Baby Giraffe

A little color...

A little color makes for less gray... lol

Tim wanted to go to Medival Times for his birthday. So here we are -- crowns and all.
Pic 1 From left to right - Prince, Princess, Amanda & Tim
Pic 2 From left to right - Alan, Tim, Louise & John DuMont

Oma DuMont

Yeah!!! I'm a new grandma!

Our anniversary (1/29/09) - Married 33 years and still counting. Happy, happy, happy.

My siser Gretel Steckler with one of her Amazing Cakes!

Christmas in November

Celebrating our early Christmas
Lots of "baby" gifts for the almost-mom-and-dad.
JC holds a book - "Me & My Dad" - he also got Dr. Seuss' "Hop On Pop"
Roni holds a pillow that says "Who needs Santa when you've got Grandma!"
Ain't it the truth.

Amanda & Tim opening gifts (early) from Tim's brother, JC. This will be their first Christmas as husband and wife.

There were gifts galore as we celebrated Christmas a month early with JC & Roni

Since we won't see JC & Roni for Christmas this year, we had a little early Christmas celebration the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Here JC just opened a box of onesies. This one says "Daddy & Me, Fans to the End - NJ Devils"

Roni's Baby Shower

Roni sitting pretty as her the guests arrive for the Baby Shower. She not ony received this lovely pink boa, but she also got a pretty white feather and rhinestone "wand" to add to her future little girl's dress-up box.

Guests

Some of our guests.

Gifts, gifts, gifts

A Seuss-girl like this one can't be seen without a Dr. Seuss bib!

Oma's Blanket

A very special baby blanket was made by JC's Oma (red/white/black - Dr. Seuss Colors) for baby girl DuMont.

more gifts

Gifts galore - SO cute.

Games

Amanda found this extra large baby bottle (actually a bank) and we filled it with Jelly Belly Jellybeans. Guests tried to guess the number of jellybeans to win a prize.

Food

With Amanda's help, the food for the turned out amazing.

Shower Cupcakes

My other d-i-l, Amanda, decided to make these adorable cupcakes for the Roni's baby shower. When they were all lined up they looked like dozens of little sleeping babies. SO cute.

More Cupcakes

Another view of the cupcakes Amanda & I made for the shower.

Roni's Shower

This past weekend my d-i-l (Roni) and my oldest son (JC) came up for Thanksiving. On Friday we had small baby shower (just a few friends) for Roni. Here she is all decked out in a pink boa and golden crown.

Before the Event

1) Here I am peering around the corner as the bride gets ready. With me are Christina (Amanda's cousin) and my d-i-l, Roni.
2) A beautiful photo of some of Amanda's special things. Her wedding shoes, the invitation, her garter and her pearls.
3) JC & Roni wait for JC's "little" brother to get-hitched.