For those of you excited, no, that is not our little girl's name, it is my soon to be "niece." My cousin Chase and his lovely wife Beth will be welcoming their little girl into the world next month and this past weekend we got to shower them with people, food, love and gifts. What a day it was.
After the race in the morning I headed over to the house we were hosting at and spent the afternoon with all of my co hosts setting up the stage for the celebration. It was wonderful. I just adore my family!
It is so special to celebrate in big style and let me tell you, we held nothing back. It was a couples shower which was an absolute blast and we had a chili cook off of sorts. 4 different, yummy, chilis and all of the fixins.
My mom went all out on the cheese and cracker/veggie trays completing them with little mice that scampered about.
So cute right? Cake, cupcakes, gumballs and plenty of sugar to keep us all wired and happy for hours.
Heather Malin had this fantastic idea for a "game" and instead of doing something awkward, she made papers with all the alphabet letters on them. We all drew on a different letters throughout the night and we put the book together for Elly's first alphabet book. What a fun thing.
There were so many wonderful faces to see and catch up with, including Beth's Mom and Sister who flew in from Missouri. The afternoon was simply wonderful and such a blessing to celebrate with the Malins. Girls are just the best!
Dearest Elly,
You are so loved sweet little girl. Your family thinks the world of you and we simply cannot wait to meet you. You already have several cousins that are ecstatic to play with you. We are a big family, but we love each other lots. You are special little one!
Love ya!
Aunt Beth
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