This post is to brag on my sister who hosted a perfect shower on July 19th! I would not change one thing about it, she generously gave me free reign on ideas and we made a perfect team since she was planning it from Ohio I served as the liaison for ideas and arrangements while she kept the details straight and the budget. It was a wonderful day at the Four Season's in Austin!
Baby Caroline and I are so fortunate to have Mary Ellen as a Aunt and Sister. My Mom and M.E. flew to Austin a few days early to help get last minute details wrapped up and most importantly spend some QT together. Most of our prep work was on this idea of a onsie decorating craft. We had such a good time doing test onsies, it was hilarious. Neal vacated our house every night after dinner to go to the golf range and stay our of dodge of this project. The level of craftiness in the three of us is vast, but we ended up with three onsie's and burp cloth as examples for the shower.
We used C.R.C's crib bedding as the theme for the invitation, not an original idea, one that was recycled from
Barefoot Daydreams. The framed "Love you forever, like you for always" is taken from Love you Forever by
Roger Munsch. The story behind the song is very sad, but the words are very true.
“I’ll love you forever,
I’ll like you for always,
as long as I’m living
my baby you’ll be.”
The Menu was light with delicate sandwiches, fruit cups, AMAZING pineapple salsa, quesadillas, fruit tarts, cream puffs and from what I heard a delicious sangria made with rose wine with pink paper straws of course!
The decoration were kept simple and girly with petite roses, white hydrangeas and babies breath for the center pieces.
Old Friends (who have migrated back to Texas from D.C and college friends), new friends (who have been blessings since moving to Texas) and family joined us for this celebration and showered us with amazing gifts. We are so grateful to bring our baby girl in to a world surrounded with love, encouragement, fun ladies, and generosity.
We were shocked that upon arrival the ladies went straight to the craft and dug in. We tried to have an assortment of stencils and paint, appliques, letters and for the expert crafters fabric and templates. It was so much better than playing shower games and we ended up with some super cute onsies from C.R.C to wear!
GrAnna surprised us with a little Clifford gift, I was obsessed with Clifford growing up so Caroline with have the same opportunity to follow Emily Elizabeth and Clifford!
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| Hostess with the Mostess and GrAnna |
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| Bestie who was in town from DC, love her! |
BFF from college, Erin, who got married at the Four Season's three year before. It was so fun to reminise about her big day and overlook the exact spot they said "I Do" from the room.
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| Neal's Sister, Aunt, Mom, Wife, GM and Cousin |
This picture makes me laugh because I am clearly the "in-law" the brunette with dark eyes in the middle of the blondes and blue/hazel eyes.
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| Cutest Onsie Award-I'm Knott Fussy |
The generosity, love and support from these ladies is unbelievable. We are as prepared as we can be for arrival of our little baby!
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