My Blissful Chaos

HE'S HERE!

Braden Michael Marquette

7 Pounds 2 Ounces ~ 18.5 Inches Long

Proud Daddy

Dads new favorite shirt!

All bunded up to go home for the very first time

He LOVES his swing!

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

Doesn't get any more precious than this.

Eskimo kisses..

Cuddling after our first bath. Not fun! Braden screamed and mommy cried too. :(

Braden's Baby Shower - December 09, 2007

Our adorable "Safari" theme. Our wonderful small group did such an incredible and creative job decorating, complete with jungle sound effects (thanks JG!). It was awesome!

Playing the diaper game. Soooo funny! There were 10 different candy bars melted in the diapers and we had to guess the name of each candy bar.

The funniest drinking game ever! There were 2 ounces of apple juice in each bottle and we had to see who could drink the fastest!

And of course, the mother of 2 (with one on the way) wins!

So many wonderful gifts for Braden.

A bath Frog pod...hey look another one.....aaaannd another one!! This must have been the "hot" item on our registry because we got 3 of them, all from different people!

Emma loved to play with all the tissue paper....and read her favorite books. It was so cute, as soon as we opened this book, she knew exactly what book it was and crawled right over to read it.

More presents!! It seemed as though it they would never end.

And just when we thought it was all over, the most unexpected gift of all....the girls in my women's Bible study all went in together to get us our crib. As you can tell, it was very emotional for me. The whole shower was actually, now that I think about it. First of all it can be a little uncomfortable opening presents with everyone staring at you. And then to realize so many people care and love us and want to celebrate Braden with us...it was just too much for me.

We left feeling so unbelievably blessed and want to thank each and every one of you who attended our shower for your abundant generosity and incredible friendship. We love you all.