Baby Shower!

On Saturday, August 9th, several family members and friends gathered to shower Baby Johnson and I with love and well wishes at my first baby shower. There were people from all parts of my life - my mom and sister, aunts, cousins, and a grandma, high school and college friends and their moms, friends that I met through my sister, and a neighbor of my parents that my family grew up with. Such a fun group! Many came from out of town, including from Rochester and Fergus Falls, MN, and Lacrosse, WI. But I think the prize for coming the farthest for the shower is my best friend Laura from high school. Laura lives in the Los Angeles, CA area, and it meant so much to me to have her there. Laura and I have been friends for 17 years, and she is and has been such a great friend to me over the years - supportive, encouraging, and caring, just to name a few. After the shower, we went to Laura's family cabin in Alexandria, MN with her parents for a few days. I think I've been going to that cabin with them for almost all of the 17 years of our friendship, so that summer visit is always fun and something I really look forward to.

Here are some pictures from the shower. Thanks to everyone that came to celebrate with me - I so very much appreciate your love and support, and our baby will be so lucky to have such a wonderful group of extended family and friends!


Here are the wonderful shower planners - my sister Kristi, my friend Jamie that I taught with at Minnehaha, and my sister-in-law and good friend Abby. My other sister-in-law Jessica also helped plan the shower, but she couldn't make it that morning - she was taking pictures at her friends wedding. We missed you Jess!





All of the decorations were really cute and the food was great. Awesome shower, party planners!



Jamie, Abby, Janna, and Laura hanging out by the beverages. I love these gals!





The shower game was baby charades, with baby-related words like diaper change, lullaby, etc. There were several teams playing against each other. It was fun, and everyone got into it - great game Jamie!







We received so many wonderful gifts at the shower, including many to go with our nursery theme of ladybugs. My mom and dad gave us most of the cute ladybug things for the baby room, but one of the things Matt's aunt Rose and cousin Kristina gave was an adorable ladybug bikini! I love it! I guess there aren't many times in life that you can look as cute in a two-piece swimsuit than as a baby girl, right? :)



Matt's grandma, Marjorie Anderson, was able to make it to the shower, and I was so happy she could be there. She was enjoying the gifts too!





Nemo was also a hit at the shower. She sat near the gifts during most of the gift opening... and after all that excitement, boy was she pooped! :)



Most of my Bethel Roomies were able to make it to the shower - Janna, Ang, Abby, Katrina, and her cutie-pie son, Micah. We missed you Janine!



It was a really fun morning. I feel very blessed to have so many loving and supportive family members and friends. Thanks again to everyone who came and made it so special for me and our little one!