LIA’s BABY SHOWER DAY

 

Four weeks and counting until hubby and I will have our 5th GREAT grand baby!  What’s so special about this is, our 5th grandchild is having our 5th GREAT grandchild.  Daddy Stevie and Mommy Alexandra recently moved into a new place and are scurrying around to get Lia Faith’s room all set up and organized for her début.   Alex had a bit of a setback a few weeks ago and ended up in the hospital for three days with a severe kidney infection.  She was 32 weeks pregnant and little Lia wasn’t happy with the pain and contractions started.  The hospital kept close watch on both Alex and Lia, doing non-stress tests on baby.  Her heart rate was great and she was very active which was a good thing.  When she was released, Alex was still in a lot of pain and walking was next to impossible.  Ten days passed and the following Saturday was the first day Alex was actually able to move without being in severe pain.  It was also baby shower day, hosted by Stevie’s mom.  This was the first time hubby and I met Stevie’s family and it’s so great walking into a group of people who you don’t know and be so welcomed into their family.

The shower started out with some cool games hosted by Stevie’s cousin.  There was a three-way tie on one of the name games and Stephanie said the tie breaker would be a dance-off.  The other two didn’t like that idea so she then come up with a number game I went into action.  If you haven’t seen my blog and video from this when I posted it a few days ago, you have to watch it now.  It’s hilarious how “quiet and refined” me turned into a “loud mouth: around people I had just met!   LOL   http://themarthareview.com/dance-off/

 

 

After the games it was time to eat and oh my, the food that Thelma had prepared!  There was a variety of salads, a delicious mac and cheese with chicken casserole plus fried chicken, a few different kinds meatballs and a huge platter of subs.  Then in another room, she had the fixings for salad, and DELICIOUS desserts!  There was even a chocolate fountain to cover the fresh strawberries and marshmallows!

After everyone was stuffed from all the delicious food, it was time for Alex and Stevie to open the gifts but once again jumped into action with an impromptu speech.  Rich and I have 7 grandchildren and Lia Faith will be our 5th GREAT grand baby so since this is the 1st grandchild for Stevie’s parents, I wanted to give her a little advice.  We were talking a few days before the shower and she mentioned she didn’t know what her and her hubby wanted their grandchild to call them.  I told her it sometimes is not what the grandparents want to be called but what the grandchild decides they want to call the grandparents!  When Alex was a baby, she started calling us Papa and Mama, then has she got older, it was changed to Pop and Ma, and that’s what we are still called today by her.  The other advice I gave her was when adult children start purging things, sometimes they throw things away that they don’t want.  However grandparents have a special place in their hearts to hang on to sentimental items.

 

It was at that point when I pulled out a big pink ribbon that was Alexandra’s on the day she was born. Her mother was going to throw it away years ago, but I salvaged it from the trash and have kept it ever since.   As my speech was coming to a close, I mentioned that I love Angels and I know they guide us and this is when I showed Thelma a Baby Girl’s Angel pocket token that I had ready to give to Lia Faith when she arrives.

 

I also had a Grandmother’s Angel that I gave to Thelma since she will be a 1st time gramma!   I didn’t realize at the time that my granddaughter was videoing my speech!

After a few hugs (and happy tears) it was time for the guests of honor to open their gifts.

 

 

The gifts that Alex and Stevie received for Lia Faith were amazing from a car seat, stroller, pack-n-play, baby monitor, baby swing, lots of diapers, wipes and the cutest little outfits plus a wipe warmer, bottle sterilizer, diaper bags, crib ensemble and SO many more wonderful gifts. They also received a beautiful hand crochet blanket and a Minky blanket.  Princess Lia will be set, thanks to wonderful family and friends.

 

Look at this table centerpiece that Stevie’s mom made.  It’s a baby carriage made from diapers and filled with all kinds of baby items!  It was so adorable!!

 

By the time the shower was over, I think Alex was ready for a nap!  This was the first day since she had been in the hospital that she was up and walking all day, but what a great time she and Stevie had.  Stevie and his brother loaded the bed of our truck and was it a full load!  Everything was packed in so perfectly and there was just enough room for everything to fit like sardines in a can!  I think the little Princess will be spoiled big time by her grandparents and great grandparents, plus all her aunts, uncles, cousins and tons of friends who are her extended family

We all hugged and said our good-byes to the family and drove back to Stevie and Alex’s house to unload everything.  They will be busy setting up Lia Faith’s room for her arrival in a few weeks.

I’m so excited for the day we get to met our 5th GREAT grandbaby!!  Alex and Stevie are going to be such loving, caring and nurturing parents.

You may also like to see Alexandra and Stevie’s exciting gender reveal, where mommy and daddy to be didn’t know until the pinata broke open!  What an exciting time that was!  http://themarthareview.com/baby-gender-reveal/