Friday, December 6, 2013

Baby Shower Day 3

We are so grateful that God has seen fit to bless Elaine and Keith with their first child. Thank you so much for joining our celebration as we anticipate her arrival. We hope you are having some fun with the virtual shower site - but mostly, we just so appreciate your advice, experience, thoughts and prayers and hope you will enjoy sharing your wisdom and good thoughts with Elaine and Keith.

 
And here are our first views of her Beautiful face.
 
 
 
We can't wait to meet her in person!
 
This week BabyGirl Davis is putting on some "Baby fat" and becoming a bit rounder in the process. This fat layer not only makes her cute and pudgy, it also plays a very important role in helping her to maintain her body temperature once she is born. That will be really important for her expected January birthday - especially if the cold weather moving across the country this week is any indication of what is ahead for Winter! We don't expect to see the thermometer get above 30 degrees until the middle of next week here in Kansas! And the night-time lows will make a couple of visits into the single digits in the next few days. BRRR!! Get ready you East Coasters - its heading your direction! Even Christie in Florida will see some night-time lows in the 40s. And the Texans are pretty cold the next few days as well! I hope Elaine has some nice sweaters to keep that baby bump insulated - she will be seeing some nights below freezing coming up too!
 

Today's Decorations/Party Favors

 
 
 
Our Owls will need to keep warm in the cold weather, too! These cute wraps fit around regular size Hershey bars and the link to the blogger that created them is here: Owl Wrapper, 
 
Food Fun
 
Todays recipe is not really a recipe, but a cute and fun cupcake decorating idea.(I decided on a more calorie laden idea today in honor of BabyGirls current baby fat building efforts - :) ) You can use your favorite cupcake recipe! Other than that you will need your icing, oreo or similar cookies, and M&Ms or smarties.
 
Oreo Owl Cupcakes
 

And a link to a You-tube video showing you how to do it: How to make Owl Cupcakes
 
 
A Nice Warm Beverage 

Cranberry-Orange Tea Sipper

Makes: 6 servings
Serving size: 3/4cup
Start to Finish 15 mins
Cranberry-Orange Tea Sipper
Ingredients
  • 3 cups light cranberry-raspberry drink
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 bags orange-spice-flavor tea
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup vodka or water
  • 6 cinnamon sticks (optional)
Directions
1. In a medium saucepan, combine cranberry-raspberry drink and the 1 cup water. Bring just to boiling. Add tea bags. Remove from heat; cover and let stand for 4 minutes.

2. Remove tea bags and discard. Stir in orange juice, heat through. Stir in vodka. Serve warm. If desired, garnish each serving with a cinnamon stick. Makes 6 (3/4-cup) servings.
 
 
Fun and Games
 
For today's game: Can you name what the baby animal is called for each of the following adult animals?
 


 Adult Animal Name:
  1. Bear 
  2. Cat 
  3. Chicken 
  4. Cow 
  5. Deer 
  6. Dog 
  7. Dolphin 
  8. Donkey 
  9. Elephant 
  10. Fox 
  11. Goat 
  12. Goose 
  13. Horse 
  14. Kangaroo 
  15. Lion 
  16. Monkey 
  17. Moose 
  18. Penguin 
  19. Racoon 
  20. Sheep 
  21. Skunk 
  22. Swan
  23. Tiger
  24. Whale
  25. Wolf

 Click here for the answers, and then share how many you got right in the comments. Baby animal game and answer key
 
A Warm Fuzzy Thought for the Day
 
In the comments section, write your response to:
I hope you inherit your mother's ________ . Feel free to give an explanation for your answer - or not, up to you!

6 comments:

  1. I hope you inherit your mother's love of life!! Elaine I have always admired your creativity and wonderful loving personality. I know you and Keith will make a wonderful loving home for your new bundle of joy.

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  2. I agree Chrissie!! I was going to say I hope she inherits Elaine's zest for life - we used to say Elaine likes to take a bite out of life and let the juices run down her chin! Of course, I'm not at all biased - but I have a lengthy list of things I'd like to see her inherit from her mom- musical talent, beauty, intelligence, etc. My prayer is that she is blessed with many of the wonderful traits that both her mom and dad (we'll get to specify some of the traits from dad tomorrow) have but that she is strong and confident in becoming the unique creation God intended her to be.

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  3. For the game - they were harder than I thought they would be! I only got 15 out of the 25!

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  4. Bear - cub
    Cat -kitten
    Chicken - chick
    Cow - calf
    Deer -
    Dog - puppy
    Dolphin - calf
    Donkey -
    Elephant - calf
    Fox - pup
    Goat - calf
    Goose - gosling
    Horse - calf (ah! they can't all be calves!)
    Kangaroo - joey
    Lion - cub
    Monkey - baby
    Moose - calf
    Penguin - chick
    Racoon - cub
    Sheep - lamb
    Skunk - ??
    Swan - swanling
    Tiger - cub
    Whale - calf
    Wolf - pup

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  5. From Gahgee - . I did fine on the animals from #1 to 6. Then not so good. I hope baby girl davis inherits her mother's wonderful music and art talents.

    Thanks for joining in the fun, Gahgee! I hope you are able to navigate the site ok. The answers for the games and polls will be on tomorrows post - stay tuned!

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  6. Karla hopes that Baby girl Davis inherits Elaine's athletic ability and we all love Elaine's upbeat personality!

    xo Karla and my mom

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