More Baby Showers

On Friday evening, 2/6/2009, Gloria and Megan, two of my very dear friends from work, hosted a baby shower for us in Gloria's log cabin. The cabin was very cozy and we had a great time. I am truly blessed to work with such a wonderful people! Thank you Gloria and Megan for a wonderful evening. You guys are the best!

Gloria (a.k.a. Martha Stewart, Sr.) lit the walkway to the cabin with these candles. It was beautiful!

These girls know me well - the set me up right next to the fire in the cozy cabin!

No, the wicker bassinette was not a gift. Just another one of Gloria's many touches.

Thank you my dear friends and teammates for all the gifts, tips, advice, and love. Thanks also to Spencer for taking the photos for me at the shower! To see more photos from this shower and the next one, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/grabersnow/WorkAndFriendsBabyShower.

On Sunday 2/8, my wonderful girlfriends Susan and Kim hosted another baby shower for us at Susan's home. They invited all of my girlfriends and we had a great time.

Thank you Susan and Kimmy for the day of reminiscing and reconnecting with old friends. I love you guys so much! Baby Maddie is lucky to have Auntie Susan and Auntie Kimmy in her life.

Note to self: Before the next baby shower or party or gathering of any type, buy Susan a bigger martini shaker so she can enjoy the party rather than play barmaid all day!! :-)


What a wonderful variety of gifts we got! We won't have to buy diapers for a long, long time! Thank you, every one of our dear friends, for your generosity.


Jennifer Glass made this quilt in the photo below. The colors and textures in the quilt are exquisite. Four years ago when Jen and Greg (I work with him) brought their beautiful daughter Maya home from China, Doug and I decided it was time to start our journey. We never imagined this would happen, but Maddie and Kya are both from the same province as Maya! Thank you Glass family for your inspiration!

In addition to the two baby showers over this past weekend, we had a company dinner. We shared a table with Greg & Jen Glass and I'm sure the rest of the table was completely bored by our conversation. We talked about China, babies, and travel all evening. They had lots of pointers for us. We will be staying in the same places and seeing the same sights that they did four years ago.

Maddie - we are one blessed family! In the whirlwind of all the activities this weekend, it became abundantly clear that your Daddy and I are not the only ones excited about you coming home to live in the US. Everyone around us is celebrating right along with us and is so very eager to meet you. Our friends and extended family are as eager as we are to know you. There is so much love here for you and we cannot wait to share that with you in person!

As you start your day today sweet baby, may you be safe and surrounded by people who love you... people to whom your Daddy and I owe a huge debt of gratitude foror taking such good care of you until you are placed in our arms. Only 16 more sleeps and we'll be together at last.

With all our love,

Mommy & Daddy