A Southern State Of Mind: Christina's Baby Shower!

A few months back, my sweet, beautiful cousin Christina called to tell me she was PREGNANT!!!! and of course I wanted to throw her a baby shower as soon as I found out. It's the first baby on my mom's side of the family- so it's kind of a big deal! She was able to pick a date of January 26th and was able to come all the way from Chicago. A lot of the family lives here or in driving distance, so it was good for a family baby shower.? I threw the shower with Kim- who lives in Clayton. She is my uncle's dad's wife (say that 5 times fast! hah!) but she is SO sweet and was such a joy to plan this thing with. She has a huge house and offered to host it there. So we split up the tasks and got to work! I made all the invites by hand :D Christina is having a baby GIRL! :D and her colors are yellow and gray and theme is baby elephants. SO adorable. So I stuck with that for the invites- which is also why I made them- easier than finding something already done. haha.?

Me and Kim!?

The invites

We also decided to feed everyone lunch since a lot of people were driving in from out of town. So we settled on some hor'dourves and lasagna for lunch. Kim also made this amazing coffee punch. I seriously could have downed the whole thing myself. I MUST get that recipe!

Some of the food

?The yummy punches

I also wanted to do something creative for the shower so I made a diaper basket! It was actually all supposed to be made out of diapers, but I figured she could use an actual basket too- so I filled it full of diapers and topped it with goodies for her and the baby. It was super easy and a lot of fun to make:D The basket is wrapped in receiving blankets and I tried to make most stuff I put in it useful.?

?The basket in the beginning stages..

?The cute lollipops made out of baby wash clothes and baby spoons
?(thanks Krystal!)

?Almost done!

?At the party :D

So when the day rolled around I showed up early to help set up- but of course Kim is amazing and had already done everything. She stuck with the yellow and gray theme and actually found baby ducks that went with it! Everything looked amazing. After everyone arrived, we took some pictures, dug into the food and just had a great time chatting with everyone. Since it was a family shower, everyone knew each other so it was nice to catch up.?

The adorable decorations

baby ducks!

?The cake Aunt Rhonda made

all the presents!!!

?The amazing Cooper family :D

After lunch we played a trivia game- which turned out to be hilarious. And then I gave everyone a birthday card to write to the precious baby for future years to come. I saw this on a website and thought it was a neat idea- especially since it was all family and the child would know each of us when she read the card. So each person gets an age and a card and writes to the baby for when they turn that age. SO cool! Christina said she had a cute box to put them all in and would pull them out each year for baby Hoagie! Next was present time!! Christina and baby Hoagie are going to be stylin! She got TONS of stuff. Such a blessing for sure. It kind of got me in the baby mood! (I said KIND of;D)?

?I LOVED THIS! Christina' s aunt made it for her.

?And Mawmaw's quilt. LOVE it.

After presents we dug into cake and ice cream. My Aunt Rhonda, future Grammy, made the cutest cake! and it was delish. :D We spent the next while just chatting again. Then it was time to say our goodbyes. Such a great event and it was so much fun getting to honor my sweet cousin during this very exciting time in her life!

Christina and the soon to be grandmas!

Me and my beautiful cousin :D?

Congrats again Christina-Face!

Source: http://wolfpackgrl718.blogspot.com/2013/02/christinas-baby-shower.html

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