A Birdie Baby Shower

My neighbor Shana and I hosted a birdie themed baby shower for our friend Erin this weekend. Shana actually introduced me to Erin when we were looking for a new babysitter. And Erin is AMAZING! I never thought we would find a babysitter who would genuinely love spending time with Shelby like she does. And not only is she a great babysitter, but she's a pretty great friend, too! We are so thankful to have Erin in Shelby's life and ours. :) Here is the soon-to-be Mommy at Shana's house right before the guests started arriving.

Here is the diaper wreath that I made for the shower.
I followed {THIS} tutorial that I found online, but mine was a bit different mainly b/c I used cardboard as the base of the wreath..ha! The tutorial called for a wooden wreath frame, which I didn't have nor did I see when I was out running errands. I had a stryofoam wreath on hand, but I wasn't sure it would work well for this project...so Derek tried cardboard (which we painted white) , and it worked perfectly!

Here are a few more details from the shower....


I made labels for the water bottles using a free printable from the Life Sweet Life blog.

Shana bakes the most delicious and beautifully decorated cookies you have ever seen!

I purchased the cupcake toppers & favor tags from {THIS} Etsy shop. I didn't get a picture of the favors, but we used Shana's beautiful birdie cookies as a centerpiece {pictured above} and as the favors.



Shana made this cute activity for guests to do as they arrived. They had to guess when Baby Dunham will be arriving.

I prepared two games for everyone to play--matching celebrities with their unique babies' names {which turned out to be the perfect game for this shower b/c a lot of the guests were very into pop culture!} and guessing baby food based on its smell {a few people were really hardcore and even tasted it!}.


Getting ready to open gifts....

We had such a wonderful afternoon celebrating Erin and that sweet little baby girl on the way. We can't wait to meet you, Baby Dunham!