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Remembering Your Baby Shower

As I was preparing to describe your baby shower, I began to wonder how many types of social

gatherings or parties there are where people get together in celebration of someone in particular,

without that someone being present.

The only examples I could think of were funerals and baby showers. I (thankfully) havent had to plan a

funeral, but my guess is that when one does put one together, they have the question in the back of

their mind, How would want to be remembered? Or, maybe this question was

answered by the persons will.

This question is harder to answer when you are holding a baby shower, because the guest of honor--in

this case, you--is not only absent, but we havent even met them yet. We knew you were going to be a

boy, so there was a lot of blue around, and your mom has fallen in love with the idea of calling you

monkey, so the cups, plates, napkins, cake, and even some of the clothes all had pictures of monkeys

on them. I know that this doesnt mean that were telling you to likemonkeys, but Im just saying that

were at that awkward stage when we dont know what you like. This is something that you and the rest

of us will need to figure out together, I suppose.

Your baby shower was held at your Aunt Susans house at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 1 2012.

That day the weather was unseasonably warm, right around fifty degrees, but a little on the rainy side.

We left late in the morning that same day and ended up getting there just before your baby shower was

scheduled to start. On our way there we stopped inside the Midland Mall to give your mom the chance

to walk around a little bit, use the bathroom, and then we had lunch. (I guess in a way your presence is

always felt by your mom, and we can tell just by looking at her that you are already with us)

We were joined by both of your grandmothers, Sara, Rose, Connie, your cousins (Mea, and Allyson),

your sister Kayla, and myself. Josh and Alex were there, but spent most of their time upstairs playing

video games.

Here is another strange fact about baby showers: You will probably never attend another one in your life

time, unless the doctors are all wrong and youre a girl. Thats because guys usually dont go to baby

showers, unless they are the father-to-be, and even then Im willing to bet that its considered optional.

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Project HoverYour Aunt Susan had arranged three tables in her dining room where we could sit and talk. Each table

had a centerpiece made up of flowers. One of the centerpieces was a baby bottle which contained

flowers. Each table had a bowl of peanuts and mints. They lasted a while until your brother found out

about them, and then spent the rest of the afternoon devouring just the mints.

Once we were sure that everybody who was coming had shown up, Susan announced that she was

hungry so she was going to just dig in, so the rest of us should too. Dinner was sloppy joes, nacho chips

and cheese, and salad. Kayla, Mea, and your Grandma Morgan sat together in the kitchen. I sat with

your mom and Allyson.

Our food was served on plates decorated with monkeys, and the cups had pictures of monkeys on them.

I guess you could call it a theme. (You dont have to, but that saved me from having to also point out

that the napkins were decorated with monkeys)

Your cousin Mea had created a sign which hung above the bay windows in the dining room. It was a

chain of letters which formed the phrase, Its a Boy. Below the sign was a rocking chair and an

assortments of gifts for you. Some of them were wrapped, and some of them werent.

Another strange thing about baby showers is that the gifts are often for the baby, but in a way they are

also intended to help the parents. For example, once you arrive there will be a bouncy chair and a

jumperoo waiting for you to play in. Im hoping that you enjoy them, but in truth the hope is that we, as

the parents, will enjoy watching you enjoy them--to the point at which we will be able to snap cute

photos, run and use the bathroom, or maybe grab a snack.

Your mom sat down in the rocking chair and began to digin to your gifts. Im happy to say that, thanks

to our friends and family, you will not be limited to just wearing your birthday suit during the first

couple of weeks of your life (sorry, but that sounded way funnier in my head). You will be clothed from

head to toe in cute looking onesies, and shirts that say things like Daddys biggest fan.

It would be hard to tell you about everything that you were given, so Im going to uploadphotos of your

mom opening up the gifts.

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