1, 2, 3... Shower!

Jason and I have been blessed to have 3 different showers thrown for us during the past few months. Shower #1 was a "Shower by Mail" organized by my sister, mother, and mother-in-law, primarily designed for relatives that live too spread out to gather for a shower. Kim designed some super cute invitations and encouraged the gift givers to purchase books for our boys in lieu of cards.

It has been so fun to receive multiple packages in the mail over the past few weeks. We've been excited to receive quite a variety of gifts. Some gift samples are pictured below.

Shower #2 was a suprise shower thrown for Jason by his youth board at church. Little did he know that while he was planning an agenda for the meeting, the ladies on his board were buying balloons & gifts and making cherry cobbler for a sweet shower treat. What a fun surprise! These ladies sure knew how to spoil the daddy-to-be!

Shower #3 was a "Head-to-Toe" themed shower thrown for Amy by a group of good friends. The guests were primarily staff and close friends from church and school. Because the shower was held in the morning, we ate yummy homemade muffins, egg bakes, and fresh fruit. The decorations were fun and elegant-looking as well.

Here are two of the shower hostesses: Lynne, a fellow teacher and the owner of the beautiful home, and Jenn, a wonderful friend and experienced mother of 2 boys.

We played several fun games - a word scramble for items that come in pairs, a baby "lotto," and a creative name game in which the guests had to come up with twin names using only the letters found in Jason and Amy Schleicher.

 Here is Amy, listening intently as the ladies read their favorite twin name pair. Amy had to vote on her favorite. The result was a tie: Henry and Heimlich and (for our musical boys) DoRe and Me.

Because of the head-to-toe theme, we received TONS of adorable clothing items all the way up to 18 months! We commented on the popular mini-Jason outfits of polo shirts & plaid shorts. The Montana boys even got their first pair of cowboy boots! :)

Here is the whole gang - what a group! It was SUCH a fun morning hanging out with these ladies. We felt amazingly blessed by their generosity. Thank you, thank you, to ALL of you involved in organizing and/or participating in these 3 events. You have certainly showered us with lots of love, and we thank God for you!