Bloomington Baby Shower!

Last week we were privileged to have a baby shower (open house-style) with colleagues and friends here in Bloomington, thanks to Dave & Susan Hardy! It was a really special evening and very helpful to kick us into high gear as we enter this last month before baby Gies arrives. (Unfortunately our camera was acting up again and the flash wouldn't work on all the photos...) Susan came up with a "she's ready to pop!" theme, so all the food and decorations had to do with popping. Wow.

Here's Dave and Susan looking particularly happy. So much hard work for this evening - thanks, guys!!

My favorite feature of the party were these delicious vanilla cupcakes. Isn't Susan creative?

And some shots of a few folk who were there. Here's Paul & Stephanie, friends from church:

Shimon (Jim's new boss in his new assistantship position), Fred and Cameron:

Michal and Malika:

Brian, Sydney and Teanna:

Jim with Alex, professor and amazing advisor (and also a supervisor for his new assistantship):

Now that it's August we really have been keeping busy trying to get everything ready for baby girl's arrival. For one, I've been doing a lot of laundry! And this week we put in the car seat (just in case...) and have been searching all the used furniture places for a dresser for her room. We're also taking a childbirth prep class together. We are really looking forward to meeting her soon!