Grab Your Umbrella...

Today we had a surprise baby shower for the Donahue family after fellowship! They are expecting their first girl so we all got to pull out the pinks and frilly fun that only a baby girl can bring!

Mom and I were in charge of bringing a batch of pink cupcakes.

Church was at the Kilpatrick's home today, and Mrs. Kilpatrick and her daughter Hannah did such a beautiful job with the decorations for the shower! The table was set with pink candles, flowers, a pink tablecloth, and winding silver beads. It looked very elegant. Mrs. Donahue was certainly surprised when she walked in this morning to a room decorated in her honor!

The young ladies' end of the table

During lunch, we played cute baby games. First we had to hold a little Easter egg full of ice, and the lady that had her "water break" first won. :) Then we were all given diaper pins to wear and whoever crossed their legs got theirs taken away (since pregnant ladies usually are unable to cross their legs:). After lunch, we joined the men and played some other hilarious games.

This looks rather interesting, doesn't it? For this game, everyone had to try to draw a baby on the back of a plate...on their heads without looking! This game was my favorite. :)

Mrs. Donahue then chose which picture she thought looked the most like a baby.

Philip won with this drawing! We also played a game where we each had a word taped to our backs that had to do with child birth. We had to then go around and ask each other questions about our word, and the first person to guess their word won. Meredith won this one! Yay!

Looking at each other's wedding pictures

After games, Mrs. Donahue got to open presents for baby Mary Elizabeth! Hannah came up with a great idea for a gift basket, and Meredith and I helped her get items and put it all together.

This afghan was crocheted by Micah and is so beautiful! She did a wonderful job! I love the edges of it...they look like lace. Micah, I need you to teach me how to crochet so beautifully! :)

Here is the little project I've been working on this past week. I made a little Regency dress for Mary Elizabeth using a pattern from Sense and Sensibility. I had so much fun making it, and I hope she will enjoy wearing it!

Well, after that part, my camera ran out of batteries! Arg! Well, Mrs. Donahue received many beautiful dresses, frilly clothes, blankets, toys, and baby necessities for her new little one, and all of the ladies got to "ooh" and "ahh" over all of the adorable girly things. We had such a wonderful time today and hope the Donahue family was as blessed with this shower as we were blessed giving it! ~Alli