Surprise! Baby Shower!!!

I know it's been FOUR months since I blogged...I've been busy, what can I say?! Life is so good, more on that later, for now I would like to share this amazing gift my sweet sweet sistee gave me last Saturday in celebration of the new little miss coming in a few (5) more weeks! Stephanie threw me a SURPRISE baby shower!!! Okay, first of all, it is HARD to surprise me, I always figure stuff out (drives my dear husband crazy;)) so keeping it all a secret from me was pretty amazing, and WONDERFUL!!!

John had taken me to the temple Saturday afternoon (Steph's instructions were simple and precise, that he needed to make sure our house was clean, and that he needed to get me out of the house for awhile, but it had to be to somewhere where I would get dressed up and be cute, lol (sweet sistee knew I would be embarrassed if my house was messy or if I wasn't looking/feeling cute...and let's be honest, it takes quite a bit to get me to get dressed in something besides stretchy pants these days! LOL!) So John took me to the Temple! It was WONDERFUL! when we came back, the house was full of people I LOVE, and decorated to the nines with all the CUTEST decor and shower festivities! Stephanie did it ALL on her own, all the food, decorations, etc! She did have a crew to help set up I am told (Thanks Jarom and JoAnna!). She got my reaction to the surprise on video HERE, lol :) And here are some pics of all the FUN!

 The lighting was kinda funny, but you get the gist, it was DARLING!!! Before anyone was able to eat, I needed a few moments to soak it all in! LOVE every. single. detail! Notice the doily garland???!!! The burlap bunting on the table is hard to see in this pic, but was SO darling, it was sewn onto eyelat lace!!! How creative and CUTE!?! 

 Tulle pom-pom's! Steph gave me all the decorations to have for baby's nursery :) LUCKY me! 

So in LOVE with the doily garland, definitely using this one again, sooo simple and perfect! Love all the layers...mmmm :) I kept telling Steph "If people saw this stuff on Pinterest, they would PIN IT!!!"

 

All the food was Gluten Free!!!! AMAZING!!! Lucky me, I haven't EVER been to any kind of social gathering where I could eat EVERYTHING offered! So thoughtful, and YUMMY!

 Scotcheroos :)

 FANCY fruit Kabobs and Fruit dip, to die for!!!

 Marshmallow pops, SO CUTE!!!

 

Fancy and cute veggie cups (btw, aren't the little food labels with the jute tied on soooo cute?!?!)

Rice Crsipie Treats, love the little flags! :)

 

Fancy Water bottles with cute paper and crystal light packets tied on...CLEVER!!! 

The party favors were SOOO cute, a cabachon ring tied onto a burlap packet of yummy jelly bean goodness! They were in a cute basket, but by the time I got to take pics, the basket was taken down :) 

Cutest Party guest :) (I made her seersucker ruffle skirt and bow :) Our little miss has a matching one :)

 Lia and Everett munching on their mallow-pops, Everett kept screaming "Ice-Keems!" in between bites :) 

(John and Jarom took Everett and Evelyn to James' house once the party started)

I felt SO loved by all these wonderful people in my life! We played a game where you put a paper plate on top of your head and try to draw a baby, and then I had to go through and pick the best drawing lol! My friend and Neighbor Shayla won :) It was a funny game! 

Party Fun

Taking a group shot would have been much better had I thought of it, but by the time I thought to take a picture or two with some peeps, half the crowd had already left! ...Look at the size of that Belly!! Woah. 

So spoiled with gifts for the little one! 

Me and Steph...I need to get sentimental here for a sec, so bare with me...

Stephanie is my best friend. She knows me better than anyone, and loves me still ;)

We spend as much time together as we possibly can, we spend a whole day together at LEAST once a week, taking our kiddos to the pool, or shopping, or crafting, on picnics, running errands, you name it. I love and cherish the time we get to spend together because I know we won't always live close and get to spend so much time together. Steph is beautiful, and hilarious, and honest, and the KINDEST human I know. truly. Life has handed her more than her fair share of trials and garbage, but she keeps a smile on her face, stays strong and lifts up everyone around her. I'm just sayin;, if you get to have a sister, you gotta hope she is as incredible as mine. 

 And as if throwing me this baby shower wasn't enough, she made me this Chevron Chenille blanket!!! 

CUUUTE!! 

 If you have never made a chenille blanket, you basically sew four layers of fabric together in narrow rows, and then cut the three bottom layers and wash it a bunch so the cut layers fluff up and become SUPER soft and snuggly, and Chenille! I made one of these for everett, and it took FOREVER, it was hard and a pain, and I knew my other kids would never get to have a chenille blanket because they are just too much work! Seriously, HOURS. Now, I made mine with STRAIGHT rows, which was hard enough, but the zig-zag patttern would take sooo much longer! Sew a little, pivot, sew a little, pivot, for all those zig zags...and THEN to cut it all?! My hands hurt just thinking about it! The point is, this thing is a TRUE labor of love! And I LOOOOVE it!!! 

 I cannot wait to snuggle our little baby in this luxe chenille goodness! 

So, The shower was amazing! It was fun and yummy and BEAUTIFUL and I felt SOOOO loved! 

Thanks a million times over Sistee, and everyone who came!

Now it's time to bring on the baby! Can't wait!

More updates, soon to come!