In December, I hosted a baby shower for my friend, Jessica, who is preggo with triplets. She is doing great and we anticipated her extra large belly, so we decided to have the party early. Unfortunately, she was put on hospital bedrest 3 days before the shower. Bummer! Mayjah bummer! But the show, or shower, must go on! After all, she's got to get (or actually, now her Hubby has to get) the house ready for these kids to arrive! Here's the shower:


The cake was awesome. I ordered the fish and starfish felt buddies from giftsdefine on etsy.com. She was awesome. I sent her the colors I was using for the shower and she matched the fish to them. They are so adorable! I also used the same fish for the centerpieces. I bought the pom poms from another etsy.com seller, Prost to the Host. She had a ton of colors, so finding some that matched was easy. I used the pom poms all around the room. They were great space fillers and added that punch of color and whimsy we needed.


As for games, I concocted a few. Jessica had the idea of "Sea Babies", where you match the gestation period with each animal pictured. We did a "Celebrity Babies", where you match the celeb parents with their kids. My Hubby had the idea of doing a "History of Toys" game, where you match the old school toy with the year it came out. That was a tough one, but fun to make! I also picked up some of the multicolored goldfish crackers and filled up a vase. Guests put in their guess as to how many fish they thought were in there... 333 to be exact! Because there are 3 babies coming... And finally, I took the framed picture of Jessica and put it with some ribbon. Guests cut the ribbon to the length they thought would match what Jess's belly size was.
As for food and prizes, Jessica's family and in-laws really helped out with that. We had yummy croissant sandwiches from Costco along with fruit and veggies with dip. I asked guests to bring diapers and/or wipes along with their gift so we could stock Jessica up before the munchkins arrive. Guests were entered into a raffle to win one of the fabulous baskets. There was an awesome wine basket with glasses, chocolate, and other tasty goodies. A spa basket and a movie basket. She made quite the haul of diapers, wipes, and gifts!
Overall, I think the party was a big hit. It was fun to put my interior design and party planning hat on for a few months to put this whole thing together. It's a nice change of pace from the usual grind of poopy diapers, messy high chairs, and running around. WEB and I got to get out of the house a lot to go pick up all of the supplies, which took a while since our trips were very spread out.
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