Shower #4- Women of Austin

Last weekend, two of my closest friends here in Austin threw me Barrett's fourth shower. I met Katie & Lacey in the church small-group that we joined several months after moving back to Texas. They have truly become family to Grant & I so I was very excited to let them "shower" us.

Katie & Lacey did a brunch-themed shower and the food was so good! I'm afraid these showers are helping put on some extra pounds because I can't stop eating the food. There is always some type of cake or sweet, which I will never pass up. Then up add in all the extra goodies like chicken salad, doughnut holes, etc. and I am one happy (and slightly heavier) girl. Sending me home with left-over shower food isn't the best idea, but I never seem to say no!


Here I am with my beautiful hostesses...Katie on the left and Lacey on the right. You'll notice in this picture I still have my little necklace for the "baby game". (You're not supposed to say the word baby and the person who hears you say it can call you on it and take your necklace.) I lost it less than 15 minutes after this picture was taken.
My little travelers! Susan came in from Dallas and Lindsey came in from Houston. My shower felt complete with representatives from my "Fam girls". We are always there, one way or another, for each other's big adventures in life! You can tell that we are go-to girls for each other. Susan and Linds were my little team as I opened presents and they organized the "system".

I also invited some of my favorite friends from work. Brittany, Carly, and Sara may not exactly be to the baby-stage of life, but they helped me celebrate and made us laugh a lot. Since they work around kids, they were able to relate a little bit...even though Sara is quite terrified of my belly. (I actually chased her with it and she looked slightly sick.)

I also had several moms from my work who were sweet enough to come party with us. (The shower food seemed to show in my face more heavily in the pictures I took with them. Yes, I'm that shallow.) They brought their little ones--one who kept asking when we were going to sing "Happy Birthday" around the cake.

Thank you to those women who came to celebrate with me and who make my life here in Austin SO wonderful and a place that makes raising a child something to look forward to.