Last Thursday night was my baby shower in Milwaukee, thrown by seven of my mom's friends. It was wonderful! The shower was themed around children's books. Everyone had a laminated paper placemat of a child's book, books decorated the room, and we played a trivia game about the characters of well-loved books. For a bookworm like me, it was perfect! We also played the measuring game--everyone estimated the circumference of my belly with a piece of yarn and then measured it around me to see how they did. Most people had way too much string! Diane and Kathy were closest...they both guessed smaller than I was, bless them! Mom gave me a beautiful flannel baby quilt she made, and everyone else spoiled this baby with wonderful gifts as well.
Friday was a girls' night in Chicago. Jenn, Diane, Kathy and I drove down from Milwaukee and met Amy G. and Kelly Cook at Spiaggo for a delicious dinner, followed by dessert at Ghiradelli's (massive ice cream sundaes!). Thanks, girls--it was great to hang out and catch up! The non-locals (me, Jenn, and Kathy) spent the night at Diane's beautiful house in Beverly and were served a lovely breakfast by her husband Matt the next morning. Ed joined me in Chicago and we spent time with Dustin and Kelly and then Di and Matt, with a quick trip to Nacional 27 (our favorite restaurant) in between. It was a great trip!
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