sunny day for a sunny occasion!

I had my baby shower on the weekend, that my sister Marlis graciously hosted at her gorgeous home. It was a bright sunny day for a December day. She decorated the living room in simple yellow, green and white flowers. A table flourished with delicious afternoon snacks, surrounded by cute little rubber duckies, an adorable watermelon carriage, and of course a diaper cake! My beautiful nieces were ready for the party too as they tried to help themselves to the fruit punch.

In attendance was a dozen of the loveliest people, missing was my little sister Santana and my sister in-law Karin, but they sent our little bean a little something too!

We started out with a game of  "Fill in the Nursery Rhyme". I was embarrased that I didn't know most of them, I am definetely the queen of making up my own lyrics. My mother in law Nicki, an elementary school teacher won the game and a bottle of wine (she knew she had it in the bag!). The funnest part of the game was the lyrics everyone made up... one of best ones was Anna's " Peter peter pumpkin eater, had a wife and couldn't please her."

The next game was "Guess mommy's tummy's size", and most everyone had their ribbons way too long! I guess my tummy looks bigger than it is, in the end there was a winner, my friend Kristy nailed it, almost perfect.

And then it was time for presents!!! I was overjoyed with the beautiful gifts I received for baby and me. I felt so lucky. Marlis also had a blank frame with bordering around it for everyone to write a little message to the baby. So wonderful!

We ended the shower with Marlis' delicious strawberry shortcake dessert, served elegantly in wine glasses, just in time as the sun went down. So we packed up all the goodies in my car to take home, as I imagined all the lovely items to put in the nursery, the cute outfits to hang in the closet, that soon enough I'll be putting on my precious little baby. 

Thank you Marlis for the perfect day to start off this amazing journey.
Love you,  Lora, Daddy Brett, and Baby "Bean"