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Becky and I were walking one morning, we realized that she would be leaving soon. Moving quite a ways away so Quinn could work and be ridiculously successful.
So, we decided to have a baby shower the very next weekend.
And I decided to plan it. :D
I honestly don't know if I stepped on Quinn's or Becky's mom's toes, but they didn't object so I went a little baby shower crazy.
I had one week and a million ideas.
Cathy (Becky's mom) and Mamma Green were both fabulous. Cathy going shopping with me and ironing out the details of location (as the shower would be held in her home) and Mamma Green staying up crazy late with me finishing the final craft touches and boiling eggs.
But I must say, everything went off with out a hitch and all the details were well worth it!
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| A welcome sign for the guests on the Tucker's front door. |
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| Becky and Quinn's baby pictures along with a little Dr. Seuss-ish (I hope) poem. |
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| Advice cards for Becky. |
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| Sign the wish/guest book for the baby! |
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| I made it from stickers, cut outs and a scrap book (I'll post details later) |
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| We had Dr. Seuss books all over. They had a Jamba Juice gift card in them and doubled as our prizes. |
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| More Seuss goodness. |
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| Decorations like this were all over the walls. |
The Menu itself was also inspired by the good doctor.
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| Aren't they lovely? Simple deviled eggs and lots of green food coloring. We blended the yolks with mustard, mayo and some spices. Then put the mixture in a freezer bag with the food coloring until it was even and lovely. When it came time to put the yolks back in the eggs, we cut the corner off the bag and Becky's sister piped them beautifully in place. |
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| Becky's mother got up extra early to make our delicious ham. |
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| I created these candy wrappers and Mom and I cut and glued them on the candy bars. |
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| I also made these water bottle labels. Super simple. |
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| Glue stick wouldn't work here, so Blake hot glued these bad boys. |
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| Do you remember in Cat in the Hat how the bossy gold fish ends up in a tea pot? Yeah, that's what this is. Gold fish crackers in one of Becky's Mom's tea pots. |
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| Mama Green made DELICIOUS funeral potatoes. I renamed them "Lorax Whiskers" to stay in theme. :D |
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| Cat-in-the-hat-punch. AKA: Crystal Light. |
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| Didn't Becky's mom do a lovely job setting up this table? I love that pitcher... jug... spigot thing. What do you call that thing? |
And then there was the cake.
Holy cow this cake.
The entire time I was planning, I knew I wanted the cake to be the center of the table. It had to be awesome. There was a couple different bakers I thought of, but as soon as I connected with Pam Lemon, I knew she would nail it.
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| Pam also provided that super cute cake stand |
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| How perfect is this cake? SO PERFECT! |
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| I absolutely loved it! Wanna know the best part? It was Funfetti cake and frosting inside the HOMEMADE fondant. |
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| The whole table! |
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| Becky's dad went early in the morning to pick up about 20 balloons that morning. It really was a team effort. |
Then we started playing the shower games!
Or first was the TP game.
It went like this: Try and guess how many squares of TP fit around Becky's big baby belly.
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| It was 10! (Isn't she lovely?) |
The second game was the "Baby name game"
Everybody wrote down as many names that started with B or Q in two minutes.
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it was a two way tie so Becky listened to the names and chose her favorite.
Here is our amazing baker, Pam Lemon reading off her 18 names. |
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Becky chose Pam's name "Babette".
But I seriously doubt she'll name her son that.
well... maybe. |
Then it was present time!
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| Dr. Seuss |
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| little pants |
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| baby basics |
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| books |
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| wipes |
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| secrets |
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| onsies |
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| BECKY! |
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| Julianna eating some cake. |
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| Green sisters (and Kaleb) |
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| Becky and her mommy. |
Planning the shower was seriously one of most fun things I've done in a while
(time consuming and all encompassing, but totally fun)
We love you, new little baby Green.
We cannot wait to meet you.
You are so lucky to have such an awesome mom, dad, grandmas and family.
(If you LOVE the printables you can get the updated version at http://www.printablepartydesigns.co/product/dr-seuss-1-fish-2-fish-new-fish-baby-shower-printable-package-turquoise-red. There were are few things I created - the poems and the baby look a like- but feel free to copy the text if you'd like, just let me know how your shower goes!)
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