The camera I used to take the pictures at today's baby shower can be found here. It is way cool, and very easy to use. Koichi and I had a great time using it to take both pictures and video at the party today.
Today was my second baby shower, thrown by 2 of my good friends at the school I work at. They threw a "family shower" for me so that kids and dads could be a part of the fun and festivities. It was really nice. We had a big brunch, and I brought some onigiri (Japanese rice balls) and some little Japanese snack nuts to share. I was impressed by the few people who tried the rice balls. More were willing to try the nuts, except the ones with squid flavor. Those aren't my favorite either.
We got some more very cool stuff. Here's a diaper cake made by my friend, Tracy, who threw the shower.
Also, we got some more baby clothes for little Lily. Boy, I really hope she is definitely a girl, because otherwise we're going to have a very pink-dressed boy!
This past Tuesday the social committee at work threw a baby shower for me. It was hard to keep that a surprise since I'm the director of the social committee this year, but a good friend saved me the embarrassment of throwing myself my own baby shower. And even though I knew exactly what was going on, it was still a lot of fun. Koichi was even able to come and join in the festivities.
A good friend of mine, who is a parent of a student who was in the first grade last year, is incredibly talented at making cakes. She made this one for my party. It's in the shape of a baby rattle. Not only was it obnoxiously cute, it was muy, muy tasty too!
Baby girl clothes are SO CUTE! Here's me trying some of them on Lily, well, as best as I could anyway.
I got some of the cutest, most adorable stuff I have ever seen. When we got home Koichi pulled it all out onto the couch to take a picture of all of Lily's loot. I'd say that's a pretty good start. She's already spoiled and she isn't even out of the womb yet!
Did you see that I was holding Skippyjon? He seemed to be a bit jealous of all the stuff that was not for him. Or else he was scared of it. It's hard to tell with him sometimes.
But he need not be jealous! He got to try on Lily's Halloween costumes that were given to me by the same parent who made the baby shower cake. Of course you know by now that this was Koichi's doing. I had nothing to do with it. I just took the pictures to remember the occassion.
Stay tuned for the next round of baby shower pictures! Tomorrow we have another baby shower that is being hosted by friends of mine from work. It's going to be a family shower with kids and dads, and should be a lot of fun. Koichi and I bought a new digital camera today that is waaaaaaaaaaay cool, so we'll get to put some more high-quality photos on here soon. Woo hoo!
Okay, okay, okay. I know I haven't added anything to my blog since December. Yes, I am a very, very naughty girl. But I'm here now late on a Saturday night and since I'm not completely exhausted already I thought I would take a few moments and share some photos with you. Don't you feel special? You should.
Can you see a difference in belly circumference? I wasn't too happy about having these pictures taken this day. I wasn't exactly dressed to impress, and I hadn't done anything with my hair or makeup. The TV doesn't add to the picture at all either. Oh well. Koichi wanted to take these to send to his parents to show them how big my belly has become. Koichi's sister mentioned that I might want to take a picture of my naked belly, sans shirt as a keepsake of this special time. I think I laughed so hard I peed my pants.
I like how it curls out. It's kicky! I feel so hip when I actually get up early enough to make it look nice. That's the thing about short hair. It can be really cute, but it takes a lot more effort than long hair. I like it though. Boy my face looks round. I've got baby weight everywhere!!
