Jen & Chad :: The Grafton, Lincoln Square, Chicago

We all took turns all night coming up with captions and speech balloons for this photo of Dallas & Justin

Ed & Max :: The Grafton, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Allison & Trent :: The Grafton, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Abby & Mrs. Weber cutting the cake. Mrs. Weber made the cake and it was delicious. Lots of buttercream frosting.

Dallas & Abby :: The Grafton, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Jill & Rachelle :: The Grafton, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Kristin, Jen & Chad :: The Grafton, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Baby Quinn made such an early appearance a few weeks ago that Jen & Chad had their baby shower after he was born. Quinn wasn’t at the shower because he’s still in the hospital, but we did get to see photos and hear a lot of stories from the family. It kind of reminded me of Nancy’s baby shower when she announced they’d confirmed Riley’s adoption. In both we knew the baby’s sex, name, what they looked like, heard stories, etc. Maybe we should all just have celebrations after the babies are born and scrap the whole baby shower thing. I was never really into them anyway, although Saturday night’s baby shower was more like a regular night out except that it started way earlier (3pm) and we each brought a gift. Open bar and tons of food at an Irish pub.. that’s my kind of baby shower!