My beautiful cousin, Nicole, is expecting a little princess! Yay! She is due in mid December. My sisters, Mother and myself hosted a baby shower for her this past Saturday. It was lots of fun. We are so happy for her and hope she had a fabulous day. Although I was playing a hostess role, I did still try to grab lots of quick shots so that she could have them as a keepsake. Check out some of the images below.
The theme was It's a girl/Fantasy where we had a princess castle cake, hanging fairies, butterflies, pink boas and a glass bulb centerpiece. The colors were pink and silver. For games and lunch, the guests were seated at 4 large round tables (of 10) at my Mom's home.
The theme was It's a girl/Fantasy where we had a princess castle cake, hanging fairies, butterflies, pink boas and a glass bulb centerpiece. The colors were pink and silver. For games and lunch, the guests were seated at 4 large round tables (of 10) at my Mom's home.
And here is the amazing Princess Castle Cake, made by my Mom! Although it was hard to watch her cut and serve such a beautiful creation, the dessert tasted absolutely amazing. Loved this:
We wanted to have a couple of games where the guests could interact with Nicole without being too cheesy or complicated. The good ole "measure her belly" with pink yarn game was our first choice. I did offer a hint to the crowd that she was pretty tiny and not much yarn would be needed for the circumference of her waist ;)
In the end, there were two winners- and both of the 2 winning ladies guessed it exactly. wow!
The second game was a "Mom's favorite recipe" game whereby each guest received a Recipe Card and was asked to share a favorite recipe from their Mom (or as a mom themselves) with the Mom-to-be. The cards were collected and placed in a small book for the guest of honor. The winning guests at this party game were the three who included chicken as the main ingredient- because chicken is Nicole's favorite food. Winners of both games received leather photo albums, boxes of artistic note cards and a Yankee Candle jar. 
After the games were completed, Nicole and her Mother sat together and opened gifts. There sure were a ton of them!!
And Megan acted so helpful by recording the gifts per guest so that Nicole would have an easier time with thank you cards. What a cutie she is. :)
When the gift opening was over the guests all enjoyed a late lunch. On the menu was chicken breasts, Caesar/Greek salads, potatoes, various fruits, fresh breads- chocolates, jello, and cake.
And here are a few more candids of the fam/guests-
A great day, it was. And we are all excited to meet this little princess of yours, Nicole....
Thanks for stopping by !!!! Stay tuned for future posts.
I will have some new model & boudoir stuff to share over the next week. :)
