A Shower With a Chance of Freezing...babies??

As I said in my last post, I went to my niece, Jennifer's baby shower this past weekend. Very appropriately, it was sprinkling off and on outside during the shower too. It was held at the sports bar that her parents have owned for years, and where Jen also works. There were many of her friends and relatives there, so she receive a lot of very nice gifts. We played the usual baby shower games...and one rather UNusual one. Jen's sister, Chris had frozen a little plastic baby in an ice cube and suspended it from the ceiling on a string. The object was to guess what time the little plastic baby would be "born". It was pretty funny...

Here's the baby dangling above the bowl on the table. You can see it's feet starting to emerge...I guess it's coming breech!

Here's a close-up of the baby...I can't tell if it's a boy or a girl...can you?

After a while, since the ice wasn't melting as fast as anyone had predicted it might, Chris started to "induce" it by holding it in her hand to melt the ice cube.

Eventually, the tiny babe was born. People were leaving, so Chris just walked over and broke the ice...letting the little thing fall into the bowl! The time of birth was something like 3:47pm I think. I had guess 4:02...and I might have been right if it wasn't for Dr. Chris perfoming a C-section! I didn't get a length and weight on it...and I still couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl!! Oh well.

April Showers Bring May Weddings ~ May Showers Bring...July Babies??

Last Saturday afternoon, I went to my niece, Holly's bridal shower. She's the daughter of my "internetaphobic" brother, Dan. I don't believe she has a problem with me posting her picture here...after all I swiped it off of her facebook page. Holly will be marrying Nate C. on May 16th. It seems like forever since we've had a wedding in our family...and this year two of my nieces are getting married. The funny thing is... they're BOTH marrying Nate. No, they aren't polygamists...both girls just happen to be engaged to guys named Nate. The other niece, Crystal is engaged to Nate B. They'll be tying the knot on September 25th.

This Saturday afternoon, I'm going to a BABY shower...for another niece, Jenny. She is due on July 2nd...but I'm thinking if she tried real hard...she could have it a couple of days early and Kathy and Bonnie and I could share our birthday with him/her too. No, they haven't found out the sex of the baby yet....because they don't want to know. We're all very curious!

It's 12:30 AM and I'm still thinking about what I'm going to put on her baby shower cake. It really WOULD help to know if it's a boy or a girl! LOL! Oh well, I'll figure something out. I'm thinking I should go to bed and "sleep on it" (no, not literally)...and get up and decorate it in the morning before the 4 year old grandson wakes up and wants to help. Goodnight.

Cyber Shower Party Post For Sassyfrazz

Sassyfrazz is due to have baby number 4 soon. As a guest at her shower, I'm going to play some games here to see if I can win:

The First Choice of Prizes will go to: The sweetest picture
of Daddy's first picture with their new baby. This can be a picture right at
the hospital/in home birth, or just a few days/weeks old of the baby.

This is a picture of my oldest son, Jeremy and my oldest grandson, "AJ". It was taken almost 6 years ago. I can't believe how young my son looks here. He has this picture entitled "My first whole day as a dad" on his MySpace page. I think that's pretty sweet myself.

And just in case that one isn't sweet enough, (and to be fair to my step-son, Dan and his little guy, "HD" that was born just before Christmas last year), here's one of them too. This was obviously in the hospital after a very, very long night.

The Second Choice of Prizes will go to: The person who guesses the correct
birth weight of my second child, Caleb, who is now 3 1/2 years old. He was 3
days overdue, and I was induced with him. Those are the only clues I will give you.
:)

Hmmmm.... I think he was pretty big, but I don't remember the exact stats.
I'll guess 8 lbs 13 oz. Am I right?

The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Choice of Prizes will go to: The most creative creation of a baby and/or a pregnant Mom made out of play-doh. That's
right...time to get creative, regress to your childhood days, and have a blast making your masterpiece. Yes, you can ask your kids to help with this one. I am all about having fun with your kids!

I think I'll pass on this one, I don' t believe I even have any playdoh in the house. Congratulations, Sarah!