My Abilene Baby Shower ~ November 17th 2007

My first baby shower was this weekend in my hometown, Abilene, TX. The shower was held at the Swenson House. The hostesses put on an awesome shower! It meant so much to me and it was a very special day.

Here are the hostesses and me
(from left to right: Alyssa, Kelly, Aunt Jamie, Me, Maylee and Meghan).

One of my best high school friends, Kelly.

My bosom buddy cousin, Meghan.

My younger sisters, Ashley & Alyssa.

Reese's namesake, my cousin Maylee Carol Reese.

My Mom!

My Dad hung around long enough to say 'Hi' to all of the girls and take a quick pic!

My Step Mom, Dana.

The shower theme was based on Reese's polka dot bedding.

Check out the cake!

We had lots of tasty treats.

Many of my family and high school / college friends came to the shower! It was so much fun to see everybody. You all blessed us with so many wonderful gifts!

While I was opening gifts, each person took a ribbon and cut it by the length they thought my belly was round. Alyssa was the closest followed by Erin and Stacia.

Stacia was so sweet, she took notes of all of the gifts I received as I opened them.

The gifts kept coming...

And coming...

Maylee is attending Angelo State and got Reese an ASU jumper; Matt was so excited.

And coming...

My niece, Lexi, was a big help as I continued opening...



Lexi and Maggie helped me unwrap this one...

34 gifts later, I unwrapped the last one. Wow! Reese is so loved!

After the shower, Matt came to help load up all of the wonderful gifts in the Volvo. Then, he and I met my Dad & Dana & my brother Joe and his family for dinner at the Beehive downtown.

On our way to my Aunt Jamie's house after dinner, Matt and I bought a few storage bins so we could sort and consolidate the gifts for a better fit in the Volvo on the way home. Aunt Jamie, Meghan, Maylee and Maggie helped me go through them all and pack the bins. It made it possible to get everything plus our luggage packed for our ride back to Houston.

Alyssa and Ashley came over later and the kids played while we chit chatted.

Here are Reese's cousins: Slaton (2 1/2 years old) and Maggie (3 years old).

They are so cute!

Here is Ashley with her daughter Lexi (7 years old) and Meghan's daughter Maggie. Reese will have some great cousins to play with once she arrives!

Matt, Mom and I had a great weekend in Abilene; we wished it was not such a quick trip!

Thanks again to the hostesses and the wonderful shower you had for us. And thank you to everyone who traveled near and far to attend the shower; it was so nice to see each and every one of you!

Lots of love,

A, Matt and Reese