My cousin Rachel is due for her first baby in the next few weeks and I couldn't let her have that baby without throwing the best baby shower that I could for her first!!! Baby girl Hubbard we can't wait to meet you!!!
My Aunt Donna is Rachel's mother-in-law, as Rachel is married to my cousin, Ben! Donna and my cousin Megan came down a few days before the shower to help me with all of the preparations! It was supposed to be a suprise shower but word got leaked out!!! Thanks for being a good sport Rach and pretending to be suprised anyway!!!
Rachel and her mom, Karen with Rachel's nephew
Our cousin Ashley came down from Montana too to join the party!!! She got Rachel this adorable outfit!!!
This cute little crocheted hat and outfit were from Donna and Megan along with baby shampoo, lotion and another gift on it's way after baby is born!!!
I made a dozen burp cloths for Rachel out of scrap fabrics that I got from her that were leftover from projects that she'd done in the baby's room!
Megan helped me make the "poofs" hanging from the ceiling and I got the idea for the doiley garlands and the tutu table skirt off of Pinterest =) I thought everything came out really pretty and I can re-use the decorations for Olivia's princess birthday party this summer and other baby showers I may throw in the future!
We served little cucumber sandwiches, chicken salad and egg salad in croissants, chips and homemade salsa (by Donna), veggies and dip, fruit and pink lemonade!
The centerpiece for the table was a diaper cake I made as another gift for Rachel:
And for dessert we had cupcakes and cake pops! My sister-in-law got our family a cake pop pan for Christmas and I knew right away what I was going to use it for the first time!! Megan helped me out a ton with these and she also decorated the cupcakes! She did a great job! Olivia helped with all of the sprinkles!
When I ran out of cake pop sticks but not batter we just made a bunch of "donut holes!"
It was really fun and I thought everything came together so nicely! Donna was in charge of games as we had some people stumped with the "Candy Game," "Fill in the Nursery Rhyme" and "Mother ________." We also played a funny competitive game between Rachel and her mother where we dumped out a laundry basket of socks that had been jumbled up to see who could get the most socks matched.
Another hilarious game was a baby food game where we paired up into teams; one person as the mommy and the other as the baby. The mommy had to feed her baby an entire container of baby food and who ever finished first won!!! Ashley and I were partners and we almost won! Banana baby food is good but don't try eating it too fast, it doesn't go down as smooth as it is and let's just say we almost had a few people lose their lunch!!!
Thanks to everyone who helped out and who came to show their support for Ben and Rachel and their baby girl who we just can't wait to meet!
Later that night we had fun going out to Rumbi Grill and watching the football game with Ashley, Zo and Rajon that night! Thanks for coming to visit!!!
