My Social Butterfly

Baby Bear was quite the social butterfly this weekend. She attended a baby shower on Saturday and a bridal shower on Sunday. She was such a wonderful baby at each event. It was so nice to celebrate such special occasions with special friends and I am thankful that they allowed Baby Bear to be a part of it. Baby Bear was especially excited to attend the very pink baby shower and can't wait to meet her new friend in a few weeks.

It's my party!!

Sunday, we had a "Meet the Baby" party with family. We did not have a baby shower with family before hand. We thought it would be better to get everyone together after Baby Bear arrived, since we knew everyone would be dying to meet her. It was a great way to get family all together in one place to meet Baby Bear!! Thank you to Grandma Bear for putting it all together at her beautiful home. Along with the delicious catered food, Lola Bear made some traditional Filipino dishes and beautiful flower arrangements.





We had wonderful cookie favors created especially for Baby Bear by A Master Creation. She always does such a wonderful job and these cookies are not only beautiful but they taste really good too. Check out her blog for more pictures.



Together, Papa Bear and I have a very large family and we had many come to see the belle of the ball, Baby Bear. Baby Bear had a wonderful time meeting her family. She was all smiles and had lots to say to her family. She was in a wonderful mood and had a nap in the middle of the party. It was a great party and a great way to bring everyone together to meet the newest member of the family. Thank you to all!!

4 Generations of women: Great grandma, two grandmas, Mama Bear, Baby Bear



3 Generations: Grandma Bear, Papa Bear, Baby Bear



This is just my side of the family (and not everyone made the party). We didn't get a group shot of Papa Bear's side of the family. But we had about 50 or more people at the party.

Surprise!

Today I was given a surprise baby shower by my department!! I was so surprised. I had a work shower already. I work in two departments right now and the majority of people in this larger department were not able to come to my other work shower, so I guess they decided to throw me a special department baby shower. It was so kind of them and I had no idea.

We have a staff meeting every Monday and before our meeting one of my co-workers called me up to her office to get some information that she needed. I didn't think anything of it, although in hind sight it was somewhat strange that she wanted me to come to her office instead of her coming to my office, which is next door to the conference room where we usually hold our staff meetings. It would have been on her way to the meeting. So I went to her office upstairs and met with her and then we walked down to our staff meeting. I walked into the conference room for the staff meeting and there were balloons and flowers and everyone yelling surprise! I was truly surprised. It was just really nice of them. My other co-worker made some delicious food. I am just so fortunate to work with such wonderful people. I can't believe I had two work showers!! What a great work environment!

The best shower!

Yesterday was our couples baby shower. My very wonderful best friend threw us the most wonderful shower for our friends. It was a beautiful day and a really fun shower. She did such a wonderful job hosting the best shower. I am so fortunate to have such a wonderful friend in my life and such wonderful people who care about Papa Bear and me. Baby Bear was given so many generous gifts. It is amazing!!!







Amazing cookie favors made by one of my closest friends. Isn't she so talented, she made few different designs. Check our her website, A Master Creation.







It was a family friendly shower, so for the kids we had a jumper to keep them happy and occupied. Papa Bear likes to call jumpers: "child containment units." I am sure there will be many of these in our future.



Our adorable cake, it was very yummy! The kids thought it was a birthday party and wanted us to blow out candles and sing "Happy Birthday." Gotta love kids, they are so cute!





We had a few games. Even the boys played. For the boys, they were racing to see who could drink beer out of a baby bottle fastest. They were great sports about being at a baby shower.



It was a great party with great people. We are so fortunate to have such wonderful people in our lives. We received a ton of gifts and got many things from our registry. We got our swing, bouncer, high chair, crib mattress, breast pump, many useful baby items that I would never have thought of (it is great to have friends who have done this all before). I am just so thankful for such wonderful friends.

Thank you to everyone!!!

Work shower presents

My co-workers are the best!! Look at these wonderful gifts plus the infant car seat and infant carrier (pictures are posted in my previous blog entry). I am thankful for the wonderful people I have in my life. Papa Bear told me that I was very lucky to work with such great people and he is so right!!

Isn't this outfit just adorable? I love the little shoes. This was from my boss.



She has also been giving us many wonderful hand me downs along the way! She is awesome.

My Work Baby Shower

I am so fortunate to work with such wonderful people. My boss and co-worker threw us a great shower brunch. It was really fun to get together with everyone from work outside of the work setting. My boss and co-worker did such a wonderful job putting everything together. It was Papa Bear's first baby shower and he enjoyed it as well. After the shower, he commented on what wonderful people I work with. I am truly fortunate to work with such wonderful people. We are fortunate that Baby Bear will be surrounded by wonderful people. We got some really wonderful gifts.

We got a few things from our registry. A few people went in and got us our infant car seat! Now we will be able to take Baby Bear home from the hospital in about 10 weeks!



We also got one of our carriers.



More pictures to come later.

Our first baby shower gift!!

Yesterday I came home to a delivery on our front porch from Babies R' Us. We received out first shower gift!! It was the Maclaren Quest Sport stroller that we register for! Wow, what a generous gift. It was from my co-worker who is also co-hosting my work shower this Sunday. I am just so surprised that she would get us such a generous gift. I registered for about 8 items that were over $100 and didn't really think that anyone would purchase them for us. We were putting money aside for those larger purchases.

On top of that, Grandma Bear (my mother-in-law) told us that she wants to get us our jogging stroller. I registered for the BOB Revolution. I love this all-terrain stroller and jogger and it was the most expensive item on our registry. I was actually planning on go out this weekend and buy it with some extra money I had made. Plus, Chick's Sporting Goods is going out of business and has them on clearance for a pretty good deal. Now I can use the extra money for other essential baby items on our registry list.

We also received a $50 gift card from a friend for Babies R' Us. I am just in awe of the generosity of people. I am very excited for our first baby shower on Sunday. I am not expecting any large gifts from co-workers, but I am excited to celebrate with them.

Showers!

Last week, I got invitations to two of my showers!!! Yay! My boss and coworker are throwing us a baby shower at the end of the month. They sent out the Evite last week and it is really adorable with baby feet on it.

One of my best friends is throwing a couples shower with our friends the first weekend of April. The invitation is so cute!! I am going to have to scan it or take a picture of it at some point.

I am so fortunate to have such wonderful people in my life. I can't wait to have some fun. I am so glad that Papa Bear is willing to have couples shower, because I am not the only one having this baby. Showers should really be about the parents not just the mama.