brunch buffet filled with sweet items that I'm absolutely not supposed to eat (but I did anyway). Sarah was my hero, and withstood the culinary temptations. 

This was the pile of gifts when I arrived, but it grew quickly after that.

We enjoyed one game prior to the gift opening, in which we had to guess the name of a candy bar related to a new-baby event. For instance, New mom nap time = Take Five; Umbilical cord = Twizzlers; Baby-daddy = Big Hunk; Baby poop = Mounds; Bad obstetrician = Butterfingers; Epidural = Lifesavers; Newborn triplets = Three Musketeers; Newborn twin boys = Mike & Ike; Newborn baby girl = Baby Ruth... You get the idea. I couldn't name a single one, so no candy bar prizes for me!

Tahna begins opening her gifts, with a little help from daughter, Natalie.

Then it was time to open the gifts. So many cute baby boy things! Sarah and I, once again, were thinking alike. We both got little boy-baby outfits (mine said "best baby brother" across the chest), but that's not unusual. We both put our gifts in blue bags, but they were different sizes and hers was plain blue while mine had blue-and-white zigzags. However, we both chose the exact same gift tags, this time with sparkly blue stars on the front. (You can see them side by side in the lower right corner of the photo of the gift table, above.)

For Natalie, it was like Christmas morning. She was SO excited!

And, yes, she did understand that these gifts were for her new baby brother.

The person with whom I thought exactly the same was Tahna's mom, Cheri. Cheri had already given Tahna the same outfit last weekend, when Tahna's younger sister Whitney threw her a surprise baby shower. The outfits were different sizes, with Cheri's being "newborn" and mine being "0-3 months," but otherwise the same. We both left the tags on, so we won't mind if Tahna chooses to return one and buy something else she needs.

Tahna opens the present from Sarah.

Sarah gave them diapers and this little outfit with a cute puppy on it.

This was, I think, a bath seat. The water flows right through the mesh.

More adorable boy clothes.

We had a great time and we wish Tahna an easy delivery and great joy with her growing family. Despite the attendant trials, there's no blessing more amazing than motherhood!

Natalie liked this Mickey Mouse outfit.