Baby Shower For Ezra

This weekend I was honored to host a shower for my good friend Dani and her sweet baby boy Ezra. Dani doesn't find out the genders of her babies...impressed? I'm so impatient I doubt I could ever do it but this lady has done it twice and has two cutie pie boys. So we waited until Ezra was born and Dani's mom was in town to have a shower. It was so fun for me. I hadn't thrown a shower in ages and this was my first time doing it all on my own. I usually have access to all my mom's stuff and the help of her and my sister Kate. This go around I was a solo act. 

I went for a bit of a nautical theme but I didn't do the traditional navy. I went for more of a sea foam green, white and grey color pallet. I used my whale poster from A Vintage Poster and based the rest of the decor off that. For favors I made tiny jars of salted caramel pudding with Oreo crumble on the bottom. I also made coconut lime cupcakes. Some of my other friends brought more desserts. It was such a fun easy going night with lots of great conversation and girl time. We are so happy Ezra is here and I am a total failure for not getting a picture of the guest of honor or more pictures of everything set up. I'm sure he will appear soon on the blog since Vi loves playing with him and his brother Dexter. 

This was also Father's Day weekend so there had to be a Mike and Violet photo opt. I made Mike a bow tie and Vi a matching bow. Mike's bow tie took a bit of a beating from Vi in this picture but they matched and looked cute. Yes I am that mom. I love matching!!

Sweet Baby Jayne

These were a few decorations on the door for the shower

Our throne complete with crown and bottle wand 

I made these for Dayna. I wish I would have taken some closer pictures. The white one has little felt flowers cut out on it. The pink one has Jayne stitched on and a little yellow flower. The yellow one has a big ruffle going down it and the last one has a cute J on it.

Dayna is going to be a Mom!!

We made cute little labels to put on the mini martinelli's we used .

Hanging all the lanterns and parasols were so fun. They turned out so great and added such a fun touch to the whole room

We had really cute crystals hanging in-between the lanterns but you can't see them very well

We had a few little pictures of my brother steve when he was a baby for fun

These are the best little tasty treats from a bakery in American fork called dippedi

I made a diaper cake to go along with our cute white chocolate and caramel cupcake favors.

Sorry my pictures are such bad quality. I promise it looked really cute. 

There is an E missing at the end of Jayne's name but that was because the day before it was lost in a wind storm. It also really bothers me that the yellow ribbon fell and I didn't fix it for the pictures in case anyone was wondering.

We did lanterns and parasols hanging from the roof. Thanks to my wonderful boyfriend Mike they looked amazing. He spent all afternoon stringing and hanging for me. He is just the best!

This is one of the tables we had set up. We got cute little pink baby carriages for some chocolate.

I love love love showers and this was the first time we got to put one of for a baby girl! My darling sister in-law is having a baby in a month and today we had a little celebration in her honor. I love throwing parties and decorating with fun springtime things. This was by far one of my favorite showers we have done.

An Exceptionally Good Day

Yesterday was about as normal of a day as they get but it was the first day in a few weeks where I didn't have to do anything. There was nothing weighing on the back of my mind that was is desperate need. Last week we had anniversary, baby shower and Father's day. It was a bit crazy. Vi and I just kicked it at home all day. We read books and worked on crawling. She slept in and took 2 really good naps. It was the perfect recovery day. We played outside on the grass for an hour waiting for Mike to come home from school. We watched the cars go by and waved at all the dogs going for walks. It was exactly what I needed. We even ate left overs so I didn't have to make dinner or lunch. Then to top it off we went to an ice cream going away party for friends at a park where Vi got to go in the swings with dad. It was just a good day. Nothing crazy exciting or monumental happened but I had a happy baby, good weather and a carefree mind. It was perfect. 

Currently these are Vi's 2 favorite toys. She loves her bells like crazy and she honestly can't get enough of this wooden ball top. She is always trying to eat it. Love this goofy girl of mine.

Look at the excitement when she sees a puppy.

Peonies Revisited

Since there were so many peonies last time that had not come out we decided to go back up and see them again. I was blown away with how many more were out. It is seriously amazing. I think a big part of me wanting to go up there again was so that I could take some more cute pictures of Vi and Mike. They are just the sweetest little pair. Violet honestly loves her dad. From the moment he walks into the house she lights up. She giggles and buries her face into his shoulder and then she rests her hands on his face. It is just about as cute as it gets.

 I am so bummed that I forgot my camera on Saturday. Violet had her first real pool day. She was a trooper minus the fact that she did not want to nap. I have a picture of her on Instagram rocking her big flower pink swimsuit. It was a great weekend with lots of family time. 

This next week is going to be some serious craziness. Mike and I are having our 3 year anniversary, cleaning our church on Thursday, throwing a baby shower on Saturday and Sunday is Father's day. Yea it is going to be a bit nuts around here but I miss having busy weeks like this, so I am pretty excited. 

Now for lots of daddy daughter love with a guest appearance my mom.