Saturday, January 19, 2013

baby shower!!!!

Little did she know... but Deb and I have been planning Kassy's baby shower for months. However, anytime she mentioned "do you think I'll have a family baby shower, Mom".. my answer was.. "let's get threw the holidays and the bulk of winter"...Kass likes to have things done ahead, so that answer didn't sit too well (which was the plan).

Because we are so blessed with family and many friends, our "fear" was... where to have this shower. Fortunately, Kas said something about the fact that we could probably have the church hall...so I called Sharon (Kass's bible study teacher) to see if we could...and the answer was "yes".
So, today, I packed up Rylie (and a ton of other things) met Deb and Sharon at the church, and our months of planning began to come together....
Here's the decorating crew!!!! Deb got some many wonderful decorations, and the hall looked amazing when they were done...
So happy to have all this space.. and we also could use the kitchen, which was a huge help.
Reagan's cake....
Which matched his napkins and plates..... (and the theme that Kas has for his little room)
Guests arrived and the gift table began to fill.....
Friends and family filled the tables....



It was up to Nate to get Kassy there. He came up with a great "excuse"... the church's snowblower wasn't working, and he had to go and see what the trouble was. Kass wasn't too excited about going out to "fix a snowblower", but Nate got her there.. and it stayed a "surprise" until the very last moment....
She was pretty overwhelmed........
I love surprising people!!!! (we got ya Kass!!)
This is our aunt Doreen and her great grandbaby, Caroline.... the generations are getting bigger and bigger... Reagan is great grandbaby number two for my Mom and Dad.....
My sister, Rachel, made all these little cookies.....
And there were many eager helpers when it came time to open gifts....
So many wonderful things, and it looks like Kass will be all set when baby Reagan makes his grand entrance into the world....

Trina is a long time friend from the Marine Corps days.. she traveled SIX hours to be with Kass.....
After the wonderful afternoon, we all helped transport things back to Kas and Nate's... the living room filled with all the gifts.... it was fun to watch Kas go threw them again, and be able to really see them....
Kass didn't want to forget her Daddy's birthday... so we celebrated with the second cake of the day.....
And we eagerly await for the next birthday boy!!!!!!!