Jungle Baby Shower

Yesterday afternoon, my wonderful sister-in-law to be, Amanda and cousin Jake threw a beautiful and fun shower for Baby K and me. I'll give you a recap of the fun we had:

Everyone wrote down "wishes" they had for Baby K. They received a leaf with prompts on them. For example: I hope you learn:______ I hope you grow______ I hope you become_________. There were about 7 or 8 prompts to fill in. They then hung the wishes on some branches. I put them right in the baby book! So sweet to read what everyone wrote.

Next, people could guess when the baby was going to be born, girl/boy, weight, length, eye color and time. We'll see if anyone gets it right!

We played Jungle Baby Shower Bingo. Jill and Mindy tied!

Then everyone had to guess how big my belly was by taking the amount of yarn they thought would fit around me. It was quite interesting to see how close or far off people were. Grandma Jayne was SO close, but Laura beat her by guessing the exact size of my belly.

We had DELICIOUS snacks: Reuben dip, cheese/tomatoes, veggies, zebra cakes, pretzels with almond bark, oreos.....and to end the affair, a delicious zebra ice cream sandwich cake! SO good!

I opened so many wonderful and thoughtful gifts for Baby K. Among the gifts we got: sheets, mattress pad, clothes, stuffed toys, bath center, stroller, pack 'n play, bouncer seat, gift card....

Thanks Amanda and Jacque for a wonderful afternoon!

Thanks to Laur (and I know many others had cameras too), I have some pictures to share from the big day:

Here's Natalie measuring "the belly"

Opening presents

My mom found this adorable bib. I think we'll keep it in the baby bag so the baby can wear it when we're at a Grandma's house. 

The diaper cake Amanda made for us!

Yummy zebra cake!

 It wouldn't be a proper gathering without an elbow train!