Right after I arrived, it became quite clear to me that they poured a ton of time and effort into planning everything and the upstairs loft of the restaurant was decorated with mint green and peach (I have a bit of a mint green obsession) and simple, beautiful decorations like small vases of baby’s breath and fun striped straws.
Baby’s breath for a baby shower! I love it!
I arrived at the shower with a carload of some of my best friends from college who were staying at our house for the weekend and had fun introducing everyone to Charlotte-area friends, blogger buddies (Brittany, Alyssa and Brittany – Thank you to Brittany and Alyssa for making the drive over from Richmond!) and my Girls On The Run co-coaches.
It was a great group of women who mean to much to me!
My friend Leah gave birth at the end of March and said she was happy to pass all of the awkward belly photo ops along to me. Haha!
We spent the first 30 minutes or so of the shower sipping on wine (lemon water for me) while people decorated tiny diapers with words of wisdom, meant to make Ryan and me smile during middle-of-the-night diaper changes.
Words for the Wee Hours
A word of encouragement, a chuckle or two
Give the new mom and dad a note just from you
Pick up a diaper and write a note on the booty
Something to take the mind off the doody
Soon it was time for lunch! We had a selection of chicken chopped salad, fish tacos and glazed salmon to choose from and ate our meals while chatting at the table before it was time for a few fun games.
The first game was a matching game where everyone had to match the baby-related words on the left of the poster with the corresponding candy bar on the right side.
(Example: Baby giggles = Snickers)
It was a fun one and over the course of the rest of the weekend, everyone staying at our place made their way through the candy bars for a “candy bar tasting” of sorts that was oddly amusing. (I had never tried a Skor bar or Watchamacallit before! As it turns out, Skor bars are delicious.)
Game number two was another brain teaser. Bags decorated with B-A-B-Y F-A-G-A-N were filled with a baby item that matched the letter on the bag. (Example: One “B” bag had a burp cloth in it.)
Everyone had to fill out a guess for each letter (it didn’t necessarily have to be in the item in each bag – if you got one of the “B” items correct, that counted!) and it was really tough! I think I only guessed two items correctly, but the winner only got six, so it was a challenge but it definitely made everyone laugh a lot as I pulled items out of each bag and we heard what people guessed!
The rest of my shower was filled with opening some of the most thoughtful gifts and eating a delicious lemon bundt cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes.
Thank you so much to my incredible mom and sister for hosting such a beautiful shower and to all of my friends for making me, Ryan and our baby boy feel so loved! The entire weekend meant so much to me.
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What a beautiful baby shower !
Looks like an absolutely beautiful shower filled with lots of thoughtful and fun games. And delicious food 🙂
Aw, what a memorable and fun shower! It looks like your mom and sister poured a ton of energy and love into it. You are certainly loved by so many!! And you look absolutely beautiful!
Your mom and sis are amazing! The work, effort and love poured is over the top! Beautiful friends too =)
Looks like such a great time and Im glad you got to spend it with so many great people! I always like seeing what kind of creative baby games people have at their showers 🙂
what a lovely shower! Your little boy is so blessed to have such amazing ladies in his life. He’s going to be absolutely spoilt rotten!!xx
We had so, so much fun. The shower was lovely, and the company was even better! 😉 We’re already planning our trip back so we can snuggle Baby Fagan (outside of your belly), soooo get ready!
And LOVED LTBing with you. Once you need a mama’s trip away, we’re getting you here to RVA!
xoxo
Gorgeous shower! I’m a sucker for a good pun so naturally I’m loving this post today! You look incredible. Where is that dress from?! So cute! <3
Thank you! The brand is Tart and I got it from RueLaLa.com. 🙂
Should have known! Tart always has the cutest stuff! Thanks, Julie!
Which bar is “The Conception?!” …I need to avoid this bar for a few more years ;).
Looks absolutely gorgeous, so much love!
The conception = Skor bar 🙂
The photos from your showers have been gorgeous!
Thank you!! My sister’s camera is awesome and she took 99% of the photos. 🙂
I love the idea of writing a little something on the diaper, such a cute idea! It looks like a wonderful shower.
Looks like an amazing shower! So nice of them to do all that for you!
Kim
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What a beautiful baby shower to celebrate you and your little boy! I love the candy bar game and will keep that in mind for future hosting. I’ve had three kiddos but that is the first time I have seen that game.
Looks like it was a beautiful shower and a fun weekend overall! And those games! Keeping this post in my back pocket for all the great ideas. Thanks!
What an INCREDIBLE shower! You must feel so loved that so many of your friends and family traveled to celebrate with you!
Such a fun and beautiful shower!!! You look gorgeous as well! Love the black and coral together!
I would totally watch a reality show based on you, your mom and your sister doing professional party planning. Everything is always so, so cute! 🙂
oh how fun! Looks like a beautiful shower!
What a beautiful shower ! Congrats!
You are glowing! What a beautiful celebration!!!!
You were definitely showered with love. Your mom and sister did an amazing job and added a lot of special details to make it the perfect baby shower for you. You have a beautiful group of girlfriends. <3
What unique game Ideas! I’d love to know the answers to the candy bar game 🙂
Aww so cute!! Looks like an awesome baby shower! 🙂
What a beautiful looking shower! Would you please find out where your sister got her dress?
Love it!
Thanks!
Nordstrom Rack!
It looks like it was especially lovely because it was tailored to you and Ryan! I am planning the baby shower for my best friend who is also first to have a little one coming along, and I am definitely going to include that candy bar game – she LOVES candy bars so I’ll have to try and make it center around her faves!
It was a fun one — and delicious!
My Mom loves Skor bars and could never find them in Florida (we’re from Canada). She discovered Heath bars are the same as Skor bars with a different name or so she says 🙂
I love Nothing Bundt Cakes!! What a sweet shower for a special mama-to-be! 😀
what a lovely event and beautiful way to celebrate the new baby!
You look radiant!!! So glad you had a wonderful baby shower!
Adorable! And you are the cutest! I love the little details like the babys breath, and those games are so fun! You are one lucky lady to have such great friends and family!
x. Morgan
OMG what an adorable baby shower! I was in charge of my sisters bridal shower in April and while it did, like you said, take a lot of time and effort, it is so worth it to have beautiful photos and a day you’ll always remember! Congratulations 🙂
What a beautiful shower! It is so evident how much care when into the planning. You must feel so loved! You look so happy in the pictures. What a wonderful way to celebrate with all the women in your life. 🙂
Julie you look amazing! Your shower looks like a wonderful time, it is clear that you are loved!
You should show off your bump more! You look absolutely fabulous, but always look like you’re trying to hide the bump. You need to flaunt it, otherwise you’ll regret it once baby comes (and it becomes unfortunately not socially acceptable to flaunt non-baby bumps…)
agreed!!! You are the cutest and I bet have the cutest baby bump body, own it!!!!
What a fun day!! The candy bar game is such a cool idea!
What a beautiful shower, and you look radiant!!!
This is 100% random, but I happened upon this news story earlier (I’m sure you’ve seen it) about a racoon “surfing” on an aligator, and it’s in Ocala! I just thought of you & wanted to share in case you hadn’t seen it, it’s pretty hilarous! http://abcnews.go.com/US/raccoon-balance-alligator-floridas-ocala-national-forest/story?id=31759382
How sweet! What precious memories to have with the ladies whom mean so much to you!
What a beautiful shower! It looks like it was a lot of fun and your family/friends did an excellent job!
You look gorgeous – definitely glowing 🙂
Looks like a fun party! LOVE your dress and wrap, so cute!
Oh wow, Julie! Your mom and sister are SOOO talented! Such great photos for your memory books :). I love the game you played with the candy bars. All in all, looks like everyone had a wonderful time and it’s something you all will remember forever! God bless you and thank you for taking time to post your journey!
What a FUN shower!!! Love all the game ideas!
What an awesome shower! Your mom and sister did a beautiful job! 🙂
What a fun shower! You are such an amazing, gorgeous, glowing mama-to-be! How do you get your hair in those stunning curls?
Aww. You look stunning – so happy and loved! What a beautiful, fun shower. I love the idea of the candy bar game! And Nothing Bundt Cakes makes *such* good cake. Thanks for sharing all these memories 🙂
It was an adorable shower! Your mom and sister did such a lovely job with everything and it’s very apparent that Baby Fagan is already so loved. I can’t wait to meet him. 🙂
PS – I’m with Alyssa. You have to come play with us in Richmond soon!
What a fun shower! I love the games!
Such a beautiful shower!
looks like a perfect shower!! so sweet!