Baby's Coming

Miguel and Minerva have five darling children: Adaia, Miguel, Adriana, Angel and Laura. But wait! Minerva seems to be gaining a lot of weight lately! Yep, Baby #6 is on the way! And the doc says it's a boy! So, we had a Baby Shower last night! I of course forgot to take pictures until it was almost too late, but got a few not-so-good ones.

Everyone had a label, a NEW NAME. I was Rattle all evening, simply because I obeyed the rules of the game! We couldn't call each other by our REAL names, but by the name given us for the evening! Bethie was Cobija (blanket). If anyone called us by our REAL name, we could take her label and that person was then given another name to complicate things! It was really hard to remember our "new" names and for Mexican ladies, who, in the course of a conversation, will say your name at least a dozen times, it was really, really rough! I ended up with three new labels, as did Bethie and Ivonne! It was crazy, but fun!

I had two jars of safety pins and it was anyone's guess how many were in each jar. Bethie guessed, on a whim that there were 350 (round number) in one jar, thinking that was CRAZY! Well, she won, being closest to the right number!

Ruth gave a little talk using verses of the Bible that described characteristics that are Christ-like and how we should "dress" in those characteristics and teach our children to dress the same. It was great and very meaningful to the Mama-to-be! She's already doing such an excellent job with her five little ones, but as she said, there's always room for improvement and so much to still learn!

Thanks, Minerva, for giving us an excuse for a FUN PARTY!!

First we each read the verses on our piece of baby clothing, then we hung it on the line.

All of Minerva's kiddos were excited! Here Angel would love to help Mama open that gift!

Two mamas-to-be! We already had a shower for Cruz (on the right),
now it's Minerva's turn! On each side of them are two of Minerva's children:
Adriana and Laura (Adrianita and Laurita!)