Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Surprise Shower!

This weekend we got an amazing surprise- Karen (Erik's stepmom) sent us a surprise baby shower "in the mail"! She sent out invitations to Erik's side of the family to help celebrate our baby girl by sending her gifts which she'd then mail to us. I can't believe the amazing response she got!

My parents came over for dinner and brought this enormous mysterious white box with them. When we opened it up it truly was a party in a box. :-) Karen included copies of the invite she sent out, along with a game- "How to know whether or not you are ready to have kids". My personal favorite was the one that made Erik turn pale-

Automobile Test
Forget the BMW and buy a station wagon. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. Get a dime. Stick it into the cassette player. Take a family size package of chocolate chip cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. There, perfect!

She also included some cookies and homemade butter mints (mmm....) along with dozens of presents. Let me say, Baby girl J is going to be the best dressed baby in Arizona! We really appreciated everyone's generosity. Baby girl J has a pretty amazing family- thank you everyone!






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