I had been going on for weeks about how I was preparing for my sister's baby shower and this past Sunday, the party finally happened. The reason I was a stressed out more than usual was that I missed my godson/nephew G's birth and never got to throw a baby shower for her then (I was living in Florida) so I wanted to make up for it now.
I wasn't able to get as many pictures or as good of pictures as I wanted since I had to be the hostess with the mostess but I hope my sister and her little fam enjoyed the baby shower me and her MIL put on..
Their was no real theme for the shower but I went with blue, orange, and green as the party colors...
My nephews name will be Jameson and Big Man did a awesome job of making that sign on the left for my sister. You may not know this but Big Man is quite the little carpenter when it comes to making little signs out of wood and such, I'll save that post for another day though.
I did make one exception in the party colors and made this Raiders diaper cake for my sister...
She is a die hard Raiders fan and after I saw a Raiders diaper cake she pinned on Pinterest, I knew I had to make her one. Once she walked in, that was one of the first things she saw and she loved it. I'm glad, because let me tell you rolling all those diapers were a pain in the ass and the thing actually holding it all up in the middle is a wine bottle.
My sisters MIL took care of the hot food and I was in charge of the desserts. Baking is one of the few things in the kitchen I can do, so I took the job very seriously and tried to make the best damn dessert table I could...
I wasn't playing when it came to the desserts.
I got the marshmallow and Rice Krispie kabobs and balls done during the week but I was sweating on Saturday night trying to get the cookies and brownies done, along with dipping pretzels for the favors.
I think it came out pretty well and I'm def. glad I picked up these white plastic plates at Party City to give it a more cohesive look.
I also set up a game table so I had easy access to all the games I had planned...
I searched high and low on the internet for different types of baby shower games to play. I know some people don't like games at showers but our family and friends are the kind that do.
The games I ended up choosing were:
No Baby Necklaces: I used green yarn to make necklaces with pacifier favors at the end and through out the shower, you were not allowed to say the word 'baby'. If another person caught you, they could take your necklace and the one who had the most at the end won a prize.
Guess How Big The Belly Is: Again using yarn everybody had to guess how big my sisters belly was. Kinda a depressing game for her since everyone guessed bigger than she actually was but she took it in stride.
Dirty Chocolate Diaper Game: You get an assortment of chocolate candy bars and melt them into a diaper and the guests need to guess which 'dirty diaper' is what candy bar. So gross but so funny to watch people play. I had a little snafu though while preparing the diapers. Silly me, was melting a Kit Kat in the microwave and unintentionally walked away from it. Next thing I know people are asking what stinks and what smells like smoke...and low and behold I burned a diaper in the microwave. The diaper was burnt up and actually left a mark on the inside of the microwave. Thank god it didn't turn into a fire.
What Baby Did That?!?:
I heard of alot of cute games where hosts asked the dad questions that the momma to be had to answer but I took a different approach and had my mom and BIL's mom give me stories from when my sister and BIL were younger and made the guests guess which baby it was. Big Man and I made paddles out of Popsicle sticks and construction paper (orange and blue ones above) and had each of their first initials on either side. This game went over extremely well and it was fun to see what everyone guessed. My BIL had some pretty funny stories so everyone was cracking up.
And last but not least
Baby Bottle Race: Men usually get out of playing any games so when I saw this online I knew I had to do it. You get baby bottles and fill them up with either beer or soda and the boys had to race to see who could finish theirs the fastest.
I started the game off by explaining that the biggest babies that any of us have in our homes is our husbands or boyfriends and it was time for these babies to take a bottle....
I think out of all the games everyone loved this one the most because we got to put the boys on the spot and roast them a little bit.
I don't know whether I should be proud or embarrassed but Big Man actually won this race...
What can I say, he knows his way around a nipple....haha.
We had to keep our decorations to a minimum since the hall had some rather strict rules but here is a look at what the tables looked like...
The centerpieces were vases filled with candy melt chocolate dipped pretzels that served as favors.
I also made little personalized place cards to accompany the favors.
We also set up a cake table for the cake we got to honor the little man...
In the picture frame is a blue and orange-ified picture of his ultrasound for my sister to have for his nursery and the people at Wally World to a fab job at making the cake. It looks a little yellow in the pictures but it was actually a lime greem with orange, light blue, and navy accents.
All in all I personally think it turned out to be a great party, I hope my sis and BIL think so because I can't wait to meet this little man of theirs.
Love you guys!!!
