alecia's shower, kid swap, and bodies

shelly, sarah, and i planned a shower for alecia's sweet baby boy that's coming any day now. of course, i took 4 random pictures and that was all, but at least there's some photographic documentation. we had a brownie sundae ice cream party complete with a fun little claw game.

we had one special item in the claw that whoever got out would win a prize, but the machine didn't work as well as we'd hoped. alecia worked it though. :)

we jokingly had some games that would embarrass alecia. this one was bobbing for nipples. ;)

there were a ton of people and we had a nice time. just goes to show how many people love alecia. :) sarah and i planned baby scattergories and baby pictionary - which turned out to be way too easy because people just shouted out every "baby" related word they could think of. still fun though.

we had lots of december kid swaps. it's such a busy month that we all wanted to take every opportunity to get things done without the littles. taking frankie to the bus stop on our kid watching day is always a highlight.

"i love it! ellie, put your arms around laney! around her. around... oh, that's pretty cute too!"

christian was able to go with brenna's nursing program from the tech center on a field trip up to ny to see the bodies exhibition. they left at 4am and got home at 11:30pm. they had a fun and busy day. it's crazy to me that we live in a place where our kids can go to nyc for a field trip! i love it!

chris reported that the bodies exhibit was "cool and gross." i agree. :)