Elliott's first coming out party!

Elliott asleep at her party.

The final of the costume changes.

Elliott and Mommy!

Elliott in Baby Cabella Camouflage.  

Elliott and drove up to Waynesboro to visit Babbie (my mom) on Friday. Awaiting her were five of my mother's close friends and her G.G. (great-grandmother). She would also get to visit with her three Franklin cousins, Brodie, Mary Quinn, and Thea. So in anticipation of this first baby viewing party I had her outfit picked out the night before. A cute white bubble suit with embroidered flowers that Babbie had bought her. She looked absolutely darling in it until she had a big enough poop to leave her diaper and ruin the carefully selected outfit. So that was costume change #1. Luckily I had an equally cute coral outfit with big flowers on hand just in case.

Costume change #2 happened when Elliott decided to spit up on as soon as I turned onto the highway. And then spit up again while I was holding once we got to Babbie's house. And then I needed a costume change as well. (Thank you Babbie for coming to my rescue on that one.) We had to be perfect for the guests. Again, knowing my daughter I had a third equally adorable white sunsuit with monkeys and palm trees on it.

God bless my mother; she had quite the spread: Gourmet chicken salad with a cranberry relish and your choice of pita pocket or fresh salad greens, fresh fruit salad, deviled eggs and cinnamon rolls and brownie bites for dessert. It was so much fun to have the ladies ooh and ahh over Elliott and her cousin Thea. And it's always great to play "pass the baby" so that I can actually sit down to eat. Thankfully Elliott did not release her food onto anyone else and she kept her meltdowns to a minimum.

Needless to say, Elliott and I were both exhausted when we finally returned to Roanoke. But I explained to her that this was the first of many social gatherings to come and she had better get used to it. Let's hope that we don't end up with an introvert! (Given her parents I doubt we will!)