Dallas Baby Shower - Our Last Hurrah

We had our last baby shower on Saturday in Dallas. Our dear friends Jana and Jason hosted the shower at Primo's Restaurant on McKinney, directly across the street from where Chad and I first lived when we moved to Dallas. Seeing as my due date is still set for St. Patrick's Day, the shower had a St. Patty's Day theme.

This shower was for guys and gals. Who says baby showers are only for women? Chad is just as much a part of this as I am. It was very low key and gave us a chance to simply catch up with friends. We played one game which involved our guests guessing just how round I am by cutting off a piece of measuring tape that they thought would wrap around me. Then each guest took a turn and measured their guess on me. Almost everyone guessed WAY too big. Our winner was Jana, our host. Is it fair for the hostess to win the only shower game??? We thought so, way to go Jana!

And the winner.........

After the game, some appetizers and cake, we moved onto gifts. Our friends are all so generous and really have the BEST taste. Chad's reps gave us our Diaper Genie and a huge box of over 200 diapers, exactly what we need! Carol gave us a Fisher Price playmat and a beautiful photography book called Hollywood Dads. This was one of Chad's favorite gifts. We also received some bath toys, beautiful soft stuffed animals, some trendy onesies courtesy of Mari, a Leapfrog Learn and Groove toy from Kenny and Leslie, a Woobee water resistant blanket - the latest rage from Sandy and Garrett, an adorable flower bath wrap towel from Debbie - sure to be seen in a future baby photo, as well as many many other much needed items including our diaper changing pad and cover. No shower would be complete without a Baby on Board yellow car window sign - you think of everythign Mari. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends. I saved one gift for last, which was a diaper bag from me to Chad filled with all sorts of goodies. I thought it would be fun to have a sort of gag gift for him to open, so after reading aloud a little message from me, he preceded to pull out items from the gift bag. He started with the basics - baby bottle, diapers, baby wipes, pacifiers, and moved on to the necessary diaper changing tools - rubber gloves, a face mask, goggles, tongs, hand sanitizer, etc. I also included a can of Red Bull and some Excederin to keep Chad going - all in good fun of course.

All in all it was a great shower. It was our last hurrah before the baby comes. Thank you Jana and Jason for hosting this very special day for us!