Making Memories

Last thursday I left ft wayne Indiana and headed to dayton Ohio to pick up 2 of my kids. Amber was invited to a baby shower that I was co hosting the coming saturday and Kurt is currently laid off so it was perfect for me to get a good visit in. John's son Andrew was also here so we had a full house! Even more perfect John is also on a two week lay off, so we didn't have to worry about keeping a schedule.
I was responsible for organizing all the games, picking up gifts, punch, and egg rolls. That's not a big deal unless you wait till the last minute and have no experience at such a party. Even worse I had to be me and make fancy pictures, with matting and a transparent over lay with words, a large copy of the ultra sound as well as pictures of Lindsay & Nate when they were babies, all of which were stuffed into sheet covers for each and every guest. Along with that was a large envelope with game sheets. That in it's self is no big deal however ..... it was a planned party for 27 people, 30 showed up.
I decided that egg hunting would be one of the games. Each person gets 2 and only one egg was a winner. All the eggs had candy in them.
I had ask my daughter in law to come over and help me put together the poppy diaper game, where you pass a diaper to every one and the person who gets the one with mustard wins the door prize. She stood me up so I decided to get a gag gift in instead. While flipping through my digital album I came across a few pictures of her and Nate where she had milk leaking through her shirt. I printed a full sheet of 8"x11" and decided to have a booby prize game where you have to list as many things that leak in 2 minutes. I explained to all the guest as the large photo was passed around how the game came about. The gag of it all was the winner got a wrapped box that when opened revealed another photo of her leaking, which was on top of another wrapped box, which had another picture of her leaking, inside the last box was ultra heavy flow pads. Those things leak too! I was nice because I could have had a condom instead.
This party was far too large for the bingo that was planned, thank goodess because it started at 2 pm and ended at 5 pm. Lets face it 30 people equal a lot of gift opening.
Had it not been for my daughter helping me get all the games in order, pictures matted, eggs filled, and everything that had to be done to pull of the baby shower I'd been in trouble. I only knew Lindsay, my daughter Amber and it was the 3rd time I had been with Lindsay's mother. Everyone else was a stranger to me even the house.
It was a lot of work, exspensive, and time consuming. The end result, a nursery full of well needed items.
When it was all said and done I was able to go back home and spend quality time with my kids.