Baby Shower #3

These are the Divas. They are a group of friends that have all worked at my school with me, at some point or another. We get together once a month and make meals for our families and just have a really good time together. The Divas do two things REALLY well...cook and throw parties. Naturally, I was excited to have them throwing the baby shower for all my Indy friends and family, and they did not disappoint.



They showed up a few hours before the shower (it was at my house) with more food and gear than you could ever possibly imagine. Unfortunately, I forgot to give someone my camera so I have very few pictures :( Rest assured, they threw an awesome party! The food was delicious, the cake and decorations looked amazing, and the games were a blast!



A ton of friends from work and several other friends came, including this little beauty, Olivia, whom I adore. Her mom, Kim, is one of my best friends. They moved to Ohio last year so it had been a LONG time since I'd seen them.

Here she is again, with her sister, Anna, and me.

My family also came into town so Penny could come to the shower. My dad, all my brothers and Don hung out during the shower. I was so glad they were able to make it in from Georgia!

Don and me, after the shower...

I had such a fantastic time catching up with all my friends at this shower, and they were all so generous to Baby K! I just wish I had taken more pictures!

Baby Shower #2

My 2nd baby shower was also up in South Bend and was with Don's family. His mom and all the sisters-in-law (Deb, Jodi, Tina and Amy) threw it for me.

During the shower I designated a photographer that had quite the talent for taking pictures...unfortunately, 95% of them were not ones that I would even share with my husband. She had an amazing penchant for catching me with the most embarrassing looks on my face so...I don't have very many pictures that I was willing to share with the blog world!

Getting ready to head to Aunt Lorie's house for the shower...



I got so many awesome gifts for Baby K...

Of course, my cutie patootie helper was on hand to bring me gifts and help unwrap them...although it looks like she's found something more interesting than gifts that aren't even for her!

The cake was too cute and was made by the same Italian bakery that made our wedding cake. The flavors (white cake with raspberry filling) were even the same as one of the layers of our wedding cake...delicious!

Another great shower and another big thank you goes out to my mother-in-law and all my sisters-in-law for hosting!

Baby Shower #1

A few weekends ago, I had the first of my baby showers. This one was hosted by my mom and my sister-in-law, Fay. They definitely went all out with the decorations and food. Everything was amazing!






Fay even made this awesome diaper wreath with all sorts of little goodies attached to it.




My BFF, Izzy, made our traditional fruit baby buggy to go with all the other delicious food at the shower.

And then there was the cake...oh my, the cake. Fay found an amazing baker that replicated Baby K's nursery bedding onto cake...so talented! And I can't even begin to describe how decadent the cake itself was!

She also had these cookies made as favors. They also match the crib bedding.

My best friend, Izzy, and me (with the cute clothesline of onesies and bibs in the background)...

One of the cutest girls I know...my BFF's daughter, Carleigh. She was an amazing gift unwrapper...and she didn't even try to make off with any of the loot...ha!

P.S. Carleigh has determined that Baby K is a girl and should be named Mommy. I told her I would take it under advisement. Thoughts anyone? :-)

Fay, my mom and me...

I also have to give a shout out to my brother, Matthew, who helped set things up, stuck around during the shower and loaded everything into my car for me afterwards.

This was such a fun and beautiful shower! A big thank you to Fay, my mom, my brother and Izzy for all they did for me!