the sweetest little baby in town

my friend chandra is about to birth her second baby boy. his name is to be carsten reid. doesn't that name conjure up a dignified little boy in a tie with one of those sassy suits, the kind with shorts, like he's going to go off to boarding school?

to celebrate his soon to be arrival date, we threw a little party in his honor. a few weekends ago, lisa, angie and I put together a fun afternoon of family, gifts, good food and only one game. we're not game people.

me, lisa, chandra (carsten), angie

but my favorite part was the art project we did for baby carsten's nursery. we provided the paint (matched to the nursery colors) and the small canvases and had people paint some artwork to hang in the nursery. chandra provided the baby quilt to give people a theme and then let people loose to create. most turned out really good although there were some that might end up in the "other gallery" which chandra says might be in the closet.

it means alot to be apart of a celebration for a child. carsten is blessed to be getting caring and generous parents like jeremy and chandra. his big brother ethan is looking forward to throwing things at him and roughhousing like only boys can do. and his "aunt jenny" is thrilled to get to be a part of his life.

carsten: annointed one (german), a follower of christ (greek)

reid: red, red-haired (english)