The Weiland Baby Shower

This past Saturday I was blessed and honored to attend a second baby shower hosted by John's mom, Deb. It was simply incredible and the food, decor and baby shower games contained such intricate detail and truly captured the theme of shower - bird nests. Everywhere you turned you saw nests, pink and blue birds and pink and blue eggs. It was darling!

The decor featured table centerpieces composed of sticks where handcrafted nests laid that contained blue or pink eggs - some of which were hand-painted. These carefully assembled pieces were displayed on beautiful hand-made blue and pink runners and one large piece also hung from chandelier to chandelier above her island.

The island itself featured a variety of home-baked goodies which brings us to the next topic - the delicious food.

Each guest received a plated lunch that featured home-made chicken salad, home-made pita chips and fruit. As I just mentioned, the island contained a variety of awesome desserts that guests could choose from. The desserts featured cut-out bird cookies that were perfectly frosted and sprinkled with either blue or pink sugar. These were a fan-favorite among my two year old niece (as you can tell by what's in her left hand)!

You could also find pink and blue birds on top of delicious chocolate cupcakes that contained cream filling. Atop the chocolate icing on the cupcakes, coconut shavings served as bird nests and inside the nests were those delicate little pink and blue birds. Other desserts included home-made mini wafers, pink and blue peeps and m&ms and an assortment of individually wrapped cheesecake squares. Simply delicious!

The pink and blue spread into the living room as well where it was displayed on the baby shower memory board game. Pink and blue felt bibs and onesies were individually cut out to cover baby items that we needed to match. Unfortunately, my memory isn't the sharpest these days so I was unable to help lead my team to victory. The "blue bird" team ended up with the "W" - perhaps a sign that this one is a boy.

Overall, it was an amazing day and I was so glad to be able to share it with friends and family. Deb, thank you so much for opening your house and for your labor of love to make this shower possible. In case those that are reading this didn't notice, I used the terms handcrafted, hand-made and home-made quite a bit in this entry. This just solidifies how much time and energy went into making this shower what it was - incredible. Thanks again for everything, Deb - I greatly appreciate it. I also need to thank our two wonderful servers that day, Papa Joe and the Daddy-To-Be. Your help in accommodating the guests made for a smooth event and it is also greatly appreciated. Plus, you looked stunning in your attire as well. :)

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