Our baby shower-August 30th 2008

Well we had our baby shower yesterday, and I must say that we had a really good turn out. I think that we had close to 25 people show up for the big event. My hostesses were my mom, my cousin Megan, and my two close friends Ashlin Hadden and Joni Sedberry. Each one of my hostesses went above and beyond the call of duty. And I just wanted to thank each and everyone of them for all of the hard work that they put forth in making my special day a little brighter. My mom was in charge of all of the food, paper products, invitations and just making sure everything went in an orderly fashion.Megan was in charge of the lovely cake,she came all the way from Butler, Indiana for the event (oh and did I mention that she's pregnant with twin boys), my great friend Ashlin was in charge of all of the wonderful decorationsand she drove all the way from Dyer, Indiana, and last but not least was my great friend Joni she was in charge of all of the games (which was a blast) and she drove from Fishers, Indiana. Can I just say again what great friends I have that are willing to travel an hour to 2 plus hours just to throw me a shower. Thank you girls you're the greatest.

Ryan and I got a lot of presents.

You should see the mound of clothes that we got for little Connor. This kid is not going to need any clothes for a very long time. I'm just dreading all of the laundry that I'm going to have to do so that he can wear his clothes. But luckily Megan got me a container of Dreft to get the ball rolling. My Aunt Chere, Uncle Joe, Aunt Julie, and my Grandpa Levy sent me a nice care package all the way from California full of all of the nececessities. My Aunt Barbara, who came all the way from Georgia, bought us our bouncer which we are thrilled to have. My mom purchased our stroller for us.

My friend Jennifer Zackchewski made us a beautiful Peter Rabbit quilt and sheets thatwill truly make a wonderful addition to the nursery.Another one of my mom's great ideas was to have a "diaper raffle." This was a game that she thought would be a great way for Ryan and I to recieve as many diapers as possible. And let me tell you the pay off was great.

We had a really great time at our shower and again would like to thank everyone for coming and sharing our special day with us.

Love,

Vanessa, Ryan, and Connor