A Shower for Baby Ava

As I predicted, blogging is harder to keep up with than I figured. Time gets away from me, but oh well. I am home now and I shall blog! I went "home" (I know, it gets confusing having 2 homes) to Nebraska last week to visit my parents, brother, and sister-in-law. It was SO nice to be back and I got to enjoy some much-needed quality time w/ the fam. I also got to enjoy a lovely baby shower for my future niece, Ava Marie! Glad I could be there for that, since I haven't been around for any of the pregnancy and won't be there for the birth either. :-(


Here are a few of the pics from the shower. :-)

I made this diaper cake with my mom for Matteal. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be and I thought it turned out nice for a centerpiece-like thing. Wally, our cat, also enjoyed the making of the diaper cake. He looked particularly comfortable in the Huggies box.

 I also made this crayon craft for Ava's room. It was tedious, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

The cupcakes and cake were made by a small, new bakery in Auburn, NE and were SO cute! Teal decorated the nursery with purple ladybugs and butterflies and these sweets accented the party perfectly! I heard they were delicious, too! Some kind of complicated and sinfully good chocolate, I believe.

We played baby bingo...

And this super fun game "Who will the baby look like?" It was SO fun. We got to cut up printed out pictures of my brother and of Teal and try to mix and match their features to make up some kind of guess as to what Ava might look like. Needless to say, some of the pictures displayed some pretty creepy versions of Ava!

Teal picking out the winner...

Let's HOPE Ava doesn't end up looking like this!

Or this, for that matter!

There was one precious newborn baby in attendance at the shower. Here's a snapshot of Grandma Chapin practicing for the arrival of Ava. Even after 24 years, she's a natural!