catch-up. shawnae's baby shower, feb. 2014.

going out of order here.  i still have yet to blog about either chelsae or shawnae's weddings (waiting on pictures) but we had shawnae'a baby shower in february, hosted by chelsae and friend, ally at ally's house.

chelsae had tons of great ideas.  she had people decorate burp cloths and onesies-

set up a pretty buffet-

showcased shawnae growing up and her pregnancy-

shawnae's cravings-

a name suggestion jar (which shawnae later drew from and we had some good laughs over)-

decorated diapers with fun and inspirational messages for mommy and baby-

we played some fun games about Tim and Shawnae- a "he said, she said" and a get-to-know-you about Shawnae-




when it was time for gifts, instead of each gift having a card of who it was from, there was a baby picture of that person and shawnae had to guess who the gift was from.  it was such a cute idea!

i made her some burp cloths and bibs-

nickie gave her a box full of bows and flowers!

she got tons of diapers and wipes!

adorable outfits-

grandma jones gave her a cuddly elephant blankie (pink, gray and elephants was shawnae's nursery theme)-

handmade blankets-

from Tim's aunt Margaret-

we had a great attendance.  more than 20 people!  family, and friends from growing up and her singles' ward-

showcasing the beautiful outfits-

we all had a great time! the Graf girls:

Hannah, Nickie, Shawnae, Julie and Chelsae

that night the cousins had a sleepover and enjoyed their blanket fort and "scary stories" from grandpa.

shawnae's bridal shower brunch.

*i hate doing this, not going in ORDER of how events happened, but thus it must be so....i'm picking up in early december and then i'll back track...*

Dec. 7, 2013


big sistah- nickie, baby sister- chelsae, bride-to-be shawnae, mom and sis-in-law (me!)

my sister-in-law shawnae lived with us for almost the whole past year.  it was exciting and fun to see the changes in her and her life, watching her fall in love with tim and start their new life together.  naturally i volunteered to throw her bridal shower here at our house since this is where she and tim first met, where their friends and his family are located.

on the eve before my sister-i-law nickie arrived with her brood of three giggly girls.  we ate pizza and the kids watched a movie while we chatted and worked on finalizing details regarding the shower. mom and dad came along with great-grandma not too long after and the evening became a late one!  last minute shopping and preparations had us up until 3:30 a.m.!!! even dad got a "second wind" and helped whip up some delicious breakfast casserole for the brunch.

my brother was in the middle of butchering a deer so he had fun taking part in our craziness as well. (the only one not pictured here is chris, i think he took the pictures).

me finishing up the games for the party- we played a "he said/she said game."  i got the idea off of pinterest and them made one up of my own.  we also played a "famous couples" matching game.

the next morning everything was beautiful!  thanks to our menfolk who took the kids out for playtime and lunch!  we were able to set up in quiet and enjoy several hours of time with each other (and even sneak in a nap!) 

nickie was in charge of the hot cocoa bar and chelsea made the adorable tags for the toppings.  i did the donut "trees" (which looked much better in person). bryce found me these adorable vintage tea cups at the thrift store down the road..exactly what i had pictured in my mind

display table where there were some recipe cards for "advice for recipes for a great marriage."

these are the only sneak peeks you'll get of my christmas tree this year...

we filled my formal livingroom to it's capacitity!  we had 20 women laughing and chatting in here!

playing games....

opening gifts...

 

this frying pan had to be the ultimate gift!  it had a picture of rapunzel and flynn ryder and said: "when tim gets out of hand whack him with this frying pan!"

loved it, almost peed cracking up about it

she tried it out on tim when came over later!

family- grandma opal, mom, aunt brenda, cousin anna

 tim's sister-in-law brandy and aunt carolyn

family friend of tim's and romy, long-time friend of tim's, girlfriend to his best man, and one of shawnae's bridesmaids

all the single ladies...from shawnae's singles ward

it was a fun shower and we had a great turn-out.  so happy to be able to show our love for shawnae.
wedding countfown...2 weeks!