I don’t know what was in the water this past winter, but I have about 5 friends due all within a month of each other. It’s crazy! Babies spilling out everywhere.

I got to go to two showers for my friend Anna - the first one was thrown by her family, and the second one was thrown David’s (the dad) family. The second one had an interesting twist — our guys were invited too. Thomas posted his thoughts on it on his website.

I took my camera with the 18-200mm lens to the first party but unfortunately, my flash started running out of battery early on. Here’s two shots that I was happy with, however.

This is Anna, her Mom, and her grandmother. They said they’ll get another similar shot once the baby is here, so they can have 4 generations together.

This is my favorite photo from the party. One of my other friends brought her little boy and he entertained us with his huge smiles and attempts to crawl.  She makes it looks so easy - this little guy didn’t fuss at all.

At the second party, I had the 50mm lens on my camera, and Thomas had the 18-70mm. We were on the porch of a restaurant, so we got some really great lighting without flashes. Here’s some of my favorites:

The restaurant we were at, Flying Biscuit, is a brunch place that is famous for it’s biscuits. They were delicious.

This is the Mom and Dad-to be. Don’t they look like they’re going to be fun parents? I’m hoping Anna can teach me all about it since she’s getting a head-start. I already learned at the shower about cloth diapers and all kinds of breastfeeding tools (special shirts, shields, pads, etc.).

Both parties were great, and we had a lot of extra laughs with the guys at the second one. If you’d like to see the rest of the photos, they’re on Flickr:

• Anna’s Baby Shower (14 photos)
• Anna and Dave’s Baby Shower (51 photos)