Safari Baby Shower!

My mom and sister threw me a beautiful baby shower last weekend.  It was a safari themed shower with lots of animal prints in honor of our nursery theme.  It couldn't have been cuter!  Here are some photos.

This is a little giraffe that my mom found.  I figure little boy Gieseke is going to be a tall tower someday like his dad, so we're using giraffes in his new bedroom.

The cute cake, which tasted amazing by the way (lemon custard cream?).  My family devoured the 1/2 of a leftover cake after the shower was over because we just couldn't stop eating it.

My mom made the flower arrangements since that is now one of her areas of expertise.

My sister Natalie came up with some really good and unique dishes, including this watermelon, goat cheese, and basil creation, or was it mint?  I'm not sure, but they were certainly gone fast.

Lemonade with mangoes, my favorite!

Me and Natalie, Hostess #1

And with my mom, Hostess #2

We played guess whose baby picture.  It was really hard to tell all of the baby pics apart.

More games.  All of the prizes were safari themed.

Tiny baby clothes for our new baby boy.  So fun!

For some reason we only had a butter knife to open the difficult packages.  Natalie was making me nervous jabbing with that thing.

My mother-in-law Cheryl made me this amazing quilt for the baby.  We picked out the fabrics together and she worked on it for hours trying to get it done for the shower.  She showed up with needle holes in her fingers, and the quilt completed.  Isn't it beautiful?

The whole big group.  Thanks everybody for being there and making it so special.

And of course, if someone else is pregnant, this shot is mandatory.  Dan's sis Laura is having her little boy a month after ours.

And me with my dear friend Marissa.  Thanks for taking most of these picture Maris!