Baby Shower in Inver Grove Heights

Had my second baby shower today. My aunt Betsy hosted at her house in Inver Grove Heights. It was such a great time! She had egg bake, muffins, bacon & fruit for brunch and even made a fun "Memory" game for us to play, with baby terms. I was totally lost on it half the time, but my guests seemed to understand so it was still a lot of fun.

Opening Jodi's gift. My mom is keeping
record of the gift so I can send
thank you's out later

Guests in attendance were my dad's sisters, my girl cousins on the Hannasch side (and my cousin Sam's girlfriend Carrie), My Grandma Hannasch, Shirley, My sister, mom and her cousins. My aunt Jodi on the Byland side and even my second cousin (once removed) Angela, who I have not seen in forever! Everyone seemed to have a really great time and definitely enjoyed the nice big air conditioned house. :-)

Carol (on left) and Betsy with
the "Memory" candy game.

Of course there were fantastic gifts as well. In fact, I can say as of today- after both my baby showers, Matt and I do believe we have everything we will need for Baby girl for at least the first year of her life, which is very exciting and unexpected! We thought for sure we'd end up buying at least half the things we needed ourselves. Thank you SO much for the generosity of all our friends and family. She is definitely going to be a lucky little girl. A few guests even put the energy into making homemade baby blankets, which I thought was beyond cool.

Jodi, Mark, Angela, Betsy & Barb
chatting before the shower begins

It is definitely times like this when I am reminded how amazing our friends and family are and I look forward to sharing the joy of our little one with all of you.

Love,

Catherine, Matt & B