Baby Shower and More

Lynae N.

November 22, 2009 - 9:39 PM

This weekend I was in charge of throwing a baby shower for one of the girls in my cohort who is almost 8 months pregnant. I very much enjoyed being able to plan and put together this party for her, especially considering the stressful point I am at in the term. It certainly felt good to do something nice for someone else, to show my friend support during this trying time of becoming a mom in the midst of grad school, and for the break from classes and clients.

This was a fun day but it was SO hectic! I jumped out of bed at 6:00 on a Saturday morning and ran into the shower to wake up. I put on my therapist clothes, did my hair, and my makeup in time to wake my baby girl up and get her ready. I snatched a banana for breakfast, piled my, my husband, and my daughter's arms full of baby shower supplies and hurried out the door at 7:20. Next was a quick stop at Albertsons for a Starbucks (decaf for me) and a breakfast treat for my husband to take to his meeting.

I dropped my husband and daughter off at his meeting, gave quick kisses and hurried over to my internship by 8:15. By 8:30 I was seeing my first client for the day and was busy with clients and paperwork until 1:00 exactly. I once more jumped in my car and ran across town to the baby shower to set-up. I made trip after trip into the club house with arms full of baby bottles, magazines, yarn, and other miscellaneous supplies, gifts, and prizes for the afternoon. I made piles of materials and went to work setting up tables and chairs.

Needless to say, I was relieved when I was done with the set-up and my friends began to arrive for the afternoon. Together we ate potluck style and played an hour or so's worth of games. The girls made collages of what they thought our classmate's baby would look like, guessed her belly size, and raced drinking juice from baby bottles. We laughed and talked and learned more about our friend and her experience being pregnant. The highlight of the shower, I would have to say, was the unveiling of a quilt the cohort made together. We each were given a material square and we spent time decorating our square and returning it to a classmate who arranged a sewing party. This was the first glance many of us had at the quilt and we were all very impressed at how well it turned out. No one was more impressed than our friend who received the gift. After this, it was time to go home.

It was now 4:30 and clean-up went a lot faster with 20 other people at the club house helping out. I once more picked up my piles and tossed them into my car and then headed home. Finally, a chance to breath on this busy Saturday. . . but the breath was over as soon as it started. My parents arrived for the evening and they decided to stay for the night. This too was fun but it made for another full day's worth of activities I do not have the time to write about. All in all, my day started at 6:00 and ended about midnight. These long days are starting to wear me down.