The ladies from our church spent a fun Saturday morning at the home of Mrs. J celebrating the upcoming arrival of Baby Owen at a shower for my sweet friend Erika this weekend. Erika and Cody's daughter Lily is about five months older than Kate, and Owen will be three months older than our little guy, so this is the second time we've been pregnant at the same time. It works out really well for me because Erika is always a few months ahead of me on the new-kid process and she gives me all this great advice. I'm like "First kid? You go first, Erika. Time to have a little boy? OK, but only if you do it too." I should probably ask her how many kids we're planning on having.

In the first photo, Erika is holding a quilt handmade for Owen by his grandmother Linno, our pastor's wife, who makes beautiful quilts for all the new babies in our church. And look at this diaper centerpiece our friend Cora made for the shower. No, she didn't buy it. She made it. How are people this talented? I have no idea.