Houston Baby Shower

As a bonafide nomad through my 20s, I've never stayed in one place for more than a couple of years (Champaign, Chicago, Senegal, NYC, Mali, Washington DC and Houston), so I've always considered Chicago as HOME base.  This is indeed still TRUE...  and I've remained in close touch with my hometown friends over the years thankfully, so I still have a wonderful and deep base to come back too.  However, after buying a home in Houston last year, I think our roots just got a little deeper in cowboy country.  And Houston is beginning to look a lot like home too.  This weekend helped solidify that.

When my good friend in Houston offered to throw me a baby shower here for friends, at first I was worried I didn't have enough, LOL.  However, upon thinking about the invite list, I realized I've met some pretty awesome people that I continue to seek out time and time again for friendship, and have developed some great friendships in just the past year or so.

My friend really outdid herself for what I thought was going to be a small shindig, and my friends who showed up were so warm and welcoming.  I feel so grateful to have made these friends in the past year or two, and am grateful as well that three of them already have little boys of their own -- so Baby Mac has a head start in friend making!  I can't wait to see them grow up together.

Here are some pics from my lovely Houston shower: