crystal's baby shower and handmade gifts.

last weekend i traveled to my southern home-away-from-home for a little nashville weekend visit. i lived in nashville, tennessee for three years, and during my time there i made a wonderful friend named crystal. 

crystal and i taught together at sycamore middle school, where she is the choir director / music teacher, and i was an english teacher. she is one of my closest friends, so you can imagine my excitement when i found out she was pregnant! 

she is due in just a couple weeks when she will welcome her adorable baby girl, lilly, into the family. i can say she is adorable already because of this crazy ultrasound photo: 

(it just never ceases to amaze me that it's possible to see such a clear picture of an unborn baby. i am borderline obsessed with pregnancy anyway, so this just put me over the edge!)

i visited with some friends in the city and then headed to crystal's baby shower on saturday. it was so fun to see her (and her big belly!) and spend some time talking with her about this new chapter in her life. lilly's nursery is adorable, and she really hit the jackpot at her shower. 

i made some burp rags for baby lilly. they were really easy and fun to make, and, according to my mom, burp rags get lost all the time at daycares / nurseries, so hopefully the L will help them to stay put! :

(Gerber cloth diapers with a different L pattern on each one)

(close up)

(even closer up)

(the whole shebang)

and, of course, i had to shower baby lilly with hair treasures! crystal has so many cute clothes for her already, so we are hoping she comes out with at least a little hair so she can wear her little hair accessories, too! either way, four of the five treasures i gave are headbands, so she'll be good to go! 

here is my favorite one. it just makes me think of crystal and her girly diva ways when i look at it! : 

i had a blast in nashville, especially at crystal's baby shower, and now i am just waiting for baby lilly to arrive and puke in the rags i made and become my newest baby treasures model! eee!

a few more pictures from the shower:

(crystal's first sight of lilly's baby treasures)

(i helped to assemble the stroller and a floor playpen thing. they don't call me "handy" bender for nothing. ps. no one calls me that.)

(crystal taking a look at lilly's designer burp rags)

babies. i love 'em.