Weekend in recap

We had a very busy weekend!  Saturday morning Alyvia and I went to the NICU Small Wonders Walk.  It's a walk to celebrate all the miracle babies from the NICU and a fundraiser sponsored by the parent committee.  It was the 6th annual walk, but the first time I was able to attend.  What a fun event to be a part of though!  It was great to see some of the families that I took care of and how amazing their kids are doing!  The event is really geared towards the kids and Alyvia had fun too!  Face painting, glitter tattoos, balloon animals and Julie K music-oh my!

Saturday night we went over to Caroline's house to meet up with my friends from college.  It tends to be a different kind of crazy when we all get together now....our kids are the wild ones!  The girls and boys are all about the same age and it tends to get a bit rowdy at times :)

Colson, Nolan & Austen....sometimes sharing is hard!

It was too crazy for Cole to be a part of!

We did manage to get a picture of the BU girls...but not without tears from the little boys that they couldn't be a part of it too!

Maybe next time we get together, we can have just a big girls night.......maybe in 10-15 years!

Today Anne hosted a "sprinkle" for new baby girl!  She decorated so cute with the "sprinkle" theme everywhere :)  Sprinkle donuts, sprinkle cookies, ice cream with sprinkles, sprinkle favors-loved it!

Alyvia dressed up and ready for baby sister's shower!

Look at all the diapers and wipes we got!

It is so exciting to celebrate baby girls impending arrival, she is coming very soon!  We can't wait!

A Person's a Person, No Matter How Small

Tonight, I hosted a baby shower for Anne and Finnegan.  I was so excited to do this for Anne and Finn!  I went with a "Dr. Seuss" theme and it was so fun!  I got my invitations on Etsy and I loved them-I would post a picture, but my phone number is on there :)  I got all the decoration ideas from Pinterest (love!)

Here are my Truffala Trees from The Lorax.  Styrafoam craft balls wrapped with a boa.  They were so easy to make and turned out really cute, I wish I had done more!

I love diaper cakes!  For Anne, I made The Cat in The Hat themed diaper cake. 

I didn't get a good picture of my One Fish, Two Fish chandelier :(  I loved the fishies though, they were so cute!  My centerpiece for my table was red and white daisies in a vase with blue gems on the bottom.  Around the top of the vase I wrapped blue fluff.  Then some swedish fish hung out there for snacking!

My lighting on my camera was off for some of the pictures, but this was my kitchen island where all the food was set up.  My mom made ALL of the food and it was so so so good!  We had Wocket in My Pocket pitas (ham, egg salad or chicken salad), Green Eggs & Ham deviled eggs, Oodles of Noodles pasta salad, Red Fish, Blue Fish Berry Salad (blueberries & strawberries), Pink Ink Yink Drink (pink lemonade) & Beezlenut splash (red punch).   Yummy!!

I ordered the cake from Le Bakery.  Delicious red velvet on top and delectable chocolate cake on the bottom layer.  I ordered a Cat In the Hat to sit on top, but it didn't come in time :(  Not as cute as it could have been, but absolutely delicious!

My entry table with more red and white daisies.  My mom also brought a container filled with red, white and blue candies that sat on this table.  As people walked in, they guessed how many candies were in the jar.

We played 2 other little games and watched Anne open all of her lovely gifts.  I realize now that I didn't get a picture of the guest of honor and his mommy :(  He was a trooper though and didn't make so much as a peep as he was passed from person to person-such a good boy!   I had so much fun getting ready for this shower and the turnout was totally worth all the work.  I hope everyone had as much fun as I did welcoming baby Finn!!!