Preparing

We have been preparing for baby Riemer for some time. A little over a week ago, Josie and I made a paper chain to count down the days until her little brother arrives. The first thing she does every morning is run to the chain and cuts off a link... or in this case 3 links since she was gone for a few days.

Last weekend while Josie was at Liz's, some friends threw a baby shower for me and the new baby. Although I'm not really one for showers and didn't even have one for Josie it was really fun to see a bunch of my favorite friends all together. Unfortuntely, there isn't a group shot but here a couple photos.


Of course Josie wasn't all that excited to see a bunch of new gifts and things for her brother and not much for her. She came around when I gave her a mini cupcake that I'd saved from the party.

Then, yesterday a bunch of Marty's friends from high school had another shower for us at a restaurant at South Center. Josie was the "present opener." Thankfully, she is pretty thrilled just to open the gifts and doesn't really care much that they are not for her.
She did get a really nice book just for her and took charge of the three stuffed animals that I'm sure were meant for her brother. She just had to use the camera and get a good shot of her little friends "all by herself"