Emily and I had a blast coming up with ideas for the shower! We based the "theme" around the baby's room. We found our inspiration in some fabric that Ali bought for an ottoman and we found a lot of our ideas for the decorations online.
We made two different types of cupcakes - white with strawberry filling and chocolate - fruit salsa with cinnamon and sugar pita chips, cream cheese mints, a cheese ball and veggie trays. Instead of making punch, we decided to buy bottled carbonated juices from Target. We liked the look of the bottles because it was something different and we didn't have to mix up punch :)
(Please excuse the odds and ends under the table. We didn't realize it was so noticeable.)
Much to Ali's dismay, we played a really fun game that Emily found. Basically, we had list of words associated with a baby - girl, boy, twins, triplets, epidural, doctor, doctor's fingers, heart burn, breasts, etc. Then, we had a bag full of different types of candy and you had to match the candy name with one of the words on the list. For example, we had a Baby Ruth candy bar and it was supposed to represent "girl", a Butterfinger was supposed to represent "doctors fingers", Red Hots represented "heart burn", Lifesavers represented "epidural" and so on. It was a group game so people weren't forced to play and it got everyone talking.
Matt and Ali both come from big families, so she had quite a crowd there which resulted in quite a few gifts!
She got some adorable clothes, lots of toys, some of her baby "gear"
and lots of other little necessities. We also asked everyone to bring their favorite book to help start a small library for the new baby. Of all of the books she received, I think she only got one duplicate!
It was so fun to celebrate with Ali and now, we can't wait for the little one to arrive! And, Emily and I decided we make a pretty good party planning team! We may go into business someday ;) Ha ha!
0 comments:
Post a Comment