California Baby Celebration Party

Three of my friends...Michelle, Bev and Leslie and my sister Danielle threw Allen and I a baby celebration party in California  It was such a fun and memorable event.  I wanted to celebrate with our friends and family however I am really not into baby showers.  The silly baby games...who wants to look at chocolate in a diaper and guess the candy bar??  And why should everyone else not enjoy a cocktail?  They did such a wonderful job incorporating all of my requests.  The party was co-ed, served alcohol and we had three fun "activities" (instead of games).  The three activities were to decorate a onesie (they provided markers and stencils for those who need a little help being creative), writing down advice--funny or real on an index card and guessing how many marshmallow were in a large baby bottle.  The only downside to the evening was CA was having a heat wave. So it was a bit warm outside until the sun went down.  We are so thankful to all of our friends and family who attended...many drove from out of town and out of state to attend. 

Here are some great pictures from the event (in random order)

 One of the activities was decorating a onesie.  Allen and I had to pick the best one.  It was fun to see how creative people are and how much they enjoyed the activity.  At the table from left to right...Diane, Nancy, Maryann, Jack, David & Alice.

 All of the onesies hanging up...they were so cute

 Jessica, Allen and Dan put the last minute touches on our design

 Opening gifts...only things we could fit in our suitcase. Everything else was sent to our home in Texas.  We received so many generous items.

 Here I am staying cool inside until the sun went down.

 Trevor and Allen

 

  Nancy, Danielle, Linda and Shelly

 Maryann & Alice

 Dave and Kerry

 David & Alice having fun (another activity was to guess how many marshmallows were in this bottle)

 Dan & Michelle

 Danielle & Diane working on their design

 Allen & Jessica reviewing all of the onesies to pick our winner. Notice my tan...not working and taking water aerobics at the pool every morning is the best:)

 Leslie and Ken relaxing

 Mark and Bev

 

Some details about the event so we don't forget when we tell Alexis about it.  The event was held at Michelle and Dan's house. We had yummy Mexican for dinner...thank you to everyone who helped cook. Thank you to Michelle for hosting, helping set-up/clean up, take pictures, organize the guest list, providing dinner and wine and I am sure many other things I am forgetting.  Thank you to Bev for providing the vegetarian option for dinner and helping clean up and keep things organized. 

 

Danielle provided cute but not too cute decorations. She also provided and organized the onesie activity.  Thank you for keeping me fed during the evening:)

 

Leslie made the super cute invitations, dessert, gifts for the activity winners and parting gifts for the guests. She put peanuts in a bag and added this saying...she made up:

 

 

Handmade invitation

 

 I am sure I am missing so many things these four wonderful women did to make the event so special. Thank you for being amazing and taking such great care of us.