"Wild About Chance"

Baby Shower

I had been planning this shower for ages.. and the day it was scheduled for happened to coincide with a huge snow storm. With any party I have thrown I am afraid of what kind of crowd will come. With snow storm that fear is like quadrupled... however so many of my sisters friends and family came to support her and the party was sure wild!!! :) Thanks for everyone who came and made the night full of laughter and fun! Here are the details from the shower... sorry the pictures are a bit dark!

The Diaper Cake

The Real Cake

Nessa has a VERY talented friend who made this for us. It's SOOO darling!And it was delicious-nessa chose white cake with strawberry filling.. mmm.

Thanks Haley!

Nessa with Haley

The Advice/Thankyou Card Table

I had each guest fill out a blank envelope for an easy thankyou card process for the mommy to be.

Also I numbered envelopes with cards in them to signify an age that baby chance will turn. The guests gave advice to either mommy or baby for the age on the envelope. Each year on his birthday it will be one of his birthday cards.

GAMES

We played guess the baby food...

in the end people started eating it to tell...

cheaters... just kidding.

LABELS

I love buttons... I labeled each food item so no guests wondered what they were eating and also directions for advice cards and the game!

It's a fun way to cutsie up the party!

PRIZES

I bought these cute jars after halloween and put a monkey picture on the top. They were filled with a stamp and ink pad and lots of candy!

FAVORS

Bottle boxes filled with blue and white candy

I love planning parties... I'm a little OCD, but I LOOOVE them!

I can't wait to meet baby Chance!

5 Days Until Christmas @ HOME!!!! wahoo!!!

Brad finished his finals... thank goodness I feel like I haven't spent time with him in ages! My christmas shopping is complete and I am so ready to go to boise and home! I want to put a preview of my plans for nessa's baby shower! I'm SUPER SUPER SUPER excited...

The theme is "WILD about Chance"...

Colors: Yellow, Green, and Blue

Picture the pretzel chocolate dessert with hugs insted of regular kisses.... wild=zebra stripes! Just a preview... I've been planning for months... It better be the place you are on Dec. 29! I found my dream home... or what I want to do to be able to have my dream home... I wish that we could bring row houses found in boston, philidelphia and other old towns to utah and arizona... I want the three story walk up with a full wall of exposed brick on each floor. I want to renovate the kitchen and put in brazilian teak floors and take advantage of the architectural details that the early 1900's homes have. The really don't make homes like they used to. ah... to own a home... what a dream of mine. i watch house hunters like everyday and wonder what our first home will be like and where it will be! i wonder how i will decorate it and make it a home. i want it to feel elegant and homey at the same time. i want it to be eclectic and fun and have furniture that i have refurbished, curtains and decor that i have made. i want to gut the old thing and make it my own. we'll see what happens. but i seriously can't wait. and the sad thing is that i have to wait... for like AT LEAST 5 years. bleh... why can't we just instantly have like 20 grand for a down payment.. it would be much easier to buy a home! check out this blog... http://www.thestoriesofa2z.com/ and her home... she has a link on the right side all the way down: Tour my home and renovating my twin. AMAZING!!! THIS IS WHAT I WANT.... arizona doesn't have this to offer... its too new here. :( so either a 3 story walk up like hers or...

a craftsman style bungalow... with built-ins galore!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE built-ins... I may have to move to California... hmmm.. is it worth it???

maybe... just maybe... well thats all i have folks... Merry Christmas!!!

Things on my mind...

...General Conference... I can't wait for the ensign to come out ...Blogging... I'm OBSESSED with crafty blogs right now.. some of my favorites... littlebirdiesecrets..homemadebyjill...latterdaychatter... and the website.. howdoesshe.com I want to be crafty. I strive to be like all of these women!!! Bradley said... one day you can be crafty because you will sit around at home all day... I CAN'T WAIT!!! A few projects I want to do... Make a quiet book... when i have kids.. Make a church ABC book.. as seen on latterdaychatter.. Revamp old furniture.. Make Nessa way cute stuff for baby chance... and everything else on all of those websites... ...NESSA'S Baby Shower in December!... I can't wait to host Nessa's shower... I am literally obsessed with it.. maybe too much according to brad. Bah I can't spoil anything on here but it is going to include lots of homemade things!-because its in December I have plenty of time! ...We are off to a birthday party... I need to post some recent pics! So I will do so later... because I will be blog stalking... :)