Showered With Love

This Saturday my family (and Rhonda, who is pretty much family as well), had a baby shower for me. Since I have never been married and have no other kids, this was a first for me. I have to say, while it was fun - it was weird being "on display". Thankfully, I have a very cool group of family and friends, so it was painless!

Some "shower highlights" include:

1) Rhonda's corsage: My Gramma Repp was unable to make it, a corsage had been ordered for me, my mom and my gramma. So my mother decided that Rhonda was the next closest thing to a gramma since she had met Tatiana. While I teased Rhonda that apparently my family was trying to tell her that she was OLD, it really meant that she's FAMILY. And she's stuck with us -- haha! Even though I am an "only child", Tatiana will have a line up of "aunties" to help her through life, including Aunt Rhonda, Aunt Jenni and Aunt Carrie - the new Big 3 of Michigan (sorry auto-workers), these are the Big 3 now! And that's just where the list STARTS with her Aunties!

2) The CAKE! My cousin Gary's wife Rena' is VERY talented. One of her big talents is in the kitchen, she's a delicious cook and can do wonders baking. She was tapped to make the cake - a stressful job for any shower! WOW. Rena' out-did herself. See for yourself:

Seriously - have you ever seen matroska dolls made out of CAKE? Yup - they are cake too. And to top it all off, half of the cake was banana cake -- one of my favorites!!!

3) My Girlies: Again being an only child, I have no nieces, but I do have "faux-nieces" (my cousins kids) and most of them were there this weekend. I had an un-wrapping crew - helpers to help me un-wrap all my presents. I was a little afraid the Princess blanket wouldn't make it out of the building without being stolen! And this isn't even all of "the crew"!!! (Don't miss Riley in the bottom right corner!)

Hopefully, a fun time was had by all. Since it's Thanksgiving week, it's only appropriate for me to say how thankful I am for all my family and friends. Enjoy the holiday!