A few months ago I caught word that Suzy was going to have a baby shower...oh how I hate living so far away at times like these. I expressed to Chris my desire to attend this shower but we decided that it would be better to postpone a trip like this until later...little did I know a Christmas gift was brewing!!! I again mentioned the idea to attend the shower but got nowhere, at least that's what I thought. Christmas morning I was presented with my flight itinerary to Portland Oregon! I was shocked I really thought that Chris had purchased lame concert tickets...I do NOT want to go to a concert and on Christmas morning I was dreading having to act surprised, come to find out I didn't have to act. Here are some photos of my trip.
At the Beach
Chris had planned everything with my friend Mary (good thing that he did 'cause I ended up surprising Suzy and Cindy...it was so fun!). Mary picked me up from the airport in the morning and then drove me out to the beach that afternoon! She is such a great friend to do that for me and to let me stay at her house. We went to the outlet stores to shop for the shower and we got to stop by at Phyllis & Jerry's place, it was so great to see them, I only wish that I had a picture with them too. Mary and I had to get our picture with the beach in the background...it was such a beautiful day!!
At the Shower
Debbie, Nic and Kayla...I love this shot! We had so much fun at the shower...especially little Kayla, she loved climbing the stairs and taking toys away from other babies...she's got Le Bel in her for sure!! I couldn't get over her smile and cute little rolls...they are everywhere!
The traditional toilet paper baby shower game. Suzy wears pregnancy very well and I can say that it was very difficult to get this one right even after Cindy gave me her "expert advice".
Nicholette and Kayla...that little girl was the life of the party and I loved getting to know her better.
Okay so here is the deal, when I heard about the "drinking" game I knew I had to volunteer to participate. It's the drinking apple juice from a baby bottle game and the three sis-in-laws were up against each other (some people don't know this but I can be a little competitive). I did NOT realize how hard it is to suck that juice out of the bottle. Suzy cheated and took the lid off in the beginning and automatically disqualified (pregnancy can cause a girl to be impatient...especially in the last month with having to wait for the darn baby to come) too bad for her, but great for us, it was down to Cindy and Me...
Look at this shot!! Cindy is pausing to smile for the camera and yet she still wins...amazing. I can tell you one thing that I am sure of, Cindy sucked more than I did...I love you anyway.
Opening presents, it's always a highlight for the mom-to-be, checking out all of the fun new stuff for the new little one.
Kayla was the official toy tester...thanks Kayla!
Me-n-my sisters!
Cindy
Suzy
Nic
Debbie
All the girls!
left to right: Debbie, Nicholette, Kayla, Cindy, Suzy and me
I stayed with Jon and Suzy my second night, we had a lot of fun, we ended up going to Mazatlan for dinner and we took Cold Stone back to the house to visit until late into the night...thanks guys for the fantastic time, I can't wait to see you all again at the camp out!
Devin enjoyed his new (but not newest) baby cousin...
he really likes holding him and the kids keep asking when we get to go back.
Uncle Daniel got the board games out and Brennen & Devin had a blast. Ethan just watched from the sidelines.
He played a little peek-a-boo when there was a lull in the game.
And when they moved on to Battleship, this is what Ethan was doing with the leftover pieces.
The kids were able to meet up with some of their Idaho friends...here is Ari with her two friends Kara and Holly, they had fun together and we hope to get back up there soon for more fun times. Thank you Dan and Bridget for hanging out with us!
