Well this is gonna be a good picture extravaganza. There was a lot that went on last night and Ellynn had a lot of fun from the sounds of it. They invited about 40 people and all but 3 r.s.v.p’d and eventually showed up. So it was a happenin’ party. Lots of cool pictures to post. I’ll put pictures with a short explanation and I'm sure Ellynn will give you a more in depth coverage later.
So plenty of costumed women filled Meagan and Cory’s house. From what I hear the men had fled to other sanctuaries to wait out the storm.
The Rocker and the Japanese outfit got first and second best costumes respectively for the party.
Lots of food at the party.
This is Julia, Brind’s wife, she made some way cool cakes that we’ll show you pictures of later. She works at target and got us a few gifts from our registry so they did a lot for the shower.
This is Meagan’s 80’s aerobics instructor costume.
Bennett was a cowgirl.
Darla was an 80’s prom queen. Can you tell we like to rag on the 80’s? Who doesn’t though…such an easy target, kinda like that slow kid in dodge ball. Hehe.
This is Leanne’s Ghoul Bride costume. She has a lot of cool costumes stored from years past and has the makeup for some pretty cool costumes. This is one of Ellynn’s favorites.
Ellynn was a witch…for the party…not referring to general mood. Hehe. She said this picture was flattering, not to mention she’s holding a roll of cash there which is all gonna be spent on our new stroller.
These are the cakes Julia made. Everyone said they should be in a Martha Stewart Catalog. They were very creative. She’s a pretty good cook. We’ve only suckered her into cooking dinner for us once so far. Brind had an idea to make the inside of one of the bellies out of red Jell-O and to put a plastic baby in it so that as you cut into it the red Jell-O gushed out. Pretty creative and totally a Brind idea as Ellynn said. Julia just stuck with cake batter for all three though so people could actually have something to eat.
Ellynn was on her feet for a lot of the day. She had a Relief Society service project in the morning and then lots of preparation for the part in the afternoon. All this led to some very swollen ankles by the end of the day. Ellynn had to document the event for posterity.
Here’s some of the gifts we got, at least the ones that I could easily snap a pic of. People brought some very nice and very creative gifts. It was really nice to get a lot of these things and to not have to worry about having to go buy this now. It was a big help.
This is the Diaper Champ. Tony and Jess say it’s the best thing for throwing away diapers and not having it smell bad. It never really lets air out, kinda has the nuclear waste disposal feel to it which is what diaper changing feels like sometimes…
This was a diaper cake. At least that’s how Ellynn explained it. This gift was very creative. Diapers were wrapped into layers (like a cake) and topped with various lotions, towels and other baby items.
This is a pile of the smaller items and bags we got. Diapers, wipes, some good books, bathrobes, and lots of others things. I haven’t had time to go through everything yet but there were lots of cool useful gifts.
This is the monitor system we signed up for at target. It has the receiver and then two speaker systems that you can set up. Both the speaker systems have lights that signal noise volume so you can tell just by looking at it if there’s noise. These were also recommended to us and are supposed to be very good.
And this is the sweet baby grooming kit from Target. Lots of good stuff in there for first time parents and it’s all neatly put together in one kit which is nice.
So that was the whole shebang. Ellynn is gonna post later and tell all about the shower and different funny things that happened. This post was mainly so you could see all the pictures she took and get a good feel for what went on. Thanks for all your help and support as this baby has grown!
