Nyquist

Ian and I are so lucky! My roommates from college, Brandi, Jen, Maile & Mandi, otherwise known as the "Mill St. Girls", threw us an amazing couples cocktail party/baby shower last weekend. The party was at Mandi's parent's house (amazing people who are like second parents to me) and it was a great time.

The invite list consisted of couples that were friends of both Ian and I and the theme was "Vegas Baby". Basically the girls think we're "risk takers" for having a baby! All of the food and drink had cute Vegas or Baby related names and everything, as usual, was really yummy. They also created this great board where all of the guests could guess the due date, weight, height and name of the baby. And they had a "time capsul" for the baby where there were cards with words of current items/events/etc. and guests could write a description (usually a funny one) of what the word meant.

It was a late night but well worth it and great fun to see everyone. I don't have any photos, but if I can get some from some the girls who had cameras I'll post them.

~ Christina

My very sweet and generous sister Lissa threw me an amazing baby shower at Lisa's Tea Treasures last weekend. There were about 15 guests at the shower, consisting of many of my female friends and family. Lissa did a great job keeping everyone entertained and the shower moving along.


Once most people had arrived we all took our seats at two tables and were served the cutest tea sandwiches and two varieties of tea. While we ate Lissa came around with a board she had made that had photos of several babies on it. Everyone was given a sheet and they were supposed to try and match a list of names with the correct baby photo. Some of the photos were of shower guests and some were of celebrities. It was fun!

We also played a game where Lissa gave everyone some yarn and they were asked to cut it when they thought it measured my new belly circumference. I then went around and tried each piece of yarn around my waist so we could see who was the closest. Of course my knitting-designer friend Tina got it right (she does measure out yarn all day long!).


After we finished our tea and sandwiches Lissa had me move to the front of the room to open gifts. Between each gift she gave an answer to the baby photo game. One gift I knew about beforehand was a beautiful baby blanked Lissa had knit for the little guy.

After the gifts were done it was time for us to leave. Lissa had made adorable mint favors and her sister-in-law Heather had made yummy tea cookie favors.

All-in-all it was a great shower and I feel so lucky to have so many generous and kind friends and family.

~ Christina