Baby Beck!

In June, we received an exciting phone call: Kris' cousin, Sara, announcing her pregnancy. The twist, though, was when the baby was expected to arrive: the end of August! The whole family was pretty surprised that we didn't have to wait a full 9 months for the next addition to brood... including Sara and Ken! Somehow that lucky girl made it roughly 25 weeks without knowing about the little munchkin growing inside. Imagine their surprise when they had an ultrasound a few weeks later, thinking they were 8-10 weeks along, and found out they were actually 29 weeks along!

So, fast pregnancy = fast shower planning! The shower was held last weekend and Grace and I roadtripped up to MI to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Baby Beck. Sara was then 35 weeks along, so they are pretty much down to any day, now, at this point, being only 1 week away from "full-term"!

Grace has a personal requirement that she holds herself to for all baby showers: she must buy the baby a teddy bear. Not a bad requirement, Gracie... For Baby Beck, she even decorated her own gift bag to hold the teddy bear. Look closely and you'll see the baby holding an umbrella with a shower overhead (and I swear she came up with that all on her own...no prompting from me...I was so surprised when she said that's what she would draw!):

Grace and Mama Sara

This trip was a much welcome bonus visit with some of Kris' side of the family for the year. Grace had fun cuddling with Grandma Donna and playing with Samantha, Meaghan and Uncle Bruce during the shower.

And Sherri (soon-to-be Grandma!) rocked the shower hostess role with her fun games and by passing out our favor and reading it to us. For all you parents out there, check out this book...will definitely come in handy in a few years in this house!

It's available here. And after Sherri was finished reading the story to us, she passed out a pop quiz for us to complete in one minute just to make sure we absorbed all points of the story. Thanks to her, we were all able to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Baby Beck, and were educated on how he/she came to be at the same time! :)

Can't wait for the big news on the teeniest family member...due to make his/her debut within the next month!