Baby Shower #2

As promised, here are some photos and details from my baby shower this past Saturday! The shower was hosted by my wonderful friend, Kara. We had the shower at my house, so she came over the night before and set everything up overnight and all the next morning. I didn't have to do a thing...it was wonderful! I wanted to help out in some way though, so I baked some cookies and cupcakes to add to the smorgasbord of goodies.

Cookies & Cream Cupcakes

Deck of Cards Cookies

The theme of the shower was Alice in Wonderland - a Mad Tea Party. I baked cupcakes that said "Eat Me" and cookies shaped like a deck of cards to fit the theme. Kara decked out the house with balloons and flowers, and made spinach dip, crab dip, several types of bruschetta, and some fancy veggie rolls. We also had a delicious chocolate mousse cake. There were mimosas for the non-pregnant girls, and some tasty punch for me.
Unlike my first baby shower that was attended by several baby girls, this shower had baby boys in attendance! There were two handsome little guys at the shower, and another one still in the oven. I can't wait until my little girl gets to meet all of her new friends! My shower was well attended by family members and several of my best friends. I felt so loved, and it was so wonderful to celebrate with everyone.

The Gentlemen-In-Waiting:
Parker

SeanBaby X

My little girl was very spoiled (already!) with all the wonderful gifts we received. Many of our guests brought books for the baby, so she already has a great library started. I can't wait to start reading them to her! She has pretty much everything she needs now. I just need to do a load of baby laundry so I can start putting away all of her wonderful gifts. I feel like it's a project I should tackle once I'm on maternity leave, but I'm very anxious to get started on it now. There are just a handful of things we need for her now. We are all definitely feeling very ready to meet her!!!

OMG, fat face!!!!

My First Baby Shower!

Saturday was my first baby shower. It was hosted by my good friend Rachel, and was attended by several of my closest friends. I met a lot of these girls on theknot.com several years ago while we were planning our weddings. Over the years we have stayed close, and have developed what I hope will be life-long friendships. In the past year many of us have gotten pregnant and had babies. I am so excited that my daughter already has some built-in friends waiting for her as soon as she's born!

I felt so loved and honored at my shower to have so many friends there to celebrate with me. The theme of the shower was "Love Grows", and Rachel had her house decked out with flowers. She even bought me an orchid with baby-size flowers. She knows how much I love orchids, and wanted to get me a new plant to symbolize my new baby on the way. It is so pretty! She also had several potted ranunculus flowers, and I am planning to plant a couple of them in my garden at home.

As always, the food was delicious! My friend Dani made her famous Monkey Bread for me, at my request. That stuff is SOOOO good - I always eat too much of it! She shared the recipe on her blog, so I will definitely be making this one day soon!

(Photo by Danielle of Dinner With Danielle)

Rachel also made her Egg Cups. (We were discussing that these need a fancier name to match just HOW delicious they are - "Egg Cups" just doesn't do them justice!) These little things are so yummy, you can't eat just one! Dani also posted this recipe on her blog. Another keeper!

(Photo by Danielle of Dinner With Danielle)

The grand finale was a beautiful tower of red velvet cupcakes with vanilla bean frosting, made by my friend Melissa of Le Petite Kupkak. These cupcakes were absolutely delicious! I brought one home for Mike, and he was asking for more. I love red and I love cupcakes, so you can't go wrong with red velvet! And of course, everyone knows how much I love vanilla beans. :)

(Photo by Tessa of Grin and Share It Photography)

My friend Tessa at Grin and Share It Photography took some beautiful photos of my shower. Here are a few of them!

Thanks again to all of my wonderful friends. Words can't express how grateful I am for all your love and support, and for all the wonderful gifts for my little girl!

(All photos below by Tessa of Grin and Share It Photography)
Hooray for Boobies! (Thanks, Clara - I love it!)
Some of my daughter's future BFFs! It's amazing to think that at Ethan's baby shower, there were no other babies there. At my baby's shower, there were 5 babies there!