Brooks' Baby-Q Shower

If you didn't know this by now, my sisters can throw some pretty great showers/birthdays.  I debated if I wanted to do a shower since this is our 2nd baby but since it's a boy and we have a lot of pink in this house, I agreed to a small and simple shower.  Amber came up with the theme and it turned out so freaking cute.  We had the baby-q at my brother's house and kept it mostly family.  There were yard games for the adults, potato sack races and a blanket with crayons and coloring books for the kids, bbq pork for dinner, buckets and buckets of adult and non adult beverages and the cutest decorations.  We are so thankful for everyone who came and showered not only Brooks, but big sister Collins got a few presents herself.  And a humongous thank you to my sisters and mom for putting on the shower.  My kids are the luckiest to have you in their lives and love you all so incredibly much. 

Here's Brooks Baby-Q:

Those buckets held chex mix

 

 

 

 

Cute as a Button-KC Shower

My sisters and mom hosted an AMAZING baby shower for Collins and I the beginning of Oct. My brother and his fiance were gracious enough to let us use their house for the shower and my sisters went above and beyond themselves on the decorations. I am so in love with it all and have a feeling it will be Collins 1st birthday theme as well. I have all the decorations saved so it will be easy for me :)

 

Let's start with the cake table. Amy and Amber pretty much made everything. Amy scored the cake plate from a thrift store and already had the chalkboard sign in her kitchen.We made the pain in the butt tissue poms the night before the shower and I think Amy already had the fabric banner on the front of the table in Harper's room.  All the guests signed a book for Collins which I thought was such a good idea. Took me a couple days to read it because I kept crying! Amber made the cake top which I absolutely love.

 

Sorry girls, I had to add in these beauties of us making the darn tissue poms. There was lots of laughing and cuss words being thrown out during this process.

 

 

She (Amy took all these pics) didn't get very many pictures of the food table but my mom made some delicious food! Above the food table was pictures of Derek and I as babies and toddlers. They were hung with tiny clothes pins with buttons on them. I will redo this idea for Collins birthday but hang her monthly pictures instead.  There aren't any pictures but there were also mason jars for cups and super cute striped straws.

 

 

Lastly are some pics of me (and my huge belly) with some of the guests. Wish I would have taken more pics with everyone that came!

Sisters, mom and me

High school best friends

Aunt and cousin

niece, Harper

Galva Shower

A couple ladies from Derek's hometown threw me a baby shower last Sunday. I think it's so sweet that the ladies in the town take turns throwing wedding/baby/etc showers for other people. I had a wedding shower there too. People that I have hardly met take time from their day to come and I think it's the sweetest thing.

 

Collins was spoiled with many things including some adorable outfits, bows, a tutu, diapers, wipes, shampoo, lotion, money, gift cards, toys, blankets, etc. 1 of the hostesses said she reads my blog (hi Susan!) and saw that I had been craving butterfingers so she got me the biggest bag of butterfingers I have ever seen. I thought that was so nice of her. I can thank her for my weight gain.

 

Derek's sister was nice enough to take pictures for me even though she had her 3 girls to look after. Thanks Jaime!

 

 Thank you Amber for telling me that this shirts makes you look like an elephant AFTER my shower. I will never wear this shirt again. But anyways...here are the pics. I made Derek go because I don't know everyone that well so he had to help me out.

 

 

 

 

Derek's mom made that bear she is holding. His aunt found it when they were moving and wanted to give it to me for Collins to have. Derek used to play with it and now Collins will.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much everyone who came to the shower and especially to the ladies who put it together for me. Collins can't wait to get to Galva and meet everyone!