Back in the summer before he was even born, my cousins had told me that they were going to plan a baby shower for me and Josiah.
I felt kinda goofy ’cause he wasn’t our first, but they said that they were going to do it, and I just needed to come and enjoy myself.
They called me up a couple of weeks ago, and said that late was better than never, and would we be free on November 25th.
They arranged for our families to come and for enough food for us all, and even games.
It was so much fun.
We showed up and hung around until everyone who could make it showed up. Then we ate and ate and ate – if there’s one thing my family can do – it’s eat….and there was some good food….Aunty Hope’s Dill chip dip and Aunty Ruth’s Jelly Salad….MMMMmmmm…along with everything else that everyone brought. It was all good!
Then Janelle and Carissa started whispering about somthing and a few mintues later they came out with some poker chips gave everyone 7 and we all played a game called “I never”. We all took a turn and said something baby related that we’d never done….like “I’ve never had a baby barf in my mouth.” If you could agree with the statement then you were safe, but if that thing had happened to you then you had to toss one of your chips into the buckets in the center of the room whoever had the most chips left once we had all had a turn won. I think that Ben or Jeremy or Geli won…..not a lot of life experience with babies….how fair is that?
Then Janelle asked for three volunteers….we volunteered Dad and Jon offerred himself up and then Ben wanted to play. Janelle brought out 3 bottles and well, see for yourselves…….
The bottles had orange punch in them and the pulp got stuck in the nipple, but because Dad couldn’t have the juice, he got water, and it made it easier for him…..too funny!Â
We had tons of fun! Darryl and Janelle had even managed to borrow a Wii and the kids had a blast down in the basement playing with the different games…..even the big boys had a ton of fun….
But apparently Chris, sitting down and even after having a show-down with a semi can still play tennis beter than Jon can.
It was so much fun and I LOVED getting together with my family. Thanks guys for planning this speacial day to celebrate Josiah’s life. I really appreciated it. Pics of the party here.
