Baby Shower Numero Tres

Yesterday was our CT shower, hosted by my mom, Rosie Favry. Nerves were high the week prior because a snow storm was forcasted. Fortunately though the weather was perfect, leaving me to continue my questioning of how a weathermen stay employed.

There were about 25-30 people at the shower yesterday. My mom's cousin from Long Island drove up. I also got to see some of my cousins and my aunt, all of whom I have not seen in a while. Some of our friends also came as well as two women that work at Verizon who I have become good friends with over the years consulting on their account. Many people drove from afar and we were very thankful for them coming. We are also thankful for those who came to both of our showers and all the help given.

The shower was at my mom's clubhouse in her condo. She did an incredible job decorating, matriculate with detail as typical of a Rosie Favry function! Below are pictures of the front table, which housed the pictures of Jackson room that mudda Rouse made. There were also chocolate cigars and other selection of candy. My mom also had a stuffed baby bottle for people to sign so Jackson could one day see all the people who came to his shower. The baby bottle is kind of neat because when you squeeze it, it plays music.






For food, we had an assortment of cheeses and crackers from DH and also a variety of dips my mom had. For lunch, we had an assortment of sandwiches, pasta salads, tortellini salad, Cesar salad and chips. And for dessert, we had jumbo cupcakes that were, white, chocolate and carrot cake. We also had a fruit salad which was forgotten but thanks to Mudda-Annie and I, we remembered to put it out.

Kristin and I got so many gifts, too many to remember them all. Those that stick out were our jumperoo, pack'n'play, baby carrier, bedding/comforter set, hospital/spring maternity wear (for Anthony), an afghan from my godmothers mother, who is 94 years old (absolutely beautiful), countless DVD's (my favorite being the looney tunes compliments of DH), baby monitors, oh yeah, and the 100's of baby lotions, wipes and body washes we got. Kristin also got this beautiful Kate Spade diaper bag from my godparents. She will certainly be hip and in style when Jackson comes! Chelsea also got a gourmet dog bone dipped in chocolate from Kristin's friend Shannon. On Thursday, Kristin and I also had a work shower. Our work friends got us our stroller and car seat set as well as many clothes, red sox wear, several gift cards and toys. They also had a cake for us.

Kristin and I thank you mom for hosting such a beautiful shower. The day was great and it nice being able to spend time with everyone! We cannot thank everyone enough for all they have done for us! Kristin and I are fortunate to have such amazing parents who do nothing less but support and love us. You have been so incredibly generous and we are so proud that Jackson is going to have such amazing grandparents. We love you all!





Today Kristin and I spent the morning cleaning house and straightening up the nursery. Funny thing is when I woke up this morning at 6, Kristin was gone. I freaked out for a second because I just had waken from a dream I was having in which Kristin went into labor. I found her in the nursery going through clothes and separating them into piles to wash.

Once the house was in order we headed to Babies'R'Us to return some items. We then purchased the remaining items on our registry that we had not gotten yet. We then headed and did some grocery shopping before coming home. We just finished putting the remainder of the stuff away. Below are some pictures of what his room looked like last night when we unpacked the car. We also included a picture of his closet...SO MANY CLOTHES!!!! Finally, we have a picture of the pack'n'play that we set up in our room where the little guy will be sleeping until he goes to his crib. Oh yeah, one last picture....a picture of all the lotions and washes we have gotten. We are certainly set for the years to come!





One last picture, which is of the crib now all set up with the bedding his papa and grammie Goldsmith gave him:


PS: Slide show to the right with all the pictures from the shower Saturday