Baby Shower

08.03.08

LA had her first baby shower. I guess it's really "baby carter or we had our first shower" but I was excluded from this all girl's affair. The girls in the Ulmer family - Karissa, Heather, Marsha, and Amy hosted a shower at Marsha's house in Lodge. The boys (Scott, Waylon and Mike) took me and the kids (Hayes, Emmy, Madison and Caleb) for an afternoon of riding four wheelers. Everyone got to have a good time - girls doing girl things and guys doing guy stuff. We have some guesses on the birth date, weight and size - I am hoping to figure out a way to post those guesses and for everyone to participate in guessing the birth date on the blog...be on the lookout for that update. I don't know everything that went on...maybe I can get LA to post about the shower. However, I do know that Baby Carter got a bunch of very nice presents because I loaded (w/ Mike's help) and unloaded them. I am not going to list everything but we did get two very important gifts - a Diaper Genie II to secure the toxic waste (sorry to all of those reading this that only have a Diaper Genie...ours is new and improved) and most importantly a car seat. People really seem to freak out about a car seat these days - what's the big deal? The child can just sit in mommy or daddy's lap and use their seat belt (I'm just kidding! I know the baby can't sit in the drivers lap.) Anyway, at least we we will not be like some of our friends who will be unmentioned (unless you ask us in person, then, we will probably tell you) that didn't know you had to have a car seat to leave the hospital or the couple that had a car seat but couldn't figure out how to get it installed in the car at the hospital. We will go ahead and practice the installation part so we are ready to leave when they cut us loose. We are very thankful for EVERYTHING that was given to us - Baby Carter got hooked up! I will try to post some pictures from the shower and the gifts in the coming days.