I spent most of my time in March gearing up for my brother and sister’s-in-law baby shower.  They are not finding out the sex so we had to go with a gender neutral theme that I based off of her Aqua and Light Grey nursery color scheme.  I have been fawning over you are my sunshine themes since I had my son in 2012 and was beyond ecstatic to finally put the ideas I’ve been brewing into effect.

First item on the agenda: get the invitations designed and out the door.  I have yet to see the nursery in person so I was picking colors and designs off of a few stock photos my sister-in-law had sent me.  There is no yellow in her nursery so that was my extra accent color for the shower.

Baby Duggan Cake Topper Banner by:  Polka Dot Cheeks

Food Label Tents by:  Polka Dot Cheeks

Like I said before, I really go for the little touches.  These were a pain in the ass to cut out, but my awesome husband and I did it while knocking out 3 episodes of How I Met Your Mother (a show we don’t need to pay much attention to because we watch out of pure obligation to get to the end…which was a letdown).  We got 45 sandwiches (Turkey Tom, Big John, and Pepe) from Jimmy Johns for 35 people at $80.  We went home with 15+ sandwiches (bikini season strikes again!).

 Me, Alli (the mama to be), and my mom (GeeGee)

Not Pictured: my sister, hostess #1

Alli’s Mom, Alli, and My Mom

 

It always feels like a major undertaking planning a shower, birthday party, etc. and you can’t help but feel relief when the event is finally underway or over.  Usually, when another event pops up on my calendar, my mom tells me “let’s not go overboard like last time”, but what she doesn’t get is that I just can’t help it!  My name is Laura, I’m a party planning addict, and I have a love/hate relationship with stress.

 

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