Showered With Love!

Cupcake's Grandma Sheila and Aunt Ashely (Aaron's mom and sister) hosted a baby shower in the Quad Cities this weekend, and Aaron and I came home feeling overwhelmed with love and incredibly blessed by his family!

Since we were going to be traveling all the way to Illinois for this party, we decided it would be fun to have a couple's shower--Aaron deserves to celebrate with his family, and we wanted to see everyone we could, so all the guys were invited, too! For a lot of them, this was the first shower they'd ever attended, and I heard a few of them were nervous about attending, but I think it turned out great.

Sheila and Ashley had TONS of great food for everyone to eat (including a great big tray of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, one of my current cravings--and it had a bowl of gummy worms in the middle, which is one of Aaron's favorite treats). There were cupcakes (my favorite!) with awesome handmade little monkeys on top, courtesy of Jon's daughter Marisa, who is an amazing baker!

When everyone arrived, Sheila got them to work on decorating onesies for cupcake--which was a GREAT project for the adults and the kids alike! They turned out so cute, and I am sure you'll see them featured on this blog as the cupcake tries them all on. Because she's so smart, Sheila made sure they spanned from Newborn size to 18 months, so we'll be able to enjoy them for many months to come.

At present time, Aaron's little cousin Tony helped us with unwrapping the presents (he's pretty much a present opening expert) and Aunt Ashley was AMAZING at keeping up with his speed on taking notes of who gave us what. It took some fancy pen work to keep up with that energetic little guy!

We received so many nice things--we have SUCH great friends and family! How did we get so lucky? We are so thankful, and we love all of you so much! Keep an eye here to see Cupcake enjoying each and every one of your thoughtful gifts.

Love,
Kate and Aaron