My patio was the perfect setting, especially as it was a warm (if mostly overcast) summer afternoon.
Meg made an amazing fruit punch from a frozen mold of strawberries, kiwi, and orange slices in a bowl of pineapple juice and sparkling cider, and I made iced coffee:
We totally took over the lawn and set up a BBQ station (thanks, Josh, for the grill, and Luc, for the grilling!)
Here are the guests of honor and my co-hostess; Craig, Meg, and Melissa:
Melissa's coworkers came and enjoyed the expansive array of appetizers Meg and I made:
Our classmates joined us, too, including Erik and his adorable pregnant wife, Andrea!
After eating (a lot), we played lawn games--several rounds of Ladderball and one game of croquet (which I totally won, if you follow my family's rules). Then, the parents-to-be opened gifts!
I gave them an ALMOST-finished stuffed dragon. Heh. I was so close.
They gave it back so I could sew on his other leg, wings, and face. ;)
Erik and Andrea's little boy, Caleb, was GREAT entertainment:
Our only "real" shower activity (Meg and I loathe typical shower games) was decorating onesies with fabric markers:
People actually enjoyed it! I was so happy. The designs were mostly a mixture of 20-something male humor and graduate student geekiness (we were all physicists, chemists, chemical engineers, or microbiologists, besides one lovely psychologist).
Naturally, I had to make the cake! Craig and Melissa (and Meg, Luc, and Josh) play D&D, so the cake had to be a wee bit geeky:
It tasted pretty good, too!
I finished the dragon over the weekend and delivered him to father-to-be at lab:
He was so hard to give away! Sooo friendly!
We had a delightful time blessing our friends, and can't wait to meet their little baby boy!
1 comment:
Wow, Jess! Looks like you and Meg throw awesome baby showers. Love the cake and the dragon is so adorable :)
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