It's A Girl!!

For my friend Gina! 

(Did I fool you? A little bit? No? Okay, on to the post)

Sunday morning Traci, Caitlin and I hosted a baby shower for our friend Gina who is pregnant with her second daughter. 

The theme was 'Around the Clock' so each lady was given a time of day to give an appropriate gift (morning, playtime, nap, bath, evening, late night). This was a fun idea to help Gina get a variety of gifts, plus since she already has a daughter, it was a good way to replenish the practical baby items they needed.

Of course, drinks were had first.

 Champagne + Raspberry Lemonade + Lemon Slices. 

Then there were decorations and food. 

Traci provided the monograms.

I jumped at the excuse to use my mis-matched china. 

(If you have never read the story of my china cabinet, be sure to click on that link.)

Brunch ready to go.

A little Cheers for baby Maddie.

And then it was outside (enjoying our beautiful Monterey Indian Summer) for gifts.

The 'morning' basket by Caitlin: Coffee for mom, outfits for baby.

Opening gifts for throughout the day.

And at the end of the gift giving, late-night: dark chocolate, red wine and 50 Shades. 

Don't judge, it was hilarious.

All the lovely ladies.

Nikki, Traci, Gina, Me, Caitlin, Andrea

Obligatory touch the bump pic.

For our activity, Caitlin had a friend from Japan create these beautiful origami cranes. Gina and her family are moving to Japan after their stint in CA, so we wanted to find a way to fuse her new home into the shower. We each wrote a good luck wish for Maddie on the crane and had several others for Gina to give to family and friends to add to Maddie's well-wishes jar.

Big sister Hannah came over toward the end for a cupcake and some special gifts we had for her.

The sweet family ready to welcome baby Maddie!

After dessert, we had different shades of pink polish as a parting gift. 

(I peeled the labels off and added baby stickers from Michael's).

All in all, it was a beautiful shower for a beautiful Mom. 

Gina, we are so thankful that you let us celebrate you and your growing family. 

We love you!