Baby Shower Love!

Sunday before Naomi was born, my amazing friends threw me a wonderful baby shower.  Sadly, I do not have any pictures of the event, but I hope to steal some from people who do :)

I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family who gave us all kinds of thoughtful and useful gifts.  Everything we received (almost, more about that in a minute) has proven useful in Naomi's first two weeks of life!  Who knew how practical all this stuff was? 

JK and Lust followed a "pickles and ice cream" theme - does it get better than that?  There was ice cream sundaes (Sunday/sundae?  Get it?  Adorbs, right?), and it was perfect :) 

Oh, and my in-laws were there!  Yay!  Not only was it fun filled and well planned, I could always depend on the Hubs family to provide entertainment.

We told MIL and SIL that the time of the shower was changed from 2 pm to 12 pm since they are habitually late.  I also told JK, so should she receive a call from the in-laws, she could be on board.  I had planned to leave my house at 1:30 pm in order to get to the shower a little early. 

Well, low and behold, my in-laws show up at my house at 1:05 pm.  And MIL was obviously upset that we had lied to her about the time of the baby shower.  Even though, if it had really been at 12 pm, she still would have been late.  I informed both MIL and SIL that I would be leaving my house at 1:30, and no later so that I could get there on time. 

So, we had to show them the nursery, and MIL proceeds to go through all the drawers and investigate every.single.baby.outfit.  Guess what.  It's 1:30 pm.  I announce again that I am leaving, and anyone who would like to attend the shower is more than welcome to come with me.  I asked SIL specifically if she was ready and would like to ride with me.  She accepts, and we leave.  This left the Hubs and FIL to take MIL to the shower, since I didn't have time to wait around for her to get her ass in gear.  And I wasn't about to be late to my own baby shower. 

Supposedly, at some point, MIL had the gall to ask the Hubs if I was mad at her, presumably because I left for the shower without her.  Um, no, not mad.  I just like to be on time, and I wasn't put on this earth to wait around for you to get your shit together.  Seriously.  The concept of punctuality is wasted on these people.

Like I said before, the shower was WONDERFUL.  My friends are AMAZING.  And generous.  It really was so great.  We received so much good stuff - the swing, an extra car seat base, clothes galore, toys, books, a Boppy, bath stuff, this awesome infant death trap from my in-laws:

Seriously.  What about this contraption seems safe enough for you to leave your newborn in it without a helmet and other protective body armor?  Two folding-chair-esqe legs, and it rocks?  What makes you think this flimsy looking thing for babies is a good idea in a house with a 40 pound and 80 pound dog?  Yea.  Had to return that.

Oh, and also, you remember this debacle, right?   Yes.  Well, the item the in-laws purchased was an infant bath.  Yes.  There was much ado over a stinkin' infant tub.  And when I opened the one from the in-laws at my shower, SIL did not hesitate to stand up, announce to my grandmother that even though Grandmother bought the infant tub from the registry, this one was better, and she did the research, and blah blah blah and went on and on and on.  Seriously.  In the middle of the gift-opening portion of the shower.  In front of all my fabulous friends.  It was ridiculous.  Talk about awkward. 

But it gets better.  Don't you know it.

I continue to open the rest of the gifts from MIL and SIL...and there was this lovely item:

Haha, tricked you.  This is their idea of fun.  It's actually a decoy box.  This is what was inside:

It's a ceramic night-light thingie.  I know this because as I opened it, my MIL stood up to announce that it was a ceramic night-light that one of my two sisters-in-law found at a GARAGE SALE.  And even though it was BROKEN (see picture below), MOST of the dust and dirt was cleaned off.  Yes.  She announced this.  Out loud.  In front of all my fabulous friends.

Broken portion of awesome night-light.

I also received this tiny bear.  On the bottom it is noted that this is Number 4 in a collection to celebrate birthdays, so, I assume it is actually for the Fourth Birthday?  One can only assume that this is also a yard sale purchase.  There was no explaination behind this nugget.

To top it all off, MIL mentioned to my own mother that she couldn't wait to find out if we were having a boy or a girl, because she had some other clothes she would like to give to us...but then proceeded to note that the clothes (which must be hand-me-downs) were not appropriate for giving at a baby shower. I am still worried because we haven't received these hand-me downs yet...BUT, if yard sale gifts are fit for baby showers, what constitutes items NOT FIT for baby showers?!?!  EW!

Oh, and, MIL also did give some new baby clothes.  They were for boys (this was before we knew the sex of the baby), and preemie sized.  Not sure about that message.

Overall, I had a wonderful baby shower, and I am thrilled that the in-laws came through for me (so my friends don't think I am a lunatic, but are now privy to the madness I deal with).  Thanks so much, JK and Lust!  It was a beautiful shower and I couldn't ask for better friends!  oxox