Alyson's Baby Shower

March 28th... Alyson's Baby Shower.... Alyson went with the Winnie The Pooh Theme, which was fun to work with in decorating.... Her mother in law not only ordered her the cake for the party, but an additional smaller cake for them to freeze until Baby Mac's 1st Birthday....


With "loads" of help from Tasha and Amy, we got the place decorated for the party, which started at 1 p.m.... The men folk took the little fellas out for the day ....They had lunch out and then went to a movie...

Starting from the left: Ben's Gramma and Mom....

Alyson and her Mom (the proud new gramma to be)....

Alyson and one of her close friends from her high school days, Kelly....

Time to play some party games... Here everyone is trying to make out who the adult version of the baby pictures were... I only guessed two....

Another game involved sniffing diapers and trying to guess "What Daddy Fed The Baby"... For those weak in the stomach... the diapers were filled with different chocolate bar versions.... Her my good friend, Debbie trying to snif out what her diaper held....

It may be chocolate now... but the real thing is only a couple of months away for Ben & Alyson... Have fun you two!!

The big winner of the day...... Tasha!! She won a gift certificate for Starbucks!!.... You go girl!!

JoAnne and Alyson trying to find out what she's carrying... a boy or a girl... The needle got it right.... It's a boy!!!

You're suppose to hold the needle over the pregnant woman's wrist (from a string) and allow it to move on it's own... straight up and down.... boy ...... in circles.... a girl!!

Debbie holding it over Amy's wrist, who is pregnant for twins due in October.... They're hoping for a boy and a girl... AND according to the needle.... It's one of each!!

The little Momma to Be ready to open her gifts......

This basket full of goodies is from Amy.....

A cute littel piggy bank where Mom & Dad can discard their coins at the end of their day....

This gift bag filled with all kinds of good stuff to include "green" products, is from Tasha....

The Pack N Play is from me along with the other stuff in it......

Bruce put Tasha in charge of running his "new" video camera....

This quilt was homemade by my boss's wife, which is one of the gifts from me, along with a couple of crocheted crib blankets....

After all the gifts were opened, Alyson's cousin placed this ribbon hat on her head from all the gift packages.... Of course we had her model it for us...

Time for Alyson to cut the cake....

The shower was a grand success and Alyson received loads of great stuff for her new little baby boy.... The men were allowed to return... and I got Ben & Alyson to pose together for this shot....

Time to load up the gifts....

It was a snug fit but with a little push & shove, they were finally able to get it all loaded into their car ready for their trip home in the morning....

And of course, Dad had to have his final 'good-byes' with his little girl.... He's still dealing with the fact his baby girl is a full grown woman now, not to mention about to become a mother... We are both so proud of the fine young woman she's become and the wonderful mother we know she'll be....

Alyson & Ben... we so enjoyed our time with you (although way too short) and will be standing by waiting for that "special" call.... whether it be day or the middle of the night.... The call telling us of the arrival of our newest grand baby.... We'll be down in July to check him out.... See you then!!!