Aly's Baby Shower

 My Best Friend from BYU Aly lives out here in DC with me... and we are pregnant together!! I'm about 2 1/2 months behind her and insisted that I was the one to throw her baby shower.  She is having a boy and I'm having a girl.. I'm sure they are destined to be soul mates hehe :)  Anyway Aly is doing a Beach theme in the baby's room so I thought I would match it with a fun beach shower!!   My wonderful cousin Monica made this cute sign which really tied the whole thing together.

 I will now take you on a tour of the table..  I made these little utensil holders out of real tiny starfish and scrapbook paper.

  The delicious Cinnamon rolls were made my Aly's cousin Seabreeze

 We also had Blueberry yogurt parfait cups that were fun to make... a first for me!

 One of Aly's traditions is to have Angel food cake for birthday's so I made little angel food cake cupcakes with home made raspberry jam in the middle and topped with a sweet glaze. I'll post the recipe later :)

 Fresh Lemon & Orange Italian soda with some chocolate covered strawberries.

 To top it all off was a delicious sausage & spinach quiche.  YUM!!

 The layout was so big I couldn't get a pic of the table straight on but I think this does the feast justice :)  We all had a great time!!

 Money basket & Party Favor's table. 

 I found these silver starfish charms on etsy and thought they would be the perfect party favor to thank everyone for coming. 

Love this girl!!

Seabreeze playing the game The Price is Right!! I stole my game ideas from a baby shower I recently went to for a friend in my ward and thought they would be perfect for Aly. 

The other game we played I had called Aly's mom to find out how she was as a baby so later she could compare with Maddox :)  I can't find a copy of the questionnaire but it was a fun one to see how Aly is just as social and fun to be around today as she was as a child :)

Then it was time for gifts!! I think little boy clothes are just so dang adorable!! How fun!!

Aly +  Seabreeze

Jenny was nice enough to let us use her home... and wow was there were a house full of women... too bad I didn't get pics of everyone together.

The preggo girls!!  I hate that I'm the type of person that gains weight in my face!! blah!!  I've only gained a few pounds so far and I swear at least 3lbs are in my cheeks!! haha

Karissa on the left used to be my sweet Visiting Teacher/Friend and then she moved from Virginia to Maryland and is now in Aly's ward! It was so fun to see her!!  She was a sweet heart during all my fertility drama and is such a fun person to be around. Also just found out that her husband is bff's with my brother-in-law's brother! Small world!

Aly & Michelle.. they are across the way neighbors and have become good friends out here as well.

Overall I had a great time throwing Aly's shower and am so SAD that she's moving in a couple weeks!!! I can't believe how blessed I've been to have her out here for the past 2 years.  Hopefully I can make the trip up to Connecticut to see her, baby, & Andrew often!

Random fact.,... Aly + I met in 2000 during my first year at BYU when we were put together as apartment roomies along with 4 other girls.. I have since stayed in contact with all those girls and love them all dearly!!