Baby Shower Weekend

We had a really fun time the weekend of 11/17-11/18. Jeff's parents drove out all the way from Ohio. They got in Friday night. Jeff made some of his homemade pizza, John and Kristy came over and then we went down the block to visit little Aiden Davis.

On Sat. Stacey arrived from Cedar Falls, we went and got Cathy and we all went to the Iowa/Western Michigan game. We had a good time tailgating at Jeff's brother's spot in the EPB parking lot, different from our normal spot. Although the walk to the stadium is a little farther, it is a nice place to tailgate at. I got a little worried when the University Police decided to lock up the EPB building which is where we were using the bathroom. Normally they keep the building open, but since it was the start of the Thanksgiving break, they said all buildings were supposed to be locked. I was tempted to go plead as a pregnant woman to leave the building open, as there aren't even any port-a-potties in the area it could lead to big problems! But people just propped open the door and the police didn't seem to mind. They decided to get their ticket books and hand out tickets to underage drinkers instead. We all went to the game, and unfortunately the Hawkeyes lost. Very disappointing! That evening, Jeff's Aunt Loo arrived from Madison, WI.



On Sun, Stacey, Cathy, Tammy and Jesse threw a very nice shower for me. You can look at the pictures here. Jeff let them throw it at Pathways and it worked very well. We had good food, played a couple of games and opened gifts. We received lots of really wonderful gifts. I'd like to talk about them all, but there are a couple I'll just mention. Jeff's mom actually found a Baby Grover doll. Who would have known such a thing existed, but it does and it is adorable.

My mom sent a cute gift of things that reminded her of when I was little. Each had a note attached explaining the memories. I took pictures and they are in the shower set. Be sure to also check out the pictures of the adorable items knitted by Jeff's mom and my friend Cathy. Thanks to everyone for such a wonderful shower!

On Sun night, we went to watch Jeff play basketball and then we met John and Kristy for dinner at the Olive Garden.

Monday morning Jeff's parents got up and made the trip back to Ohio. It was a very nice weekend.