Overall it was good, a lot of people who said they were going to come, didnt so was a little let down, ok a lt let down. I was upset with my family mostly, my 2 cousins who i am close with didnt show, bother to call, send a gift, nothing. I went to one of their showers and sent a gift to the other. Only 3 total of my family showed, my mom and 2 aunts. The aunts who hate each other, were there and making little comments to each other.(they hate each other because one is a pill popper and she does have legit issues but abuses it, the other is sucessful and doesnt have those issues) My mom was mad, made comments about not being asked to help with the shower. Also my friend since he 3rd grade didnt show, claimed the weather was a factor, the night before we had a feeze but the roads were totally clear and dry and it warmed up to 65! She only lives 20 miles from me so, that wasnt the real reason, not to offend anyone but shes into that Wican(sp?) crap and didnt want to go into a baptist church is what I think, she was raised baptist. She had made he comment a few days before about why I had to have it at a church and if she went in she would burs into flames.... AND lastly we really didnt get hardly anything off our registry(7 things out of 90) so now we still have to buy a basinet, cosleeper, swing, car seat, stroller, plus a lot of the small stuff like burp rags, sleep positioner, sheets, changing pad and covers, etc. Not trying to sound ungrateful at all by any means, just was a little bummed and have no clue where we are going to get the money to buy all the things we need. Hubby already works 3 jobs and I am a SAHM. Guess tomorrow will be checking the resale shops but still not sure about the money thing. We did get plenty of clothes, diapers, lotion, baby wash, stuff like that. My good friends really stepped up and helped out so I was really grateful. I didnt have money for hostess gifts but I got each one a really nice card that I picked out for each person and wrote a message in each about what that person meant to me and how much I appreciated them. Do you think that was okay or tacky? Should I maybe ty to do something else for each person? I thought about makeing each person their favorite treat, they love my homemade brownies(have an awesome recipe off the old hershey cocoa can, its to die for) Anyway, just mainly seeing what ya'll thought.(yes i say ya'll im from Texas dont hold it against me, lol) Hoping to win the lottery......