New Beginings

It's been over a week and I can't stop being completely amazed and feeling so blessed by the birth of our son.  We welcomed Nehvin into our lives on March 3rd, and it's been the best adventure the Mister and I could have ever imagined.  For someone so small, our little man has such a big personality and appetite.  As you could imagine our days are full of feedings, diaper changes, and naps, but I'll be blogging, though with less frequency as we adjust to life as a family of 3!

Dream Big Dreams Baby Shower

I love the muted colors, sky and sunset, of this Dream Big Dreams baby shower.  It gives off a peaceful and dreamy ambiance, full of enchantment.  With hot air balloon accents,  gorgeous draping, suspended lanterns, and thoughtful herbs &  floral centerpieces, their church basement went from drab to fab.  Proving that you can have a beautiful event on a small budget, and in any venue.  Happy Thursday!

{photos via On To Baby}

Vintage Paper Plane Birthday Party

I love this cleaver and adorable paper plane birthday party!  I can't get enough of the vintage twist, with muted navy and red color palette, and adorable details.  The test flight zone is so smart, and a great way to entertain the kiddos, while the in flight refreshments will keep the adults happy.  And I love the use of galvanized tubs, silver accents, vintage crates and baskets, and mini suitcases throughout the party.

{photos via Hostess Blog}

Moustach Bash 1st Birthday

Love this moustache bash first birthday party.  From the chevron to the blue & green color palette, to the fabulous cake,  to the wet your whiskers beverage station, and to the little bow ties and moustaches adorning everything, I'm loving all the great details.  The chalkboard sign is fabulous, love how it displays all his favorites, and is so trendy.  And how dapper and adorable is the birthday boy!

{photos via Kara's Party Ideas}

Nautical Navy & Yellow Baby Shower

Today I'm sharing the insanely gorgeous nautical themed shower that our friends and family threw us.  From the lovely party decor to the delicious dessert table, there were so many beautiful details.  I adored all the rustic nautical elements, with touches of blue glass, and  sea-worthy phrases.  Guests were encouraged to leave little notes to B (aka baby) on sand dollar shells, which I can't wait to frame in a shadow box for the nursery. 

 

The stunning cake was a combination of strawberry shortcake and red velvet, which happens to be mine and the Mister's favorites.

The desert table was completed with delicious cake pops, amazing shortbread anchor cookies, brownies, and lollipops.  The girls even put together a "cravings station" with all my favorites: SourPatch Kids, Jolly Ranchers, Twizzlers & Yan Yans!

The favors were Nutella stuffed, sea-salt, and brown butter chocolate chip cookies that I baked the night before.  We found those gorgeous navy stripped paper bags on Etsy, and tied everything together with red and white bakers twine and added a thank you label.

The signature drink featured cotton candy and champagne or sprite, with an added Swedish Fish for fun.

{with our lovely shower hostess!}



Games: They went around with a ball of yarn, that guests could guesstimate the size of my belly by cutting the yarn at their desired length.  We also played the "my water broke" game, that had mini babies frozen in ice cubes, whose ever baby floated up to the top first won.  And the last game guest played, involved guessing which baby (myself or the Mister) was responsible for various behaviors/mannerisms.

 

Baby, It's Cold Outside Baby Shower

I love this bundle up baby, it's cold outside baby shower theme.  The cozy color pallet of blue, yellow, and green are great for a gender neutral shower.  And all the textures from the yarn balls, to the wood pieces, to the fuzzy cotton robe and onesies, really bring together the winter woodland theme. Playing off the bundled up baby, the shower featured woodland creatures in cute sweaters, stork bundled boxed lunches, and the party favors which were bundled socks.  Instead of a dessert bar, this shower featured a hot cocoa bar, perfect for the season, with all the fixings you'd need.  You can download all the printables free till the end of the month from Huggies & Hostess with the Mostess, here.

{photos via Hostess Blog}

Gender Reveal

We are expecting our first baby this March.  So when it came to our gender reveal we knew we wanted to incorporate a March Madness theme.  At our 5 month ultrasound, we had our doctor circle lil' sir or lil' miss on a piece of paper, and didn't peak for 3 weeks, yes I'm very proud of us.  We incorporated the March Madness theme by having our friends and family fill out March madness style brackets to guess the baby's due date and gender.  And to help them out we used gender predicting old wives tales, which was one of my favorite DIY elements of our gender reveal.  Our friends and family even had name tags and fake mustaches to show their team lil' sir or lil' miss spirit.  The Mister and I took sides as well, I was team lil' miss and the Mister was team lil' sir.  

The water bottles read: Baby Mogill-Patel {Diaper duty starts March 2013}.  Our favors were boxes filled with things I was craving: homemade chocolate chip cookies, Sour Patch kids, hot cocoa mix, and Jolly Ranchers.  My other favorite DIY project were the clothes pins that I painted either pink or blue and used as sign holders.

The dessert table was pretty minimal as most of our friends lack a sweet tooth.  We had rice krispy treats with pink or blue M&Ms, puppy chow, Teddy Grams, and cupcakes.

When it was time to find out if we were having a lil' sir or a lil' miss we had our siblings look at  the envelop with the piece of paper our doctor filled out.  They then hung the corresponding banner with a onesie (either a pink or blue basketball) that I designed, behind a wall of balloons. 

And for the moment of truth... turns out team lil' miss lost, we are expecting a boy this March.  Although according to our doctor, there is a 10% chance we could end up with a baby girl.