Show us Your Life-Baby Showers

A friend and fellow blogger Molly, turned me onto Kelly's blog and I have been reading it for the past few weeks. From what I gather, every Friday is "Show us your Life" and each Friday has a different topic. This is my first time participating in "Show us Your Life" and it is all about baby showers! Now, that is something I may know a thing or two about :). I have given and attended many showers and the one thing that I have noticed is how much my gift giving has changed over the years, especially now that I have a child of my own. I think back to the first baby shower I ever attended was when I first moved to Savannah. Jimmy's friend from high school who quickly became one of my friends invited me to her shower. It was her second baby so I didn't have a registry to guide me so I think I gave her some white washcloths and maybe a white hooded towel. So creative, right! I definitely looked like the rookie. I think that my gift giving has gotten much more thoughtful and useful over the past 10 years!

Here are a few pics from my baby shower in October of 2006. I had two baby showers, one hosted by my friends in Savannah and the other by work friends. This was my Savannah shower and it was hosted by my friends Eliza, Alison, Catherine and Pam (Alison and Catherine's MIL). It was at Pam's house on Wilmington Island and no decorations were needed, just look at the scenery! They have a beautiful home on the water on Wilmington Island. It was a gorgeous fall day and the weather was just right (it still could be hot in Oct!). Whitney came all the way from NC to attend! We had some yummy food made mostly by Eliza's MIL, Margaret, who by far is one of the best southern cooks around (she could rival Paula Deen) and she made grits and grillades that were so delish! I could not get over the generosity of friends and family before, during and after having a baby. It really was overwhelming.




These last couple of pics are from my SIL Ginny's shower last August here in Savannah. I was just a guest at this one, but the hostesses gave a really nice shower at the Savannah Golf Club. I thought the cake was super cute and if you can't tell from all of the pink, it was a shower for a little girl! Amelia Parks arrived in September. Hard to believe that we will be celebrating her first birthday soon!




In a previous post I showed the backpack from PB Kids that I like to give. Another one of my favorite presents to give is the Tubside Kneeler and Step Stool. I got one as a shower gift and I am STILL using it. It saves your knees and back when giving the little one a bath. It can be used from infant to whenever they start bathing themselves or start taking showers. Also, when recently shopping for a baby shower, I discovered a new item (they are always coming out with new thing!) this hair rinse cup that keeps the soap and water out of the eyes. Genius. I bought one for her, me and my mom!

One more piece of advice regarding strollers...if I had to do it all over again I would not get the whole travel system. I would get the infant car seat and then the Snap and Go, a jog stroller, and a nicer umbrella stroller (something that reclines and has good shade).