Baby Shower #1

This weekend I was blessed to have BOTH of my baby showers.  The first was at home (literally…at my mom and dad’s house) on Saturday.  It was seriously so cute.  My wonderful college roommate, Lauren, put everything together, and in true Lauren fashion, it was incredible.  Lauren has a real knack for details and party planning….she is an awesome nurse, but I think she could totally be an awesome party planner as well.  She’s a multi-talented woman :)  Here are the pictures, with my commentary of course :)

The welcome sign—how cute is it?  Seriously.

Liam’s name banner—she did his first and middle name with the kites, and it was so sweet.

A sweet kite on the deck doors

Food and favors—everything was SO good.  Somehow I missed getting a donut….which is funny because they were totally an inside joke from the first year Lauren and I lived together. 

Details—the things that make everything special (LO—I loved your note to Liam—made me weepy and laughy)

Liam at 33 weeks

Party time :)  Can I just say that I loved all the games from this weekend?  I have NEVER thought that after baby or bridal showers—but the games at BOTH showers were so fun and quick!  In the first picture, Lauren is leading the game, and in the bottom, Tamara, Mariah and Kari are playing along (Kari is due just three weeks after me!  how fun!)  (Mom—sorry about your face in the back there) 

Unwrapping presents—most of these pictures have my face in weird contortions, so this is all you’re going to see :)  In the bottom picture, the picture is actually a fun story.  I made that giraffe in art class in sixth grade and it was chosen as the piece to be framed for that year (the art teacher chose one piece of art from the whole school each year to have professionally framed and then hung in the office).  They originally said I would get it back when I graduated high school, but I never did.  Tamara saw it a few weeks ago and asked if she could give it to my mom.  So they wrapped it up and gave it to me as one of my gifts.  It was such a sweet, fun surprise—I’d forgotten all about it until I saw it.

And some of the guests….seriously such a fun morning!  Thank you to Lauren and Lauren and Mom for all of your work—it was such a sweet morning!!