baby shower pics

Hubby and I had a wonderful co-ed baby shower Saturday.

My girlfriends AND my sister did an excellent job!!! oTHER Longtime friends chipped in BIG TIME on a moment's notice!!

The food was yummy! What a spread!The atmosphere was low key and chill, even with the gobs of little kids running around. There were fun shower games, that unfortunately all of the guys chose not to partake in but to "lime" upstairs in the kitchen. Oh well. :P

We got great some great gifts and some uber cute girly oufits and even some in pink and brown, my favorite color combo these days...

And in the end, the DJ, a good friend from college spun tunes until well after midnight!

I was pleasantly surprised to see one of the women I met thru an online blog turned private internet chat community that started with fans of the popular Trinidad Carnival Diary. blog dedicated to all things related to the carnival that takes place in Trinidad and Tobago each year. She was with another longtime friend who coincidentally belongs to the same community and who jumped in last minute to chip in at the shower.

Anyway, so the wonderful ladies from that community (which my Hubby affectionately calls "the cult" because of all of our near-obsessive addiction to it) got together and purchased a combo bassinet/pack and play in CHOCOLATE BROWN AND PINK! :D

Special Thanks to my Blogerette (our name for each other) family of mostly Trini and Caribbean women who took in this wanna-be African girl from suburban Maryland via West Africa!! Thanks to: Trini Wifey, Prima Donna, SKI, Mo, Squeezle, TOG - Tantie Ruut, Wajang, CeeBee, Afro Chic, DC Trini, Sommer, South Trini Reds, Megs, Lovechile, Darkie, Saundra Q, Tru, Tacaricaqua Gyal, Saucy Diva, Nikki Ann, Allison Ann and Trini Jam
The final bounty when unpacked in our living room: Some diapers, loads of clothes, towels, receiving blankets, bottle warmers, microwave sterilizer, a snap and go and the bassinet/play pen. We're set. We're gonna use the gift cards Hubby's office gave us to buy a swing and one of the shower hosts promised us a high chair later. We still have most of the basics left over from the boys (like the car seat, baby monitors etc), but we had loaned most of our larger baby equipment to my mom's day care, and after 2 years in her business, that stuff is way too worn out for repeat use so we are very happy to have been helped out this way!

OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE THE BEST!!