Baby Shower #2

Pregnancy

Feb 24

Written By Kristen

Hi Everyone! Happy Friday!

Today I wanted to share some pictures from my second baby shower a few weeks ago. I had a lovely and amazing (and big!) co-ed shower in Denver the week before, which I loved. This one was local and smaller and all women and I loved this one, too. They were very different, which was really cool. Shower #2 was much more like a traditional baby shower, and we had so much fun!

The shower was held at my house...here are onesies on a clothesline along our driveway...too cute!

It was was thrown by my lovely next-door-neighbor/best friend in town/assistant (she comes in the mornings Monday through Friday to help me with work). She did so many creative and cool things with my shower...and was so excited to throw it for me, which made me so happy... :)

A few pictures of some of the guests...this is my mom...absolutely love her to death!

And Katie, Ann's daughter. Hanging out with Katie has been my kid fix for the past few years. She's so cute and girly and super, super smart...

And this is my mother-in-law, who flew in from Vegas for the shower. She's wonderful. :)

And Heather, a friend of mine, and Maria, Ann's neice whom I've gotten to know pretty well. These girls are so stylish, each in their own way.

First, we played games, including one where each bag contained a baby-related product (pacifier, washcloths, baby hairbrush, etc.) and everyone had to guess what was in the bag just by feel. Fun!

Here's one of my writer friends, Jill, trying to guess...

After games we opened gifts...here's me unwrapping...everyone's gifts were amazing, but I especially loved the handmade things and there were lots...quilts from my mother and mother-in-law, super cute knit hats, flannel burp clothes in the cutest prints, etc. I absolutely love handmade things... (And PS I can't wait to show you the quilts my mother-in-law made, but they have the babies names on them and we're not sharing those until after the babies are born).

And then there was cake...German chocolate, my favorite, and vanilla ice cream, and green iced tea mixed with 7-Up. Super yummy. And I got to get out my grandma's silver and my other grandma's starched white linen napkins...things I don't use very often, but love that I have...

Ann even made me my own fruit cake, because I'm really not supposed to have sugar. How cute and thoughtful is this!?! (Full disclosure...I did have a tiny piece of German chocolate cake, too, although I didn't have any of the frosting because I promised my husband I wouldn't. In exchange, he promised me that after I deliver the babies he will bring German chocolate cake and champange to me in the hospital.)

Ann also had piggy banks set out for each of the twins, into which people put advice for baby girls and boys, good wishes for us and the babies, donations to college funds, etc. I haven't opened them yet, but really looking forward to it!

And here's Ann telling everyone about the sign-up sheet she put together to make sure everyone helps us out with meals (brings us something or sets us up with pizza, etc.) the first two weeks after we come home with the twins. So sweet...I'm sure that's going to be a lifesaver...