WEEK 26 & a SHOWER to CELEBRATE!

What a nice little celebration to welcome Oliver into this scary, yet...interesting world. Okay, he's not here yet, but it was definitely a memorable experience. It was such a heart warming day, knowing so many people wanted to be part of it and be supportive. You can definitely feel the love! Not to mention the hard work Barry's mum and sister put into the planning and making it all happen! For those of you who know me, I'm not the type to WANT to be in the center of attention, so this DID break into my comfort zone just a tad. Sure it was with a group of ladies whom I was comfortable with, but still a little nerve racking.

I wasn't sure if Barry wanted him and the dudes to be part of this little party we were having, I know he's not the "shower" type, so him and the gents went out for some beers until we were done "showering" Oliver.

I woke up the morning of the shower and my mum in law was already running around cooking, cleaning, and decorating. I offered my help numerous times, but I wasn't allowed. So I sat in the chair and just watched her do her thing. I was able to contribute a little bit. I made a little chalk sign, I also helped make an appetizer...and I set up the forks. HAHA! At least I got to do a little something. We had a Monster's Inc. theme shower, since that's Oliver's "nursery" theme. Anyhoo, Barry's sister came around and brought the cutest diaper cake goodie contraption. I couldn't stop looking at it, it was so perfect! All the decorations, colours, food, and treats were just so awesome I wish it could have been that way forever.

People started showing up. More than I had anticipated. We sat down, chatted, played some games, snacked on foods. We played a candy game to which we had to match up baby/maternity related words to each other and the candy you won matched the topic you just did, if that makes sense. There was also the guess measurement of the bump, and a clothes pin game...YOU COULDN'T SAY "BABY". That was pretty fun, it's hard not to say baby when you're at a BABY shower talking about BABIES and such. OH, I can't forget to mention the cupcakes. Ohhhh the cupcakes! Mike and Sully cupcakes! Barry's sister brought 3 tiers of homemade Mike and Sully cupcakes. They were soooo delicious. I wish I had one left over for every single day, but of course I'd probably be morbidly obese.

We had gift time, and after gift time Barry's mum made a toast...not with wine, but with sparkling apple cider. I love apple cider, I could drink a whole bottle of that stuff if not more. Toast was lovely. Following was dinner time. Barry's mum makes delicious food by the way. We had baked ziti and A LOT OF IT! My mouth is watering just thinking of it. After dinner people were starting to take off, guys came home, I showed Barry all the little gifts people brought over for Oliver. Lots of onesies, books, blankets, he's even gotten his own little spa bath!

Like I said, it was such a wonderful, memorable experience and it was all thanks to my lovely mum and sister in law and the awesome guests who shared that special day with me and Oliver. So much LOVE!