baby goodness

Today was my first baby shower!!!  My good friends, Kim and Lori, threw such a great shower.  I am so blessed by my community in Korea.  Prior to this shower Tom and I had three baby items: two hats and a onesie. We also had zero baby furniture (our school is in the process of ordering us a crib and dresser) and our "nursery" was still being used as our laundry room (we don't have a dryer so part of our apartment has to be used to hang clothes to dry).  Needless to say, despite my growing size there hasn't been too many tangible reminders that a baby is on the way.

Today, all of that changed! We were so blessed to get a lot of really great gifts: cute baby boy clothes, baby books, a rocking chair, baby bathtub (much needed since we only have a shower in the apartment), and so many other much needed items for when this little boy of ours arrives in Korea.  Talk about a reality check!

Here are some pics of the shower:

The shower hostesses--Lori and Kim with me. 

Awesome cupcakes! There were two different kinds; this one was chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. 

The shower theme was "Noah's Ark." So there were cute animal touches throughout. 

 Diaper cake!

 Food and friends.

 More friends.

 Let the gifts begin! 

 My friend Kim is next to me. Don't worry she's not being rude and playing on her phone, she was using her iTouch to keep track of who got me each gift. I love technology.  Kim also got us this gift--it's one of those cool bouncy seats.

 Bumpo chair.

 There was a room full of teachers, so you better believe we got some great books and learning games!

 Lori handmade this hoodie!  We tried it on a bear so I could get some practice in.

 More friends from school, Jin and Julia. 

The rest of the pictures are post shower processing/assembly.  Check out the bouncy seat (you'll notice a small green rabbit trying each of the items out).  

 Bathtub:

 One of Tom's favorite gifts (and of course it came from another math teacher)--stacking boxes to work on geometry and spacial reasoning skills. 

The loot in our apartment. 

Tom working on an Ikea style rocking chair.   I think this may be the first of many things Tom will assemble for our child/the nursery.   

Finished product! It's really comfortable and fits well with the style of our apartment.  

As you can see, we were really blessed today!  I feel so humbled and loved to have such a great community in Korea.  This baby is going to be well taken care of here.

To my shower peeps:
Thanks Kim and Lori for everything--the shower blew me away! And thanks to everyone else for the wonderful gifts and time of fellowship.