Brittanie's Baby Shower

Apparently Colorado is the place to be because my other friend, Brittanie, who I served with me on my LDS mission on Temple Square, lives in Colorado right now as well! The trip really was perfect timing because Brittanie is having her first baby at the end of December, so since I was going to be in town during prime baby shower time, I thought it would be fun to plan a little party for her in her honor. 

Brittanie was nice enough to put me in contact with her other friend, Patti, who helped me plan the whole thing. Patti was a saint as she dealt with my insanity over the past few months. Planning the shower from afar made me a little nuts because I was so scared I was going to forget something and then be out of luck once I was in Colorado. Also, with the added inconvenience of New York City, I was constantly sending her items from Amazon.com--everything from double sided tape to cupcake liners. We planned the whole thing via email, which was awesome. 

Patti displaying our theme decorated cup cakes. 

The theme of the Baby Shower was "Ahoy! It's a Boy!", 

where we had everything decorated with a sailboat theme. 

Patti's husband is a chef so they took care of all the food! 

Thank goodness, because anyone that knows me knows how much I despise cooking. 

The food tasted as good as it looked! 

When the guests arrived they signed a children's book about a toy boat, 

writing messages for both Brittanie and the baby to read together someday. 

We played a few baby shower games, including writing down wishes for the baby, the name game where we helped Brittanie decided on boys name that started with each letter of her name, and Mommy Trivia where the guest answered questions about Brittanie and her pregnancy.

Steve, Brittanies husband, had to pick the winner for the name game.
He chose the name "Thomas". Tom Savage--I like it. 

Brittanie claimed her pregnancy was contagious and  if you touched her belly you would be next! 

It was so fun to see Brittanie and her belly! I am glad that everything worked out for me to be there at just the right time and that even after all these years of being back from our missions (6 years this May! YIKES!) we are still great friends!