What a wonderful spring-ish day. Todd didn't sleep and I was up early, so we started our day with our all time favorite thing to do-we went out for breakfast. Sadly, it was about 5:30 AM so Denny's was our only option, but it fit the bill this time. And what a perfect hour to test our seat warmers in the new car we bought! (It's a Hyundai Elantra Touring. Clara's first station wagon! And later that day, I got my first speeding ticket in about 10 years, right in front of Gardner Village. Kim and her girls put up a valiant fight against the cop, but he was not so forgiving. The Sharp girls are convinced he lives in his mom's basement with 37 cats and so has no sympathy for real people)
Then there was a wonderful baby shower at Mom's house with the local girls and aunts, cousins, cousins' kids, etc.
Clara was spoiled with some darling outfits, a new stroller and a great bassinet. Everyone at the shower also helped finish a super-cute quilt that I just can't wait to put on the floor with my sweet baby girl and then we can lay there and stare at each other. That's what you do with new babies, right?
Todd and I then spent the evening having dinner with his parents. We got to talk through the information we do have about what will happen when Clara is born, her first surgery, and what to expect the first few weeks. Again we feel so lucky to have all this time to prepare and talk through questions and ideas and concerns. We couldn't do this without the support of all these wonderful family members and we loved having a day spent with so many of them.
(PS-We missed you a lot, long distance families! I'll figure out how to add some photos on here, and we hope to talk to you soon)
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