Shower commentary by Ellynn

The shower didn't really happen last night but Jason wrote that blog a couple days ago and already posted it on his family blog. He's way more on top of it than i am. It really was a blast though. It ended up being more like a Halloween party than a baby shower which is my idea of a good time! We had a couple games planned but there were just way too many people to even play them. we did play “how big is mama’s belly”. i’ve decided that this is not a good game to play. All but 3 people over-guessed by at least a foot. i’m not even gonna comment on that. but that’s cool.

As Mom said it was a monumental effort to put the shower on but i think i get the gold medal for my brownies. the brownies that never even got served. This probably gets the silver medal.

Jason spent a good 3 hours helping me make the invites. and by helping me i mean i was taking a nap during most of it.

The bronze medal is a three way tie between Darla making the amazing pumpkin soup which we served out of a real pumpkin. Mom with her costume and aunt Joanie’s chocolate-dipped gingersnaps and Cory and Dad doing everything behind the scenes.

Okay so the brownies. Meagan actually deserves half the medal for putting up with and helping me. So i have this amazing brownie recipe with Hershey’s special dark european cocoa. (freaking amazing by the way). I’m adding the last ingredient to this delectable mix when somehow i misconstrue 2 cups with 8 cups. That’s right EIGHT! don’t even ask me how something that stupid happens but it did. luckily we had 24 EXTRA eggs on hand so we could fix the problem. So 3 boxes of cocoa, 32 eggs and a serious test of Meagan’s and my math skills later we have sugar all over the floor and 8 batches of brownie mix. They never got served because by the time we got 2 pans baked, they didn’t have enough time to cool so we could put the frosting on. i still don’t know what on earth we’re going to do with all of it.

This picture doesn’t have much to do with anything except that i love it! Please also notice the color of the walls in the back ground. Meagan spent the better part of 3 days painting her living room so it would be done in time for the shower. Mom and Cory were a huge help and i’m an awesome supervisor/hole finder. The shower was the first time most people in the ward had seen Meag’s house and EVERYONE was very impressed. it really is fantastic.

From all reports everyone had a good time and a couple of them even said it was the funnest baby shower they’ve ever been to. Can’t beat that. So in the end it was worth all the effort. Especially since be scored enough cash to pay for our dresser, order our stroller and still get a few essentials we really need.