Baby Shower Pt 2: A Thanksgiving Road trip

And we’re back.  Tori and I just returned from a Thanksgiving road trip and baby shower with our family in Jackson, MS.  We left Philadelphia on Sunday, November 21^st and drove to Norfolk, VA to visit / stay with two of our close friends; Jesse and Tan.  It was good catching-up with them.  Tan is one of Tori’s friends from college and they are both expecting.  Tan is also having her first child, McKenzie Rae Grant.  Turner and McKenzie got to ‘meet’ as Tori and Tan bumped bellies for a photo.  [Side note, McKenzie was born on Saturday, November 27^th!  Congrats Tan and Jessie!]

 Anyway, we then drove down to Atlanta and stayed with my mom for two days.  We picked up Tori’s cousin and drove down to Jackson, MS on Wednesday.  Thanksgiving was great.  Tons of family and friends and a bunch of kids whose names I do not remember.   I don’t know where to begin with describing the food.  Let’s just say I went for thirds.   On Friday, Tori, my mom and I drove around Jackson visiting some of the antique markets and giving my mom a tour of Jackson as this was her first time in the city. 

Saturday was the big day; the baby shower!  We had a great time.  Tori’s sister created a really fun game called, “Who knows the couple best?”  Our cousin, Ondrea was the winner – she calls us regularly and is clearly looking forward to Turner’s arrival.  There were several other winners for each of the other games.  We received a variety of gifts ranging from items on our registry to gift cards and personalized gifts.  My mother made artwork for Turner’s room, which everyone admired.  We’ll be hanging that up this weekend along with other artwork and Turner’s decorations. 

Thank you everyone who attended and thank you for all of the great gifts.  We are lucky to have Turner born into such a great and loving family.  Tori’s grandmother also attended the shower.  We will be flying down to Jackson, MS next year so that Turner and meet his great grandmother and help her celebrate her birthday in July.