A couple of weeks ago, we hosted a baby shower for my sister-in-law and my soon-to-be nephew.  I can’t believe that in about a month I will get to meet baby boy.  I must say that after planning the gender reveal party and the baby shower that I enjoy party planning way too much.  Honestly, party planning is almost a stress reliever for me.  Who would’ve thought that?

My sister-in-law shared some invitation ideas with me from Pinterest of course.  The initial invitations that she sent me had plaid, snow covered mountains, and snowflakes on them.  After trying to narrow down the theme with her based on the images she liked, we decided to go with a “snowy mountain” theme.  With that being said, the colors blue and white couldn’t be any more perfect for a baby boy or a snowy mountain theme.  Here's the invitation design that I came up with.  

After already having the gender reveal party under our belts, I felt as if the baby shower would be a piece of cake to plan.  Like with any other party, I headed over to Pinterest for some inspiration and here is the idea board that I came up with.

Over one weekend I worked on creating the decorations.  You will soon learn that I don’t like to buy anything that I think I can make.  I’m stubborn and hard headed like my grandpa, so when I set my mind to something I’m determined to make it happen. 

The decorations included: (* indicates purchased items)

Handlettered chalkboards are a favorite of mine when it comes to decorating.  Even if you try to make each one similar, they are all so unique and really add personalization to any party.  I will share with you in a later post how I made some of these decorations. 

Before the shower began, we not only hung up all of the decorations, but we set up our games as well. 

Our games included:

While we were heating up the candy bars for the Name that Poo game, we had our guests enjoy refreshments. 

Our refreshments included:

After we finished our last game, it was time to open gifts, which is the main reason showers take place even if the soon to be moms don’t want to admit it. 

As you can see, we had a great time at the shower.  I was determined to make handmade gifts for my future nephew.  I know the things my grandma made for me are some of the things I treasure the most.  I hope Baby Boy Clements knows how much he is already loved and I can’t wait to meet him in March!

Forever Yung,

Kyra

My oldest brother, the one who was designing my blog, finished designing my blog as one of my Christmas gifts this year.  I was so excited!  We may need to make changes along the way, but overall I am happy.  This has motivated me more to write a blog.  I’m honestly not sure if I will ever get used to writing blog posts, but as I would tell my students, “all you have to do is try”.  I don’t expect them to be perfect, but I expect them to put their best foot forward. 

Anyway, let me get to the point of my blog post.  As you know we held a gender reveal party for my brother and sister-in-law back in October.   We are currently planning a baby shower for them as well.  The baby shower is two weeks away and we have everything ready except for the cake, cake pops, and mints.  I will be making the cake pops and cake.  My mom will be making the mints.  I will share a couple of these recipes with you after we make them in hopes that you will be inspired as well. 

The theme of the shower is snowy mountain with the common saying “baby it’s cold outside”.  I will share more on some of the things I created in a later post.  I don’t want to spoil the surprise for the guests and even the mom-to-be.  I will share one sneak “peak” of a chalkboard that I hand lettered. 

When I haven’t been working on the baby shower, I have been focusing on work and my third round of Whole30 that I started in January.  As I think about the shower, I will not be able to eat the cake, cake pops, and mints.  Bummer.  But I must say, I always feel so much better after completing each round of Whole30.  Whole30 has given me food freedom that I never thought I would have. Ever.  Honestly, I haven’t lost a lot of weight from Whole30, but I feel healthier.  More on that later as well.  I’ve been working on some hobbies of mine that I hope to reveal more about in March.  I will provide you with a sneak peek and leave you with that. 

Maybe you can figure out what I’m up to. Stay tuned.  I feel as if my blog is about to come to “life”. 

Forever Yung,

Kyra