A few Saturdays ago, we went to my classmate J's baby shower. She's due in a few weeks and we're all excited to meet the new addition to her family. Men were invited too, which I think is great (why shouldn't dads be included in the fun?). Her home was beautiful, the food was to die for, and there were plenty of baby-themed chocolate desserts to sample as well. Babies were welcome too (you mean a baby shower doesn't mean you have to bring a baby to the party?).



Here's L (who helped plan the event) showing M her adorable baby girl (maybe she thought we had to bring babies too!):



As a fun activity, the guests painted various-sized white onesies, which turned out to be a riot. I'm always amazed at the creative talent of my friends and classmates. Impressively, medical school is just one of many accomplishments in their lives.

One of my favorite onesie designs was by B, which stated "I survived the womb, and all I got was this lousy onesie." Very cute. Our onesie contribution was a simple but cute dinosaur that J painted. His artistic talent is much more impressive than mine. Just take a look at this comic he drew for me two weeks after we met:



Needless to say, fun was had by all!

Tags: friends, M, me, J

I love giving gifts. Sometimes it's hard to come up with something, especially if there isn't a lot of time, but I have a lot of fun choosing things that I think my friends and family would like (they often overlap with things that I would enjoy as well, so that makes it easier).

My friend L had her baby shower not too long ago, and I was very excited to give her the gift I had been planning for months. Since I found out she was pregnant, I have been purchasing extra of each of our favorite baby things when we buy them so that I could put together a gift bag for her. I also bought a few additional goodies that I thought she'd enjoy:

• pack of Quickables wipes
• box of latex gloves (for those really messy diapers)
• four small and two large disposable diaper changing pads (multipurpose pads)
• box of Fresh Sacks diaper disposal bags
• Classic Winnie the Pooh ceramic night light (forgot to take a picture; purchased at Target)
• pair of Baby Legs
• Aquaphor
• A+D ointment
• Tropical Lullaby CD (one of our favorites)
• monkey rattle
• teddy bear (from Old Navy)

I wrapped some items in Japanese paper, put them all in a cute tote I got at Lucy, tied a ribbon around it and voila! It was a gift I would have found fun and useful when I had my babies. I hope she enjoys it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

Tags: friends