Surprise Work Shower

My coworkers threw me a surprise baby shower last week. I was really impressed all of my friends and my wife kept quiet about it. I almost inadvertently ruined the surprise a couple of times, but thankfully I didn't. The best part of the shower was Heather and Abby being up there. I walked into the room and Abby got so excited. She screamed "I found Daddy" and ran up to give me a big hug. One coworker's wife made the new baby a beautiful handmade quilt.

So, how 'bout some pictures:

The diaper cake (which I mistook for a real cake)

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One of my coworkers wanted to hide a dirty diaper in that cake. :)

The real cake (Great decorating job Bonnie)

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Me. Surprised:

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Abby, after she found Daddy

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One of Abby's gifts, a new baby doll:

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Another of Abby's gifts, a picture frame. She wouldn't put down the doll:

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More Abby gifts, a tiara:

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Abby eating cake:

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The handmade quilt:

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The whole family:

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I'm really grateful to everyone at work who pulled this off. It was such a neat surprise.

Bye Bye Baby Bed

We moved Abby into a big girl bed last night. Her crib broke and the piece that had broken caused the crib to be recalled. So, it looks like Emma, or Olivia, or whatever the new baby's name will be, is getting a new crib out of the deal. In the meantime, Abby is now in a daybed. I'm not happy. She hadn't figured out how to climb out of her crib yet, and I was more than happy to leave her in it until she figured that out. 20 years old and not climbing out yet...well, the crib would be cramped, but at least I'd know where she is at night! Last night went really good for her though. We've been talking up the big girl bed for several days, so she was totally stoked to get her new bed. She got a little emotional when we took down her crib, petting it and saying "I love you baby bed." That's not unlike her though. She's kissed utensils bye bye and told her she loved them at dinner before, so I'm not too worried about about that. She went to bed at her normal time, and thankfully stayed in her bed all night. She cried out at 5:00 am, but Heather thinks she was either cold or had a bad dream. When she woke up at 7:00 am, she called out for Heather and didn't climb out of bed until Heather got in there. One night down....I hope the rest go this smoothly.