Elegant

I had my baby shower this past weekend and one word I would use to describe it would be elegant.  I once again feel blessed by the wonderful people I have in my life.  Namely my friends who took the time from their busy lives to plan the whole thing.  Where are the pictures you say?  Well I am waiting on one of the hosts to supply those to me.  I charged my battery that morning and took my camera but it never left my handbag.   I didn't want to wait any longer to capture the day however and promise to post some pics later once I get them.

I will be honest.  I was very nervous about this shower.   Being the center of attention is not real high on my list as I have mentioned before so events like these stressful for me.  I however decided just to roll with the punches and know I was in good hands with the ladies who were throwing it for me.

Every bit of it was pure elegance as I said. 

It started with the invitations done by my sweet friend Amy.   Jack and the Beanstalk - how cute is that!   I truly have never been a part of an invitation like this one.   All done by hand with some many parts.   My mom even framed the invitation for me to hang in his room.   Perfect!

The event itself was lovely.  My Salem Sis was kind enough not only to bring my parentals up for m Salem but to also make sure that my mom and mother in law and I all arrived in style.  The weather for the day could not of been more perfect.   Not too hot and not to cold and not raining!   There was a fire over in the warm spring part of the state so the view from the yard was a little hazy in the distance and you couldn't see the mountains but it was still an amazing view.  This house of my friends is beyond your wildest imagination.  It looks like something straight out of Town and Country or Architectural Digest - I kid you not.   Guest were greeted with options from Champagne bar by Shaunna.   You could have straight champagne or add one of four juices (pear, cranberry, ruby red grapefruit, or orange) - I had my go to sparkling water.  You then could wander outside to the backyard and the pool area and visit.   The brunch was perfect with a selection of breads, scones, mini quiches, fruit kabobs, and a yogurt bar.  After everyone had a chance to eat the presents were brought outside to the pool area and I sat down to open them all.   To say my friends are generous is an understatement.   Who knew there were so many cute things out there for little boys?   At one point a couple of the gifts were compared to a clown car at the circus.  And to think with all of those gifts not one duplicate!   Lots of football and monkey inspired things as well as lots of blue. 

As part of the invitation there was a book template and you were asked to bring a book to start my sweet jellybeans library.   I love all the books we received were great - books about puppies, hawaii, and some great classics like Pooh and Dr. Seuss.  There were also two tables (one in the entry way and one in the family room) with a display of books and some stuffed creatures from them.   These were the gifts from the hostesses.   They each picked out books that they personally liked.   Now I just need to make sure that they get to sign some of them.  Will have to make a note to do so when they come to meet my jellybean.  Also, I need to take the list and make sure I know who each book is from.   That way when one turns out to be jellybeans favorite and can be sure to share that with the person who gave it to him.

At the end our take away gift was a cellophane bag with the initials J-T-P cookies and magic jellybeans in blue.  Both the cookies and the beans are yummy!  Like there would be any doubt.

Amazingly enough all the stuff fit in the car to go home.   And I was able to go through everything with G that afternoon and sort through things for the most part as well.  I hope to work on that a little more this weekend.

Again I am truly thankful and feel blessed to be surrounded by the people in my life and cannot wait to introduce them to my bundle when he arrives.