Holly's Baby Shower

We are so excited for our friends Steve and Holly--they're expecting their first son in a matter of weeks! They are going to be fabulous parents--they're already head-over-heels in love with their little guy. "Little Pea," as he has been nicknamed, has quite a fan club already. Many of those fans gathered yesterday up in Kennesaw to shower his Mom with gifts. The shower was quite lovely. Holly is an interior designer, so naturally many of her friends are interior designers. Her designer friend Sally hosted the event in her gorgeous home. Kate and I had a great time and met some new friends. We can't wait to meet Little Pea and to hold him soon!


Holly and Steve's Mom
It was so great to see them both!


OK. These chocolate chip cookes were simply DIVINE!
Don't tell anyone, but I think I ate four! I would have gotten more if I didn't think people were watching me. LOL!


Kate did very well--I was so proud of her. She sat in her stroller for a long time without being fussy. (I was afraid she would destroy the house.)


I eventually got her out--she had a ball climbing the stairs.


As part of their gift, Kate got Steve and Holly some squirrel-themed items. She was so excited about these. You see, there is a joke about squirrels between Steve and me that goes back to college. In feature-writing class, he wrote about "squirrels with question-mark tails" that our beloved journalism professor, Mr. Kelly, used as an example. Steve had to be honest with Mr. Kelly and tell him that he hadn't come up with the "question-mark tails" description himself--he had read it somewhere and used it in his story. So for years, I have bought Steve--and later, Holly--squirrel items.

So you know I had to find some squirrel things for Little Pea. It is actually more difficult than it might seem, but this is a good time of year to find squirrel baby things, so that's good. We found a bodysuit at Baby Gap as well as a book called "Earl The Squirrel" by Don Freeman (the same man who wrote Corduroy). I couldn't believe it because Earl is the name of Steve's late father. When we were visiting Knoxville last month, I saw "Earl The Squirrel" on a book-sale flyer for Ameila's daycare and knew we had to get it for Steve and Holly. We were able to find it in hardcover via Amazon (where else, right?).

And the blanket. A few years ago, I found this white baby blanket with an embroidered blue squirrel on it and bought it. I figured Steve and Holly would be starting a family sooner or later. Kate was thrilled to finally give it to Holly yesterday! We can't wait to see Little Pea all wrapped up in it.

Congratulations, Steve and Holly!


September 2007--What a difference a year makes!
Here are Steve and Holly with Kate at last year's East Atlanta Strut.