Ashley's Baby Shower

Our good friends, Ashley and Peter, are having their first baby, a BOY! She is actually due today, and we can't wait!  I have never thrown a baby shower before, so I was pretty excited to put it all together. I had a great friend Karen help me out, and with her help and the help of several others, it came together fabulously!

My favorite part, of course, is the decorations.  While Adam was traveling I decided to get busy and make all of them.  I don't think I even noticed he was gone because I stayed up so late making things and during the day I ran errands all day long to get it all done a head of time. It was really fun, and I got addicted to Pinterest again as I searched for all my DIY crafts (Pinterest is my new Google). Now I just have to figure out what to do with all the decorations now.

Ashley is a teacher, so I tried to incorporate a alphabet theme without it being too cheezy.  But I liked how subtle it turned out. Thanks to free printables, I got this great alphabet banner ! 

Ashley loves chocolate chip cookies (and so does Adam) so I decided I would try a couple of really great recipes to see which one was best.  Adam was thrilled with this decision, and he was happy everyday that there were more chocolate chip cookies to "sample" and "critique" and I was so excited to have found a new favorite recipe!

I don't think I will ever pay for pom pom decorations again, because they are SO EASY to make. I love how they turned out. Now I'm making 18 for my sisters shower next month in Utah (guess I shouldn't have bragged how easy they were, lol)

We had 15 friends attend, and took a picture at the end of those who stuck it out for the entire party.  We had the party on a Thursday evening and it was so fun! I had never been to a night shower until I moved here and I have been to several, and they are always so much more fun than day showers.  It feels more party like and since the kids are in bed, it's fun to just hang out and linger.

  We love our great friends here, and I'm so happy Ashley had such a great party turnout.  Now we just wait for the baby :) and the name is a surprise too which makes it that much more exciting.