Adoption Shower

Toys, toys, everwhere...Awesome bikes, thanks Uncle Jerry and our Texas family!!! Thanks Auntie Stephanie and Uncle Drew for my new toybox!!! Love, Zack

Sophie's Quilt and so much more...thanks Wanda and Ana and friends!!!

Bikes, toy boxes, booster seats, pjs, clothes, quilts, sheets, and much much more!

Well, Stephanie and Gina were right! My toddler shower was a blast! There was a great turn out of friends and family who have supported me through this process! The games were very fun! Each person brought a baby picture of themselves which meant we had pics from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s! It inspired very cool conversations about childhood fun, etc... What a great idea! Then we had the Russian Adoption pop quiz that Gina created. It had many thought provoking questions such as how many miles is Moscow from Orange County, CA and how many orphans live in Russia and of those how many are adopted by Americans. There were about 20 questions, and people were amazed at the answers. After this, we played the memory game where my sis put a bunch of stuff in a basket and showed the group for 30 seconds and then had them write down what they could remember. It was awesome!

The prizes were incredibly generous - $25 gift card to Best Buy (way to go Amy), $25 to Ross (way to go Evelyn), movie passes (way to go Allie and Rosie).

After the games were finished, Gina played the video she created of Zack and Sophie called "What Now"? This too was so very mind stirring and quite frankly emotional. You could hear the sniffs around the room. It was not a downer but such a happy video of the first trip. She did and awesome job!!!! After the video was finished, at least 3 people were asking where to sign up!

My friends and family were ultra generous as they know its quite a task to gather everything needed for a 3 and 4 year old! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

This was truly the greatest shower ever! Thanks to Sis Stephanie and Gina!!!