Finding a date seemed to be a challenge working around everyone's schedules, but we finally decided on July 10th. I volunteered to host the shower at my house. It was a big surprise to find out....well, you will just have to read on to see why I was surprised!
After some thought, disussion, and SHOPPING, we decided to go with a "duck" theme. We were fortunate enough to find decor that matched at one store. The hard part was, how many people do we account for? If anyone knows my sister, she invites anyone she talks to and we ended up sending out about 70 invitations! Yes! About 70 invitations (now you know why I was surprised after I volunteered to host the shower at my house). So, Melissa and I decided about 25% would come to the shower.
Our next dilemma, what do we do for prizes? I've been to showers where the gifts have been for the mother-to-be and other showers where the prizes were for the people that won the game. Melissa and I decided to do both. Bath and Body Works was having a GREAT sale on their lotions, soaps, and sanitizers so we got one of each for each every prize that would be given. Also, we chose a small gift from Bonnie's registry and placed one item from Bonnie's registry and a lotion, soap, and hand sanitizer into each prize bag. So in the end, each prize included a gift for the winner of the game and a small item for the baby.
The shower was good. All-in-all, there were about 15 people that showed up and showered Bonnie with baby gifts. Both of my grandparents were there along with my Aunts, cousins, Bonnie's mother-in-law and a couple of her friends. We played 4 shower games and enjoyed a wonderful duck cake made by our Aunt Stacy. Stacy is taking cake decorating classes and wanted to put her skills to work. She did a wonderful job! Thanks Stacy. I thought I got pictures, but I must have used someone else's camera.
I'm glad the shower is over. It is a lot of work and costly to plan and host a baby shower. Now, I just have many to attend between now and the end of September. As I mentioned earlier, almost everyone I know is pregnant. Maybe I'll be next!!!!
The decor in the living room. It's difficult to see the ducks, but everything looked great.
These are the balloons we put in the front entryway.
My grandmother Machacek and my Aunt Stacy.
Back from L to R: Grandma Spulak, Bonnie's friend, Bonnie's mother-in-law
Front from L to R: Bonnie, our cousin Michelle, and our cousin's wife Mindy
Bonnie is opening gift and our cousin Lillie is helping!
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