This past Thursday I threw a baby shower for a beautiful friend of mine...Kira is the type of person you feel instantly comfortable with, she makes you want to be better, she has an awesome sense of humor, she'd do anything to help a friend, she's a super mom, and she finds beauty in everything around her. She is one of my best friends and is such a blessing in my life. Kira has two sweet children that joined her beautiful family through adoption...we adore both of them. And now she has a miracle baby girl growing in her belly! I still remember when she told me she was pregnant, and thinking about it I have tears in my eyes! Adam and I have not struggled with infertility, but people we love have and it makes my heart ache, and definitely reminds me to not take it for granted. So knowing that Kira is now experiencing pregnancy and will soon give birth for the first time, to her third child, puts butterflies in my stomach!
Family and friends of Kira's came over for an evening to shower her and her baby girl with love. :) While enjoying a nutella fondue spread, cupcakes (thank you Karen!), and raspberry lemonade (thank you Adriana!) they wrote words of wisdom and love notes on baby blocks I decorated for little Miss J. Then we played a couple games...the first one was a Madlibs birth story we all created for Kira, and it made for some good laughs! Then everyone became baby sketch artists and drew a baby girl I described to them...but their canvases were paper plates they had on their heads, which made for some hilarious, picasso-like portraits. ;) Then came the generous gifts from everyone! It was so fun ooing and awing over everything and imagining Baby J being in Kira's arms so soon. :) And as a little "thank you" for everyone coming to the shower, they left with a facial masque and some chocolate they could enjoy after they had a relaxing shower at home. ;) Kira, you and your little girl are SO LOVED. Can't wait to meet her and soak up her newborn sweetness!
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I absolutely loved planning the shower for Kira! And I wish I could say I came up with all the details on my own, but some of them were inspired by creative ideas I found online...thank goodness for Pinterest and Google. :)
Nutella Fondue recipe: here, I tripled the amount of nutella it calls for
Cloud cupcake-topper idea: here
Hanging cloud centerpiece idea: here
Baby block memento idea: here
Madlib Birth Story idea: here
Baby Sketch Artist game idea: here
8 comments:
Oh my! What a wonderful shower. I love all the details especially the invites!!
Haley you're sweet. Looks like a really nice shower. Thanks for sharing your friend's story.
You really went above and beyond with my shower! I felt so spoiled and loved by you and everyone else who came. I LOVED the games, decorations, food, everything! I'm so thankful for our friendship, SO SO thankful!
This looks lovely, such a great idea giving the face masks as thank you gifts! xx
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So fun! And nutella fondue.. oh my heck. I also love those baby blocks; I might have to do something like that for my little one :)
What a fun shower! Your friend Kira and I have very similar stories it sounds like. :)
HALEY! wow this is so helpful. im throwing a baby shower for kyrie williams (now day), remember her?! she is due feb 24th! so this really helps me! i hope you dont mind if i snag a few of these hehe :) THANK OYU you are the best at everything haha, my idollll haha ;)
HALEY! wow this is so helpful. im throwing a baby shower for kyrie williams (now day), remember her?! she is due feb 24th! so this really helps me! i hope you dont mind if i snag a few of these hehe :) THANK OYU you are the best at everything haha, my idollll haha ;)
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