It's baby time!

About a year and a half ago Jared's brother Mat and his wife Bri moved to Auburn and into our very own ward. They introduced themselved as the McInelly's version II... new and improved. I guess with both Jared and I officially in our 30's now, a house, three kids, and a minivan later, they probably do seem younger and more hip that us... maybe. Mat and Bri have become regulars at our house. We love it and our kids have especially grown fond of them. Emma usually preferrs Aunt Bri over mom. It's been wonderful having family so close and we are so thrilled to see them become parents to their own baby girl due October 29th, (Jared's birthday).

Stephanie, Tara, and I threw a baby shower for Bri on Saturday.

It all started with this invitation and then we went a little craft crazy.

We rented our neighborhood community center for the event! Here is the guest of honor. Bri is the one in the middle (doesn't she look great!)

Tara made this sign as part of our decorations. I thought it turned out really cute!

We had a chocolate fountain with lots of yummy things to dip. mmmm!

We played some fun games. One was a version of Would You Rather. We had a list of questions where everyone had to choose which of two situations they would rather be in. The idea was to see how many answers you could match to Bri's. For example, would you rather wear nylons your entire pregnancy, OR take a mom and tot swim class 7 months pregnant? Here's another, would you rather have your husband miss the delivery OR have your brother-in-law in the room while you delivered? Bri said she'd rather have her brother-in-law in the room so I guess Jared, maybe your invited??? .....just kidding.

I decorated these cans and filled them with candy for the different prizes.

Tradition says that the person who brought the gift opened 7th at a baby shower is the next to get pregnant. Stephanie was our winner. She got to wear this lovely badge that says, I'm Next!" We think it's great, hope Zeke is okay with it.


Check out all those gifts! Bri got lots of cute baby girl things. We can't wait to meet the little miss.

Stephanie and I spent Friday afternoon bagging these little cookies for the party favors and I wouldn't let my kids eat even ONE. I wanted to be sure there were enough for all the ladies... you never want to run out of something like that. Turns out we kind of forgot to pass them out and although a few people noticed them and grabbed one on the way out, we were left with a lot of leftovers. My kids were thrilled to each get their own bag.

We had so much fun doing this and can't wait to meet the newest McInelly baby!

Thanks for all the fun Bri!