Christina's Baby Shower

Saturday was our turn to host a baby shower for Christina. We finally settled on a cafe theme:

Emily and our friend, Suse, got to work on Friday evening to turn the house into a cafe. The zinnia garden came in handy:

We borrowed chairs and card tables and moved all the furniture around:

And, in the mean time, we worked on the food.

By Saturday morning it really did look like a cafe:

The teacups were set out:

And all the food. We had meringues:

Scones:

Pain au chocolat:

Fruit,

and yogurt parfaits:

A sweet picture of Christina:

Then came all the guests:

There was also coffee:

Lots of chatter and laughter:

And everyone seemed to enjoy their food:

We filled all the tables and had to spill over into the living room.

After food, we had presents:

There were many beautiful things, including a carseat and stroller. We had no idea how soon Christina would need her carseat!

And then the shower was over and Christina went home to begin labor in a few hours. And now we're off to take the kids to meet their little cousin!

Baby John

What a delightful surprise to wake up Sunday morning and find out my new nephew had been born!!!! Christina gave birth via a c-section as Baby John was discovered to be breech.

Emily and I hightailed it up to the hospital in the afternoon to see the little guy:

He's very cute, even more so because he's so tiny: 5 pounds and 12 ounces.

John arrived two weeks early, but is doing just fine!

Emily and I were very happy aunts.

Christina delivered just 17 hours after we finished with her baby shower! I have plenty of pictures to show you tomorrow.