WV Baby Shower

The weekend of July 24th I flew to WV for my first baby shower hosted by my sister Kasey and BFF Brandi.  It was a wonderful shower with a huge turnout.  My sister Carrie made me a cool diaper cake complete with a giant frog on top.  She even sutured the rubber duck onto it using her surgery skills!  Kasey made fun cupcakes in the shape of rattles and filled the table with lots of fun food.

For favors, Brandi ordered custom chocolate bars with cute wrappers on them (I need to take a new picture of one to post).  They even had a cute little message from the baby on the back.  My mom also decorated flower pots and planted flowers in them for everyone to take home.

We started off the shower with a couple of games.  First we measured my belly using toilet paper.  It was 10 squares around.  

Then everyone made playdoh babies and I got to choose my favorite.  My first choice was Brandi's and my second choice was my friend Tricia's. 

After the games, we had food and I began to open all the great gifts for the baby.  We received so many presents that my dad is boxing them all up and driving them here on Thursday.  

The gift that made me cry was a blanket my grandma cross-stitched for the baby.  I knew she had started making it before I was pregnant and stayed up late the night before to put on the finishing touches.  Of course no one there was surprised that I cried!

I cannot thank everyone enough for attending the shower and sending me gifts.  It's nice to see the excitement everyone shares with me when it comes to this baby boy.  He is going to be spoiled rotten and I can't wait.  

Needless to say, the shower was a great success and I am getting very excited for my Wisconsin baby shower!