We had the shower at the Residence Inn here in Columbus in the (if you can believe it) Atterbury Room. Mary Jo came up with Jaime and Landon to help out with the food and to get the room ready. The theme was Noah's Ark--there were plates, napkins, balloons. The cake was awesome. It was decorated to look like water/shore and Jaime got this Noah's Ark toy with little animals. She put the ark behind the cake and the animals around the cake with a few on top. The ark also doubled as a holder for these cute little animal paper cut-outs that she had everyone write words of advice on. She had even sent them out to family and friends ahead of time. This was all a surprise to me. There were cute little decorations-- a big bottle for the table and a streamer made of paper rattles. It was all just so cute. The party favors were so neat. They were chocolate bars but instead of the original wrapping she had special wrappers made. There was a little picture of Noah's Ark and then next to it says: two by two or one by one, babies can be so much fun! Beckie and Michael welcome baby Nate. The back of the bar has little things like ingredients-a little of mom and dad and the sugar content is sweet as can be. How great is that!?
As the guests arrived they got food (yummy meatballs, sandwiches, fruit, cheese ball and crackers, etc.) and started filling out a mad libs paper. After introductions and a couple of the mad libs were shared, we started with the games. We played an old wives tale game in which you had to guess whether the tale would predict a boy or girl. We played trivia and how you say baby around the world. There was also a game that had gestational times of these different animals. It was a lot of fun. After the games I opened the gifts while everyone played gift bingo (they had bingo cards with different types of gifts and if I opened that gift they crossed off a square). Everyone was really generous and I even received gifts from friends and family in different states that couldn't make it. It was so much fun to open the little baby gifts and see all the baby stuff, especially the little outfits. As if I wasn't anxious before!
I had a wonderful time and it was so good to see friends and family. The shower was the best shower ever and Jaime did a wonderful job. I hope I didn't forget anything. I want to remember every little detail--all those little things that she thought about that mean so much. I went through all the baby stuff again when I got home. I picture wrapping baby Nate up in the blankets or putting him in the little outfits. And while I'm still extremely nervous, I'm so excited for his arrival and to meet this little baby of mine.
1 comment:
Did you know the animal "cut-outs" were not really that? I googled all the different animals then picked out the ones I liked and printed them and then traced them on the card stock. Aren't I creative? LOL
Post a Comment