Hope's Baby Shower (02-21-10)

Adam's sister, Hope, is expecting her first baby on March 21, a son named Charlie. Everyone in the family is so excited to have another child to put in the mix. Grace has been such a blessing and has brought so much joy to the Parrish clan that I know it is only going to get better as the family grows. A large group of family and friends threw Hope a baby shower. She had about 40 guest so it was quite a large crowd. Hope was beautiful and she is more than stocked with all of the essentials.
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Here are the four Amigos (as you can see, Kelly is expecting as well)
I made the centerpiece for the shower. They wanted to have cupcakes at the shower so they asked me to make a "fake cake" that could be used as a centerpiece. I was pretty proud of this one as it was the biggest cake I have made!

Another view...

Beautiful Brooke...

Cutie Pie Marilyn Grace...

Here I am with these lovely ladies...

I previously wrote about the sewing lesson that my friend Brooke gave me the Wednesday before the shower. After learning, I quickly turned into a sewing fool every waking minute. Between working, sewing, make petit fours, attending Blake and Rebecca's shower, implementing a 5K race, sushi-making class with Adam, decorating the centerpiece, and helping with Hope's shower, I was absolutely exhausted. I knew that I wanted to give handmade gifts at the shower and I had a quick deadline. Everything seemed to work out but I have a feeling I will look back on that weekend and think "I could never do all of that again!"

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Here is Hope opening the gifts I made...

"C" Initial Burp Cloth

Elephant Burp Cloth

Bowtie Bib

Whale Onesie

Tie T-shirt

Fish Onesie

The shower turned out fantastic and everyone had such a nice time celebrating this special time with Hope!