Baby Shower!

Having a baby means you get lots of free stuff. Not like a bite of sausage on a toothpick at the store or the miniature bottle of dish soap you get in the mail, but actual free stuff that has value. Since the cost of raising a girl is now estimated at 3.7 million dollars, our society gently comes alongside couples and "showers" them with wonderful gifts. It's really a trick though, because neither Samantha or I will remember all the free stuff when our daughter wants to go to the doctor because she's in "pain" or she wants to eat more than once a day because she's "hungry" or begs us for a real belt when she realizes other kids don't wear electrical cords around their waists and she feels "neglected." I'll pitch a fit but Samantha will probably give in and I'll be the bad guy. But in the meantime I will buy into the illusion and think we are beating the system by getting lots of awesome shower gifts that our baby will barf and poop on.

Another thing about baby showers is there are a lot of them. There's one for the family, one for the small group, one for the church folks, and one at work. Each one will have different snacks and gifts, different friends and relations. You certainly don't want to play favorites and expect one shower to be better than any other but I'm here to tell you that one was. One shower shamed all the others into crying fits and awkward feelings of rejection. You know what I'm talking about. The Mojobrand shower. Getting in well before any of the other showers even sent out invitations, Mojo and the rest of the monkeyfriends surprised Samantha with a shower for the ages. Here's who was in charge of what:

Mojo: Host
Shoulders: Decorations
Christmas Frog: Games
Sox: Snacks
Chico: Hugs and clapping when gifts are opened

The shower clearly surprised Samantha, and her smile brightened the whole room



Though Samantha was enjoying all the chit chat and hugs, it was obvious she had her eye on the presents and so we began to open them.


Mojo gave Samantha some of his finest aged bananas


Shoulders and Christmas Frog presented an enormous bottle of rum, which they promptly stole


Sox and Chico delighted Sam with the complete Lord of the Rings trilogy!

The shower came to an abrupt end when Shoulders decided to "shower" the rest of the guests with, well, you know.