This 4th of July we went to a lovely BBQ at our friends Lee and Lynn’s house. We had a great time although somehow we didn’t take too many pictures, maybe some others did and will send them to us (hint, hint). Our friend Jen enjoyed spending a lot of time holding the babies over the day though.

This past Saturday we had our first post-baby party with a bunch of CMU friends. This group has reproduced at planet-repopulating rates in the last year and so we had quite a few babies in attendance. It was crazy hot this weekend and so we bought a little kiddie pool for the babies and they had their first swim! Fun was not had by all, Ryan was the only one who seemed to really enjoy it so far. The water was chilly compared to a nice warm bath, so maybe next year it will be a bigger hit!

In February, our friend Susan was kind enough to throw me a baby shower and friends and family were gracious enough to show up! We are exceedingly well stocked now for this babies arrival from furniture to clothes to diapers to books. Jordi’s Mom and Jen’s Aunt even made the long distance trips to attend. Thank you everyone for the thoughtful gifts! Here are some pictures that I am long delinquent in posting.

Jordi’s Mom Tere, Jen’s Aunt Sheila and Carolyn

Jen, Jen’s Mom Karen, Cousin Janet, Bonnie

Susan, Rhonda and Jen

Rhonda, Alyssa, Stef with Xander, Cate, Saru with Ryan

Yesterday I had an enjoyable afternoon at our friend Rachel’s baby shower. A huge percentage of our married friends have had children this year which means there were a bunch of new babies to meet! We ate, played a few games, and opened gifts. Here are some cute photos from the day:

Sharona and Lilia

Ryan (Saru and Justin’s Son)

Deb holding Jace (who unfortunately was feeling a little under the weather)