Nelson Family Blog: Elena's Baby Shower

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Elena's Baby Shower

Yesterday, we had Elena's baby shower at Rachel's house. Emma and I headed to Mankato after work on Friday evening, and met my mom and sister (and Elena) at Rachel's house. We went out to eat at Tav on the Ave, and then called it a night. It was like 9:30 pm before we got back to Rachel's house, and like 10:30pm before Emma was in bed. It was a long day.

Saturday was the day of the baby shower, and we all had a pretty good day. We spent the morning decorating Rachel's house, making muffins, and preparing the rest of the food. We also took turns holding and feeding Elena. It made for a pretty busy morning!

By 10:00, guests started arriving. We visited, ate, and then played a couple games as we opened gifts. Emma had fun helping Rachel open all the gifts. We had a pretty good turnout for the shower, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

By 12:30, most of the guests had left, and we spent some time cleaning up and relaxing. Dad and Ryan came to town in the afternoon, and we just spent the rainy, cold day hanging out and visiting and kind of watching the movie "Sing".

We decided to eat supper before heading back to Sioux Falls, so we headed to Bolder Tap House for supper, and then made the trek back home. Emma did very well the entire trip. She watched movies on the car ride, and otherwise just enjoyed the trip. She loved helping with the baby shower, and holding and loving on baby Elena. She also ate 4 muffins on Saturday, so it was a great day for her.

We made it back to Sioux Falls at around 9:15 pm, and we were both beat. John and Elliott also had a good Saturday. They headed to Brookings with Adam, Ashley, Darci and Jeff, and their kids, and hit up the Children's Museum. The kids all had a really good time playing together.

Today was a catch up day. We went to church, did laundry, and cleaned up the house. The kids took some super long naps in the afternoon, trying to catch up on sleep. We also had Lief's graduation party this evening, so we headed to Harrisburg for a little while this evening.

The sun decided to shine for a little while this evening, for like the first time in 5 days, so we took advantage and spent some time outside this evening.

We had a great weekend, but now it's time to wind down and prepare for another busy week.