Baby Shower

Alan and I went to Ga to visit family from August 14-August 23rd. My cousin Jason was getting married, and my cousin Candy decided to host us a wonderful baby shower! It was just perfect! She made a beautiful cake, 3 tiers! It was bigger than my wedding cake. I wish I had picture of the spread she laid out, but my camera ended up not working, so most of my pictures are borrowed!

Baby Shower Cake, made with love by Candy



It was wonderful to see most of the women in my family. My cousins, Jennifer, Terresa and Lorrinda and my Aunt Donna from my dad's side of the family made it. I was also able to visit with my Grandmommie, Ashley, Angie, Candy, Aunt Kelly, Aunt Darlene and my mom. We also had several of my 2nd cousins come, all children of course, I love getting to know them. Jennifer and Terresa's girls, Nathalie and Alexis were a fantastic help with opening gifts.

Mom, Me, Jennifer, Terresa, Lorrinda and Aunt Donna

Alexis and Nathalie helping me manage the gifts

Aunt Darlene, Mom and Aunt Donna

I received tons of clothes and lots of other goodies. My mom brought about 8 bags of gifts! One being an endless bag of baby clothes and two others full of cloth diapers. Candy had the guests bring books for the baby instead of cards, this was a wonderful idea and it help start a small library for our daughter.

Cowgirl outfit from Aunt Darlene

Green Eggs and Ham, a gift from Jennifer

One of my favorite gifts was a homemade quilt my mom made for the baby. She started working on it right after we told her we were pregnant. She was so excited that she couldn't wait for us to find out if it was a boy or a girl. I think it turned out beautiful!

Showing off the Baby Quilt, made with love from Grammy

Candy had a few games for us to play. Baby Bingo where guests could mark off their card as I opened presents. The other game was Baby Family Feud. This was pretty funny since it was a family baby shower. I sat on the Howard/Baldwin side. As it turned out I sat on the right side, we smoked the McCrary side of the family!

Mom in the final stage of Family Feud

Aunt Donna getting ready to whoop up on the McCrary side



Grandmommie, Ashley, Aunt Kelly and Aunt Darlene

Humm, let me think.....

Now that I am writing this blog, I realized I didn't even get a picture of the McCrary side of the family that came nor did I get a picture with Candy! This is the only one I have!


Candy - Thanks for a wonderful baby shower! I truly appreciate all the hard work, love and labor you put into making this such a wonderful family celebration! It's a blessing to have you in my family!