sarah's baby shower

my dear sister in law is 8 1/2 months prego and just glowing and as beautiful as can be.  she doesn't look prego until she turns around...yeah, you know the type...:)  my mom and i had the priveledge of throwing her baby shower for her.  it was an evening of desserts and appetizers.  there were nearly 35 people there (phew), but it was so fun!  i will have to add the pics of sarah when i get them on my computer, but for now, here are the decorations 

(sorry about the weird brownish tent to some of the pics-i think it was the 

lighting in the kitchen).

the "parting gifts."  i found so many cute ideas for these online, but when you factor in buying 40 of them, um...not so much.  this was a cute, cheaper alternative.  valentine heart chocolates (because who doesn't really like chocolate???) along with a message that read, "please keep stephen and sarah in your HEARTS as they await the arrival of their BABY BOY."  so, HEART translates to pray for them-or at least this was our hope.  i totally messed up and put "hearts" plural...darn!  as if we have more than one heart-oh well.

this was my sweet little $1 garage sale frame.  i had just bought it that day and spray painted it a turquious color and staple gunned some twine to the back.  i hung some pics of the two parents-to-be when they were younger and viole-a cute decoration.  i am kinda kicking myself for not buying the other frame.  it is now in our kitchen and looks oh-so-cute against the dark wood cabinet.  i'll post more of what i scored that day in another post.

this was the cake-i'll spare you the long story and say that sarah's aunt, a professional cake decorator, made it.  i was terrified it would have little teddy bears and baby bottles and be in a light blue shade...argh!  i had wanted to go the route of more modern cupcakes.  i was ultimately happy to hand the cake baton over to her though..and i have to say, it turned out cute.  it was delicious, to boot (did i really just say that?)

one angle of the food spread (pinwheels, veggie bars, quiche, cheese and crackers, and a veggie platter with homemade ranch dressing, along with cake and cream puffs-my mouth is watering as i am typing this)