Hello friends. Today I am going to share with you some of the details from the baby shower my mom and I hosted for Bethany, John, and baby Avaleigh! The baby is due in mid-January so we decided to host a baby shower before everyone becomes entangled in their holiday madness. With that in mind, and the advent of beautiful warm, clear fall weather, we decided on a fall themed outdoor baby shower!
As much as I hoped to by-pass the craziness of everyone's Thanksgiving till New Year's schedules, I still selected a bad weekend for the baby shower. So many people were out of town for one reason or another. But our friends being the AMAZING women that they are, they dropped off or mailed gifts to arrive for the shower! How wonderful is that?
We decorated with fall colors and served a variety of fall themed foods. In addition to ham salad and egg salad finger sandwiches, we also had corn casserole muffins, a savory pumpkin shaped cheese ball with crackers, a sweet pumpkin cheese ball (which tasted like pumpkin cheesecake) severed with gingersnaps and graham crackers, a veggie tray and dip, chips and dip, and a create our own caramel apple station. I put put honeycrisp apple wedges on skewers and had a small pot of war caramel with several toppings in which the caramel apple wedges could be dipped.
For beverages we severed an apple cider sangria as well as sodas and assorted bottled waters.
I must tell you, baby Avaleigh is going to be one well dressed baby when she arrives. Bethany and John received so many adorable outfits, baby gadgets, tools, diapers, and nursery decor, they were thrilled and overwhelmed!
John stayed for the entire shower, assisting as needed and opening several of the gifts. He is so looking forward to their baby girl!
We passed around most of the gifts so that everyone could get an up-close look at all of of the darling baby girl clothes and gear. and oooh & ahhhh appropriately! Below MFK, my friend Kathy, admires one of the sweet outfits Avaleigh received.
After the shower we took a few minutes to snap a few family photos. Below are Bethany and I.
Avaleigh should be feeling the love in the photo below.
And of course, John and Bethany are thrilled about becoming parents!
Thanks for stopping by today. I still have projects to share with you this week, so check back soon!
The shower looked beautiful Susan, you always know how to throw a party my friend! I love the sound of all the food and probably gain 10 lbs just reading about it. lol I love, love the pictures of you and Bethany, and then the one of you, Doug and your mother with your hands on Bethany's baby bump, precious for sure! The pic of John and Bethany is adorable too. Can't wait to meet this little one in January. Maybe she will be born on one of the many January birthdays we have in our family!! Hugs, Brenda
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