![]() ![]() Then, all of a sudden all 7 of them arrived with our Mommy as they’d met first at her house.Ĭohost and I were not expecting that but ran with it. We chugged away wondering where the guests were at 10 past 2pm. ![]() It came down to the wire and we were still setting up a few more things as the time came for the party to begin. That morning bought actually present for Mommy of Honor, because I’d neglected that in the party planning process and then headed over to lovely co-host’s apartment to set up for the party! Her husband was lovingly slaving away helping with final preparations like printing, preparing/cooking food, and rearranging their furniture. The planning trio couldn’t help but take some cute pictures together. Supplies included: balloon bellies, apron, children’s books, and umbrellas. Of course, my favorite part is always pictures! This Sunday School class room is one of the youth group rooms which a yellow beetle bug in the corner…its actually now gone due to renovations…but we took advantage of its placement for our photo booth activity. I like the idea of Baby Bingo because opening presents can be a very slow time for the guests, and can help take the pressure off of the gift opening as it can feel awkward. Games included: “Protect the Egg” in which everyone must guard their egg (as if they were a mom), writing encouragement cards for the mom to be, and playing Baby Bingo while she cutely opened presents. We kept the food simple with a light lunch featuring: PB and J sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches (cut in halves to look a little nicer), pita chips and hummus, fruits, veggies , and desserts. It is entertaining what you can do with some vases/clear glass jars, blue koolaid mix, and tiny yellow rubber duckies! Simple yet fun centerpieces and decorations. Here are some of the picture highlights of this beautiful mommy to be (and due any day now) and creative aspects of the theme: We’d heard that she was finding out a day or so before the party, and we all secretly hoped that she’d spill the beans to us. We decided to create an “April Showers” theme using the colors yellow and green, since we didn’t know the gender of the baby. Even if the surprise aspect wasn’t a success, the future mom to be enjoyed herself :0). This made it difficult, I had to tell her “A birdie told me that they had a special date planned for her.” Then later, I felt bad about the confusion it had caused and sent her an apology text, to which largely indicated my plans to her. At the time I hadn’t realized she was familiar with the scheduling software, to change her own schedule. Her husband told her that they’d have a “special date” on a Saturday mid afternoon, and in our counseling office, I enlisted the help of the office manager to avoid scheduling her for that Saturday. Through facebook messages and a few in person meetings we were able to plan out a date in April, before all of the college students would be leaving for the summer. ![]() So we conspired! And can I say, planning a secret baby shower it much more difficult than one in which the future mom knows about! In our case, this was complicated further by our Mom to Be being the Administrative Assistant to her husband, and having all access to his email, etc. Through Xtreme Impact, we’d come to admire our leaders, and were excited to watch them embark on this new phase in their lives. In January, friends and I conspired to wish one of our favorite new Mom to Be a secret Baby Shower. ![]()
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