Belated Baby Shower Post...

We all know that one of the best things ever is a baby being born. My neighbor has been pregnant since I've known her. They moved in the house beside us around July. Gary and Angie have been the best neighbors in the world. Their little girl Sophia is one of AJ's best buds!!! They have a blast playing together. I wanted to do something nice for Angie so I called all the women in the neighborhood and we agreed to cook for them for a few weeks after the new arrival made her appearance. I originally planned to have her shower on Oct. 12. However, Little Lucy kept trying to change the plans on me. She really wanted to be at the shower with us but thankfully she held on a little longer. Have to love those modern drugs that keep those babies in the bun cooking just a little longer. She is now a beautiful, healthy little girl.
We surprised (I think) Angie that night with a gathering of the ladies to give her the card explaining our plans to cook for them. My mother wrote a really precious poem introducing our gift.

Much more than neighbors
We're a community of friends,
Wishing you happiness and joy
That never ends.
We decided amongst us
To celebrate this way...
For a month we'll each bring you
A dinner a day!
Hope this will help you
Hope this makes you smile,
Hope it gives you more family time
If just for a while.
"Welcome home, Little Lucy",
Is the message this sends,
One more little heart
In our community of friends!

I made this punch that was supposed to be pink. It ended up blood red because I didn't thaw the vanilla ice cream enough. It eventually ended up a real pretty pink. I also made an ice sculpture to go in the middle. I put water in a circular cake pan and placed sliced strawberries in it as well as these plastic mini baby bottles. I thought the bottles would sink and eventually be at the top of the sculpture...wrong. As the ice melted the baby bottles fell out into the punch. Amanda was given the strict task to warm everyone not to choke on a bottles as they drank the punch. The punch was really good and thankfully no one had to receive the Heimlich maneuver!!!

It was so nice getting everyone together that Angie is now working hard on getting a woman's neighborhood Bunco game started every month. We played two games ( I tried to keep it simple)I was able to use some of my baby stamps that I haven't been able to use in years.



We had a wonderful time and I have to thank my other neighbor Amanda for helping me decorate and being ready right in the nick of time!! She helped with that crepe paper decorating that makes me want to pull my hair out. She did a beautiful job and I couldn't have pulled it together without you!!! She and Jason were also the joint taste tester club to make sure all food was presentable!! :0)





Little Lucy made her appearance about 2 weeks later on Sunday around 8 pm. It was a very quick birth without epidural. Angie is a champ. I think her labor was a little over 2 hours. Lucy doesn't play. All 8lbs 9oz of her.
Thank you God for allowing us to still witness miracles here on earth!!!