Baby Shower

My two best friends threw me a baby shower at a tea place I really like in Pasadena.  It’s actually right next to Pasadena City Hall where Joe and I took our first look wedding pictures.  I’m really not used to people doing anything for me so I was very grateful and a little embarrassed/uncomfortable to have them spending money on me.  It was a really nice place.  There were two other baby showers and a birthday party there as well so it was super crowded.  We had a small corner off to the side.  My three friends came as did Joe’s mother, sister, sister-in-law and nieces.  I was a little sad and disappointed that nobody else I invited showed but I was still happy for the shower.

My friend got me a purple Mom To Be sash to wear and had a craft table set up so that everyone could paint or draw with fabric marker on a onesie.  Everyone made a onesie and then we all took pictures holding them together.  They had asked me beforehand what games I wanted to play but I find most baby shower games to be gross or somewhat insulting to the mom.  Painting a onesie was the only thing I really wanted and thought would be fun.  Anything involving food in the games just seems gross.  One of the other baby showers was a girl and they had a baby headband making station as their craft so people were super gluing flowers and rhinestones to head pieces.  I thought it was a cute idea but that’s a lot of headbands.

I didn't really have anything tea time to wear.  I had a dress that I thought would be perfect since it had room for my belly but when I tried it on, it looked very unflattering.  I tried on a bunch of other dresses and skirts but nothing looked good.  I decided not to buy anymore maternity clothes since I'm only a month away and don't really need anything else so I just went with my maternity shoot boots and jeggings and a shirt.  Unfortunately I don't have much in the way of pastel or light colored maternity shirts but it looked good with the purple sash. 

My friend even made me a cake that said Welcome Baby with a little turtle on it.  It was funny because she said she wasn’t sure what to write on it since we don’t know the gender.  It was a three layer lemon cake with raspberry filling and cream cheese frosting.  Really yummy and cute!  My other friend who lives near me had driven me there and took me home which was nice.  Unfortunately I had rib pain the entire car ride and during the shower.  Sitting up just always leads to rib pain.  I took the last two onesies home so Joe and I could paint them together.