My Mad Hatter Baby Shower!
This Sunday was my Mad Hatter tea party co-ed baby shower! I invited over 100 people on accident by way of Facebook, but thankthelordabove that only a fraction of them showed up. The women came at 1:30-ish, and the boys started showing up at 3, after all the cutesie gift-opening went on.
One of the coolest things about the party was the onesie-painting. Chris and I both being artists, it only seemed natural to do something creative.
My host, Drie suggested that we set up a tie-dye station, but Chris reminded us that then our baby would have to wear tie-dye (heaven forbid!!)… so I was hoping to do the Elmer’s Glue batik glue resist thing, but we couldn’t find the glue anywhere in town, which was probably all for the better since that would have been much too involved. We ended up filling Dixie cups with a dollup of acrylic paint, and then watered it down so the paint wouldn’t dry so stiff. It was awesome what my guests came up with, and I’m sure you’ll see lots of Baby in the decorated onesies in the near future!
Opening the presents was MY favorite part, mostly because we didn’t really have Christmas at home this year, and myself being the baby of the family, it was hard not opening many presents for the holidays (boo hooo). I probably didn’t invite enough middle-age women to totally score at the shower, but I did get a bunch of really cute smaller things… like the socks above from my sister-in-law’s mother. My 2-year-old niece, Betty, came running up and in the picture she’s saying “little shoes!” which was the cutest thing she said all day.
I did score an Ergo!!! Probably the most important thing on my baby registry, bought by my ex boyfriend’s mama, who I love very much. I knew it was coming, but it was still a highlight of the day.
Above, the “preggos of the party”… but really only Summer and I are pregnant. Drie, my best friend in the middle, is going to school for costume design and decided to wear a pregnant suit to host my shower in. It was pretty funny because people were talking behind her back the whole time, unsure when she “got pregnant”. Only a few people approached her about it!! She also made our hats, mine was my Christmas present. And, yes, I can see through my eyes when I smile!
