KING OF THE JUNGLE SHOWER

I want to share a few pictures from my shower last weekend. I wish better pictures were taken of the details (I love all things detailed) but these must do. Overall the shower was great, we did have about 12 people who RSVP'd and did not show (nice..insert sarcasm). We didn't get a lot off our registry (only about 7 things). We also did a diaper raffle but the turn out wasn't great with that. I ended up getting a case of diapers and 6 jumbo packs of diapers. So that left me with a lot of things to get (basics and necessities), which I was thankfully able to purchase most of it with gift cards I received. I will say how grateful I am for the things we did get because it was more than what we started with.

 One word of advice for future mommies is to buy along the way. Please don't listen to people when they say "Wait for your baby shower" because you may end up disappointed and left having to buy lots of things in a short amount of time. I love deals so having to pay full price for things I need makes me cringe! Luckily whenever I saw an awesome deal I didn't pass it up and it worked out well because it was something I didn't receive at the shower anyways. Well here are the pics (I must stop now my carpal tunnel is acting up)

Hubs & I

Cake Table

MOH & Friend

Closeup of centerpieces

Opening Gifts

Fruit Table

Guests (don't ask why this is in b&w)

Closeup of belly!

Diaper Cake

Shower RSVP's

It's bringing back nightmares of the wedding! I thought I'd have a clean break from rsvp's since I'm not handling them but with my mother and I being so close she literally calls me every time someone rsvp. She's very excited about the shower (which I'm so grateful for) but she's never been to a baby shower besides her own and that was 24 years ago! Therefore she's a little out of the loop with things. Well the deadline to rsvp is Oct 27th but she's calling me asking why not a lot of people have confirmed. I told her some people like to wait until the last minute, some may not call at all etc. I said it was nothing we could really do until after the 27th to get a final headcount. She keeps asking me how to record the number coming, to decipher messages that aren't clear (which really are) and I honestly think she's thinking to much into things and making it more complicated. I just can't wait until all the guests are accounted for and this part of the shower is over. I just want to get to the cake and gifts!!!

How did your baby shower go? Where you involved with the planning (intentionally or not)?

Speaking of Clothes...

I plan on doing some posts about the wardrobe Gumdrop has acquired so far, and when I say wardrobe I mean it! This little man has quite a few outfits already and I just found out his sex back in July. I can't help it I have the first time mommy shopping addiction! I will say that most is brought on sale or for a REALLY REALLY great price. I've always prided myself for being a smart shopper because I know I love to shop and with hubby being the only one working I make sure to look for deals. Plus once I found I was pregnant I put away some money (when I was working) just for things I'd want to purchase for the baby.

I've kinda curved my shopping down until we have the shower because I'm sure he will get lots of clothes. However I must mention some advice I got about buying clothes for your child vs. waiting until he baby shower.

"Sometimes your tastes will not be the same as others, so if you decide to buy your child clothes or anything for that matter you can always exchange the gifts for something else". I heed that advice while still being appreciative of anything that anyone buys for our baby.

Here's two outfits I got over the weekend for him that were just too cute to pass up! If anyone has boys you know how much harder it is to shop for them compared to girls...but I try!

Sorry it's blurry I took the picture on my iphone.

 It says "Mom Says if you can read this change my diaper" ha! too cute!

I can't wait until he gets big enough to wear this one!