Baby Fever!

This weekend was all about the babies as we celebrated the upcoming birth of Baby Linares No. 2 (we, along with the rest of the baby shower crew, are pulling for his name to be Gabriel). Big sister, Victoria Linares, was in tow as her mom, Cortney, opened gifts. Victoria is the cutest, sweetest baby next to Lauchlin's three nieces. Sarah Gray's baby, Peyton, also attended the shower, which only added an extra layer of baby fever for most of us not-yet moms. Having Lauchlin's 5-year-old niece, May, help hand out presents and pick up gift wrap was proof that, after the baby grows up, you can put them to work. And, as she pointed out several times, "Don't I have great manners?!"
The shower was great thanks to the food provided by Lauchlin's mom and all the help we received from Lucy, Katherine and Emily! Below is a slideshow from the day's festivities. Some of the shots are blurry, because Lauchlin didn't realize until later that her camera was set on manual focus. But, through the blur, you can still see how cute Victoria is chasing the blue balloons! Please excuse the random shots that somehow made their way onto the slideshow. Most of them are of Victoria early this summer, as well as some shots of May and Ellen and a couple of Ned and Mary Beth in the pool. We're still figuring out how to use Flickr.