Baby Bella's Baby Shower

Last Saturday afternoon....We (Amanda my soon to be daughter-in-law and my daughter Amanda who we call Kountry and I) had a shower to honor our baby to be Miss Bella and her mommy (my daughter-in-law) Jessica. About 40 wonderful friends and family (some drove in from Dallas and Houston) convened at my house for food and fun ......all done up of course in PINK, PINK and more PINK!

Here's the scoop....

the story, food, decorations, gifts and peeps.


The Entry

Here's Jessica and Charlie on their

wedding day August 18, 2007.

Remember the sweater wreath I made at Christmas?

I found the pink sweaters at the same time

and decided to make a baby wreath.

Some of the jewelry belonged to my mother...

Bella's great grandmother.

And don't you just love the "Queen Bee" sign

I found at Hobby Lobby!

I think that may be her nickname!

The vintage baby planters were given to me when I had my babies!

I've been saving them for 23+ years!

Bella's Granddad ...Mr.Hero.....found this artwork at Canton for her bedroom.

I got to use all my vintage milkglass that was given to me recently by Mr. Hero's mother. Mr. Hero as a young boy would give his mom a piece of milk glass from the Western Auto store every year for her birthday and Mother's Day.

The square cake plate he bought me for Mother's Day this year!

I thought that was really special!

The pink carnations were ordered in bulk from Costco.
I had enought for everyone to take them home as party favors.

The table set with goodies......

Using one of my mom's vintage damask tablecloths I gathered up the corners with a rubber band and then covered it with a pink net bow.

The pink mannequin I found at a cute antique mall here in town....

Sentimental Journey.

The pink boa and pearls just added to the girlyness!

Are these not the cutest cupcake flags?

I had the brainstorm to make these a few days before the shower but didn't have a clue how to print them. But I knew someone who did!!! My sweet friend Tracey from Notes from a Cottage Industry makes cupcakes and flags all the time (and she has an amazing blog!)so I emailed her and she fixed me up....All I had to do was print them on some cute paper from HL and then Amanda and Kountry cut, pasted and glued the beads to the top for me. Those two also frosted all the little babycakes for me! We all had so much fun making them the night before the shower!

We made bunches of bite-sized cupcakes.

With them being bite-sized you had to eat more than one!

I'm thinking the 2 Amandas could start a bakery now!

We also hung some of Charlie and Jessica's

baby pictures on a ribbon clothesline.

Cute and funny!

The front yard got pink and white ribbons hung from the trees.

And the back deck got a banner to flutter in the breeze.

(Which I made at 4am Saturday morning!)

Jessica had just started opening gifts when she got a little suprise. Charlie! Jessica hadn't seen him in two weeks and he wasn't supposed to have gotten off work but he did.

So Charlie joined her in the opening of the gifts.

"Hey...what's in that box?" asked Charlie.

Miss Bella's First Bikini!

Given to her by her great aunt and cousin who drove all the way from Houston to come to the shower!

Charlie says "A one piece only for my girl!"

Charlie... being good natured...got in on the act of all the ohhhs and ahhhs from all the ladies!

Yes, son......we will see you carrying that!

And you will look stylish!

Bella's Aunt Kountry brought the "Rock Star" outfit

all the way from LA!

For her first photo shoot no doubt!

The kids were greatly blessed by the outpouring of love and goodies.

They say thank you to all!!!

And Miss Bella is all set to make her grand entrance!

The Doctor says she's ........DONE!

He would have induced labor this week but Jessica wants to make it through Sunday. She is in charge of the Dance Recital for the Boys and Girls Club on Sunday afternoon. So we'll see if Miss Bella shows up to dance with the rest of the girls!

Here I am with all my girls.

Amanda (The Bride), Me, Jessica, and Kountry

Aren't they adorable!
I am soooo blessed!
Thank you Jesus!

And one more blessing will be here before you can blink!





Here's hoping you have a wonderfully blessed weekend!

from my delighted heart to yours!

Patti

ps....after having such a great weekend and Mother's Day...I also had a birthday this week!