The Baby Shower

Today was a good day. It was the day that stepson, Jim and wife Christina threw a surprise baby shower for stepdaughter, Jennifer. Was she surprised? You bet, at least by the look on her face as she came through the door this afternoon, carrying her own iced tea! Helping her in the door is her husband, Ron, and niece Abigail.

She is due in 5 weeks and has finally found out the sex of her baby. You know it really doesn't matter what the sex is, but to know ahead of time is to prepare properly. Until just recently, little Sarah Georgine wasn't about to let her mother know whether she was a boy or a girl, hiding from the doctor at each exam.

It was good to see both sisters sitting on the sofa, both very pregnant, laughing and enjoying the party. Christina is also due in about 5 to 7 weeks. Both seemed to really enjoy unwrapping the gifts and inspecting each one. Why of course they did! I would.

Even though I don't necessarily look like I was enjoying the party, I was.


Jennifer got a lot of really, really nice things. Her grandmother, Sarah, made her a beautiful blanket, bonnet and sweater. She got lots of diapers, a rattle, a couple more blankets and a variety of things. I was surprised at how calmly she seemed to be taking all this. Jennifer, even as a child, was always emotional. But today, after the initial surprise when she first arrived, she seemed quite calm. She didn't even cry when she opened her mother's gift, a model of the crib that her mother had gotten for her. The crib was to be delivered.

It wasn't until her Dad and brother, Jim brought out the other "big" gift that she got emotional. When we had decided on what to get her for this baby shower, I had told Husband what he should do. He was really unsure, but I told him that I always remember that she was very upset about Jim getting the cradle that both kids were kept in when they were tiny. Jim was the first married and the first with a baby, so he got Dad's cradle. Jennifer always thought that she should get it. So I told Husband, he had no choice but to make a second cradle, the same but different from the first. He did just that. As soon as she saw it, she knew he had built it, even though she still asked. I had gone shopping yesterday and found lovely cradle duds that I thought would suite, especially since I didn't know Sarah would be a Sarah at that time.

Not only was it a surprise baby shower for Jennifer, it was also her birthday, so we had to have a cake to celebrate both occasions. I have to admit, there were a LOT of candles on that cake.

She had a wonderful party and got a number or really wonderful things to start Sarah right when she arrives. Now we are counting down until we get to meet our new baby granddaughter.