A Baby Shower

What in the world are these, you are wondering?  These paper-mache balloons?  Well, Brad's lovely sister Mindy is pregnant with triplets.  Yes, three sweet little girls are currently on the way.  Can you even imagine that?  Because I can't.  Anyway, when I threw her a baby shower a couple weeks ago I knew I wanted to try to make it special.  Emphasis on try.

I am kicking myself so hard right now that I didn't get better pictures.  I was just running around like a mad woman trying to get everything arranged just so and these are the best that I got.  It really was quite charming though.  I didn't get a shot of the food, which was delicious.  We had brunch, and we ate and ate and ate and ate.  Delicious I tell you!  Belgian waffles, but not your usual belgian waffles.  These were made with a yeast dough that rose overnight and cooked in an extra hot machine.  We served them with several different homemade syrups.  Orange, Cinnamon, and Buttermilk.  Mmmmm.  We also had quiche, yogurt parfaits with granola I made myself (new skill I've aquired) and fresh fruit.  In lieu of cake, we had these.

I thought them fitting for triplets.  Plus, I have a thing for baby birds.  I wish you could see the hot air balloons up close.  They actually turned out pretty cute one all the embellishments were on them (I was worried there for a little while).  I tried to match them up with the colors of her nursery, just in case she liked them...and she did!  She said she wants to hang them up in the girls' room and I couldn't be happier.  I kind of want to make some for Paige.  And you can't really tell, but I used a lot of glitter paper in the decorations.  Have you used glitter paper before?  Heavens me I like that stuff.

I just love a baby shower.  Any reason to celebrate with a mama-to-be and buy baby clothes is a good time to me!