Pay It Forward #2

I got another present from someone's blog offer I responded to. This one is from my friend, Ashlee. She made us an 'I Spy' for church! Thanks Ashlee! I still haven't finished my own presents, but I promise they are still coming!

Pay it Forward

Back in March I did a post on my blog in response to some other people's postings. It included making something for the first five people to respond to my post. But the catch was you had to post the same offer on your own blog. Well last weekend I got my first present! Thanks Krishele! Its beautiful!

April Showers bring May flowers but March showers bring April babies

This has been an awesome week for baby showers! Starting with my work shower on Thursday, and then on Saturday my mom had a family baby shower for me from 12:00-2:00 and then a neighborhood/friend shower from 2:00-4:00! It was nice to see so many people that I haven't seen in a long time! Gertrude got so many nice gifts! Thanks again to everybody who came! We got lots and lots of clothes, some more blankets, books, diapers, and a pak-n-play. The food was super yummy (thanks mom!) and the company was great! It was a really fun day! Thanks to my sister, Kristine, for taking pictures! There aren't too many of people at the shower but plenty of my super cute nephew helping me open gifts. He was so funny! Whenever I got clothes, he threw them on the ground. But he wanted to play with all the toys I got and he was really excited about the blanket my cousin, Margaret, made for me. I didn't think I'd get it back! =)

My wonderful mother-in-law purchased a dresser for us on Saturday to match our crib so yesterday I was able to spend the day washing clothes, bedding, etc. and finally start putting things away. It was so fun!

Alright, I'm in!

I have been debating whether or not to join in on the fun, mostly because I will have a newborn in about two months. Woo-hoo! No sleep! But I'm feeling especially creative today. Besides, who doesn't love presents? So here goes:

The first five people that respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It’ll be done this year.

4. You have no clue what it’s going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry, a picture, or maybe even some creation I haven’t even invented yet. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that’s for sure!

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!

*Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

P.S. I realize I have become a blogging maniac this week. Blogging every day (if not more). But you have to realize one thing: work has been super slow. When work is slow, my mind tends to wander, when my mind wanders, I think of all the things I could be blogging about. (Yes, I am addicted). So in case you've been curious about the flood of posts lately, that is why.

WesTech Baby Shower

The fabulous Errin, Rose, and Tena from work threw me a baby shower during lunch today! It was super fun! Since there are about 70 women who work at WesTech compared to the 250 men, its become tradition to have baby / bridal showers during lunch for all the ladies when a female employee is expecting or engaged. We had crescent sandwiches and then everyone brought salads and desserts to share. It turned into quite a spread! We ate and visited and then opened presents. I feel funny being the center of attention, but we got some really great stuff! Another tradition is collecting money from people at work to go in on a group gift. So you can afford to get the person something really nice. We got lots of clothes, some books, a diapers, wipes, wipe warmer, blankets (including a beautiful handmade crocheted blanket from Gloria), and a couple handmade bibs. Then for the big group gift they got us a diaper bag, a diaper genie, a bouncer, and a swing! They had the swing all set up with cute pink bows on it. Errin told me I had to "unwrap" it and act surprised. Errin and Rose also made these super cute party favors with pastel M&Ms and baby girl rubber duckies. Here are some fun pictures: