Baby Shower!

What a fun weekend we had!! It started with a fun girls' movie night for me on Thursday. Then on Friday we helped host a baby shower for Mamtha and Anu at Julie and Lance's house. The theme was "Drinks and Desserts" and I must say it was a hit! Everyone had a great time showering baby Gandhi with love and presents!

Chocolate fountain station. The potato chips were the biggest hit!

Julie did the lovely flower arrangements in mason jars.
I found the invitations at tinyprints.

This was their guest book. We all signed it for baby Gandhi!

My assistant Rachel made these fabulous custom cookies.

Julie had these for the drinks

Baby blue cocktail I adapted from a recipe I saw on Pinterest. The only problem was I mixed it by color and not alcohol content. By the end of the night, people were asking "what was in that blue drink??" Oops. 

Farrah's cupcake tower

Dessert table

Weren't the lanterns adorable?

Baby Gandhi and his cookie

The boys really enjoyed the frosty mugs!

The hostesses: Claire, Shannon, Mamatha (mommy to be) Farrah, Julie, and me.
Notice the lights in the trees--Julie thought of everything!

On Saturday I had a work day for Gadsden Service Guild and Forrest worked outside in the yard ALL DAY despite the heat! That evening we went to dinner with our Young Marrieds group from church and then to see our friends Daniel and Jay play at TuKanoos downtown. It was a really fun night filled with friends (and lots of dancing)!

Me, Emily, Michelle, and Jenna

On Sunday I was exhausted so I watched Downton Abbey ALL afternoon (omg I am obsessed with that show--how am I supposed to wait until next year to find out what happens?) while Forrest did some more work in the yard. He has our patio looking very pretty too! We are actually going this evening to get a few more things to liven it up, but here is a "in progress" pic.

Forrest planted the hosta yesterday as well as some other plants along the brick wall. He has the agapanthis plants on the deck as well as a new tree and a palm. We are going to find an outdoor rug, lounge chair, and umbrella later today! More pics to come!

We ended the weekend with dinner at my parents'. My mom and sister had been at the beach all week long so it was nice to get to catch up with them. Hope you all had a nice weekend and have some fun things to look forward to in the week ahead!

Baby Blue Punch

Blue Curacao
2 bottles Lemonade (I used the bottled kind from the grocery store--it is lighter in color--good for mixing)
Peach Schnapps

This is less a recipe and more a list of ingredients. I mixed according to color (oops) but it tasted delicious nonetheless! I did 2 bottles of lemonade, and then mixed in the alcohol. I used about 1/2 the bottle of blue curacao (the regular sized one) and just a little peach schnapps since it was all I had. Next time I will use more peach and less blue.