Erin’s friends from HEB Methodist hospital asked her join them for dinner last Friday night and brought gifts for Henry.
Erin worked at HEB full-time for three years. It was her first speech pathology job. About a year ago she switched to working PRN (as needed) for several hospitals, including HEB. While the drive was a little too long for working everyday, Erin enjoys working there about once every other week because it gives her a chance to catch up with all of her friends that still work there.
Henry’s last baby shower, at least that we know about, was the Friday before we went to Austin. Erin’s co-workers threw her a shower, complete with cake and again we received an amazing amount of gifts. It’s great that Erin and I both have places to work where we truly enjoy the people that we get to work with.
Baby showers aren’t uncommon for Erin’s work. Three of the Speech Pathologist at the hospital will be out on maternity leave at the same time!
You may notice a picture of me below. Erin decided that although she was in lots of pictures on the blog, I wasn’t in enough. So I had the privilege of modeling Baby Bjorn that we got.
My co-workers threw Erin and I a shower last week. It was great.
They took us to one of our favorite pizza restaurants, Campisis. They also decorated the tables with ballons, confetti and Hersey Kisses that all said, “It’s a boy.”
When it came time to open presents they really went overboard. I think they must have given us half the items that were on our Target registry. One of my favorites was the digital baby monitor. This is is very important because you never know which of your neighbors are listing in on your baby crying with a radio scanner. Luckily the digital versions prevent eavesdropping. I guess they’re also better at preventing interference but I think we all know which of those is most important.
It was all extremely nice. They even got Tigerman the one item he was able to sneak on the registry. I told him he needed to say thank you but as you see below, he wasn’t overly cooperative.
Pictures from the party (most photos courtesy of Katy Scott).
My co-workers are throwing Henry, Erin and me a shower. They’ve been great so far asking questions and being excited for us. Now a shower with a cool invite is just icing on the cake. I’ll let you know how it goes after the shower.
It's a limerick. Haikus and Iambic Pentameter were considered but ruled out.
Saturday was Henry’s first baby shower. Several of the girls from our church threw the party for Erin. We were amazed at both the turnout and the amount of stuff they gave us. It’s really nice that Erin has such great friends and that they don’t hold being married to me against her.
As with any proper social gathering, the refreshments were provided including petit fours that were apparently so delicious that no extras were available to bring home to me. The decorations were low key but very well done, include wooden blocks that spelled out Henry Miles VanDyke. Also, apparently diaper cakes are big these days in the baby world and we received one that was decorated with Burt’s Bees lotions and a teddy bear on top.
After socializing, the main event included the opening of a crazy amount of presents. Henry now has more clothes than I do which Erin says is good because he’ll need lots of wardrobe changes. Thanks to the generosity of our friends we are now able to bathe, stroll, diaper, entertain, clothe, lotion, pacify, provide bedding, scrapbook, and educate Henry.
Enjoy some pictures of the event courtesy of guest photographers: Angela Everhart, Toni Moden and Judith Hinderer.
One of the most exclusive parties of the year is happening in two weeks. Yes, that’s right, it’s Henry’s first shower.
Several girls from our church are hosting the party. We consider it an honor to have friends like this. In fact, the couple whose house the party is at named their first born son James after me (No need to mention that to them, I don’t want them thinking I’m getting a big head).
Still looking for your invite? Leave a note in the comments and I’ll see what I can do.
