Weather Forecast Predicts...Showers!

Oh, wow, readers, I hope that all of you are lucky enough to have a Godmother as amazing as mine. My Auntie Sue has always been a source of great joy, support, inspiration and fun for me, but let me tell you...this woman throws one HELL of a baby shower! Witness:

We searched high and low for THE PERFECT shower invites (can you tell I'm a first time Mom? And have been planning this shower in my head for years??) Finally we found this adorable Mommy and Baby bunny pair by OrangeOstrich designs. They even let us customize the invite so that the information was underneath the bunnies and the brown circles rimmed the edge all around. Perfect for me and my bunny.





Baby Girl Shower Invitation by OrangeOstrichDesignsView more Bunny Invitations

We also ordered these matching seals to go on the envelopes.

I also loved this front table display that welcomed folks into the kitchen. Auntie generously loaned her nifty collection of bud vases which made an elegant, unfussy presentation. The silver frames came from Home Goods (Thanks Momma!) and held pictures of Dave and me as babies and one of Miss Susan Isabelle's latest ultrasound.

That's my brother Mike and me in the middle frame, me as an infant on the left, and the adorable little snookums in the frame to the right is my Momma!

Crystal! Roses! Silver! Tea! I'm in GIRLY HEAVEN!

I LOVED the decorations, heirloom silver tea things displayed on crystal cake plates with pink teacup roses, greens and babies' breath. Could you die? I nearly did, it was SO pretty.
Our shower started at 2 P.M.- refreshments were provided by British Bell Tea in Newark. They included delicious tea sandwiches, egg salad, dill, cucumber and cream cheese, tuna salad, roast beef. Oh, but the scones and lemon curd and clotted cream from British Bell were so fabulous, I need to take a moment and bow my head. I wish I had a big pile of them right now. If you are within a hundred miles of the British Bell Tea Room get in your car and go now! (And you're welcome!)

Our dear friend Mrs Chen baked her famous breakfast cookies, which had even my non-cooking friends begging for the recipe. (will provide at a later date, due to overwhelming demand.)

After presents we headed back to the dining room for dessert (do I love having dessert after pigging out on scones? Is a duck's butt wet) for cream puffs, cookies, bite size cupcakes, tea and tea cakes. Oh man, now I REALLY want English tea!

Chillin' with my posse.

Susan Elizabeth, Susan Isabelle and me.

Really, the swelling has gotten way out of control....

Handing out baby "Lottery " tickets to my cousins...the winner got to pick a fabulous prize...





We had two punch bowls set out. One had a sign that said "non-alcoholic," the other had a sign that read "The Good Stuff."

Daddy helps with the party prep.

It was a wonderful shower that I'll always remember. But even more than the food, even more than the gifts, even more than the decorations, or all the attention, (and you KNOW that I love food, gifts and attention!) my favorite part of the shower was the people. We have such lovely, thoughtful and kind hearted friends and seeing each one of them lights me up like a Christmas tree. Each of them are delightful and having them all together in the same room at once to celebrate such a happy occasion was pure joy. Thank you all for being such caring, exuberant, generous and loving souls. Isabelle is SO LUCKY to have these people in her village!

I may be enjoying this a little too much...

One of the incredibly fun parts of having a baby girl is designing the nursery. Holy schnikes, can we talk about CUTE? I know that some of the current girl decorating trends are veering away from traditional light pink colors, but sorry gang....my girly side is raging out of control here (yes, I have one) and demanding PINK and GIRLY and lots of it! And BUNNIES! Why bunnies? I don't know, I just like them....thought they'd be hella cute in a little girl's nursery, sort of friendly and comforting.....now you'd think that finding pink bunny baby bedding would be fairly easy, right? Particularly in this age of the Internet....but you'd be WRONG!

Would you believe there is almost NO bunny bedding out there in the market today? At least not the kind I had my heart set on....there is bedding with Bible verses and ballerinas, princesses and lady bugs (really? bugs?) flowers and hearts and cowgirls and polka dots and pretty much every other critter in the animal kingdom....but NO BUNNIES! Well, poop. Poop, I say. After many long and wearying searches online I was forced to change my game plan. Bunnies I want and bunnies I shall have, but not on the bedding. We'll just have to get pretty sheets and accessorize the room with them instead. Much simpler. So here are the runners up and the final choice for Izzy's boudoir...

Very sweet bedding by Glenna Jean (the Caitlyn Collection) but my favorite part was the ceramic ducks in the bottom right hand corner....I also have a thing for ducks- they make me laugh. Anybody know where that pair came from?

Banana Fish tempted me with this cheerful set, but on closer examination, the hot pink was just too bright....

If we have another little girl, I might just have to scarf up this love bird bedding. It's cute, I love the colors and it's feminine without being froufy.



And the winner is......TA-DAH!

Glenna Jean's Sophia collection. I loved the soft colors and the patchwork quilt. And can't you just see little white bunnies hopping all around? We've already painted the walls light green with a soft pink accent wall behind the crib. I've got my eye on some white crown molding shelves to hold her precious mementos and favorite things.



And speaking of favorite things....what baby doesn't need a sculpture? How can you have a nursery without one, I say....forget the diaper bags and bouncy swings....Baby needs ART!
This pair of leisurely biking varmints cracks me up. Is it practical? Nein. Is it necessary? Nein. Do I love it? Absolutely I do!
So. Stinkin'. Cute. They have these in lambs and lions and duckies, too. I can't stand it. And I hope that they're all sweet dreams, too.

This makes me smile every time I see it! Perfect for any daughter of mine and maybe yours too?

And speaking of making me laugh...sometimes even the fiercest buccaneers have the "urpsies." In between feedings and sacking the town, clean your little pirate grrl up with this burp cloth...



Hope you had fun looking at my nursery favs. Be sure and post some of your own decorating ideas and choices- Izzy and I would love to hear them!