This afternoon my sister Johanna threw Kathleen a virtual baby shower from her house in Naperville, Illinois. We attended via skype video link and were able to see and talk to all our relatives and friends who attended. It was a surreal experience to attend a party from thousands of miles away, but we really felt like we were there. The one big thing missing was not being able to eat all the great food they were having. We hadn't seen Johanna and her kids Nicholas and Zachary in a couple of weeks and it was amazing to see how much they grow even when its only been a few weeks since we last saw them. We also got to see our Great Aunt Mary and Uncle Hank and it was great to talk to them along with our cousins Chuck (with Twila and the kids Cory and Christie), Mary Kay, Sue and Eileen; and friends like Maryann Walsh. The baby shower was centered around creating onesies for the baby. We saw a longhorn onesie, a kittycat onesie, an airplane onesie, a Ms. November, a rainbow onesie and even a dinosaur one from Nicholas. Little Zach made his presence known throughout and it was really nice to see and interact with everyone as they made the onesies.
We want to really thank Jo and Brent for doing this and setting up such a wonderful afternoon and thanks to everyone who attended or who will be sending onesies as part of the broader baby shower in other places across America. We wish we could be with you.
