HALLOWEEN SHOWER

Elatia and I were discussing dates for a baby shower. We just got news that our cousin, Chrissy, from Belfast is coming over in Oct. We are so excited! We wanted to have the shower when she was here so she can represent the Irish family. Then when we started looking at dates, Halloween seemed like the obvious choice. You can't have a baby shower in December with the holidays, and in January everyone is on a holiday hangover from parties and shopping. So why not hit everyone up before they have the time to spend all their money on others? It's part of our diabolical plan. *insert evil laugh here*

Elatia has always wanted to have a Halloween party, but was always working, so this kills 2 birds with one stone. Not to mention this was a great excuse to have an out of the ordinary baby shower. My shower for my son was out of the ordinary, I had a stripper at it! Oh yea, a great time was had by all!

I can't go into details about all our plans for this Halloween shower, we want it to be a surprise for those coming. Let's just say there will be a macob feel to it as well as a baby one. Doesn't sound like that could be a combo, but if anyone can pull it off, we can! We are encouraging costumes. Elatia and J.R. are already planning the games. It will be a Jack and Jill party, meaning, for those of you that may not be in the know, a co-ed shower, ummmm, I mean a co-ed BABY shower! Just wanted to clarify that one. I know I had a stripper at my baby shower, but even I have my limits. I'm really looking forward to this shower!

It's fairly quiet in the Grammy-hood at the mo, I've dialed the crazy down a few notches. Elatia is only 9 1/2 weeks, so it's about trying to get health insurance sorted, a REAL nightmare! Yea, we don't need health care reform at all! grrrrrrrrrrrrrr She has insurance and it still isn't enough! What a racket health insurance is! Ok, I gotta stop or I'm gonna explode!

Martin and I are still buying things for the baby. We now have TWO Pack n Plays. I thought the one we bought at the consignment store was broke, so my friend gave me hers. Turns out you had to do something else to get the sides to stay up, some kind of safety measure. I have definitely been out of this baby game a long time, almost 20 years to be exact. So the extra Pack n Play will go to Elatia. I think I'm going to take my friend's crib as well. I want to have as much as I can here at my house so all Elatia has to do is bring the baby. The woman at the consignment shop said I needed to be careful or I'll have the baby all of time. What? Is that a bad thing? I told her that was our diabolical plan! *Insert evil laugh again, only w/an echo this time for effect*

We should "officially" know the sex of the baby in early October. Then watch the shopping begin! Until then...

IT'S ALL GOOD in the Grammy-hood!