A Seersucker and Burlap Themed Baby Shower

This shower has been a long time coming.  I would say I've been planning for two months, but, honestly, the excitement has been building for years.  Ever since I knew my sweet friend Karen wanted to have another baby.  Her daughter, Emma, is almost five, and she is, by far, the coolest, most hilarious five year-old I have ever met.  She's seriously the best, and her "Auntie Suzanne" is completely obsessed with her.  I fully expect baby Jake to be no different, and I can't wait until July rolls around.  I want to smother him with hugs and kisses.  Okay, enough mushy stuff...let's get to the pictures.

Disclaimer:  I can't claim full credit for this shower.  I hosted along with two other lovely ladies that I grew up with in church.  I hadn't spent time with them in a while, so it was nice to share hosting duties.

Seersucker and Burlap

Sweet Emma and her Grandma

Olivia, Mom, and Nicole

Me, Mom, and Nicole

Three Generations:  My sister, my Mom, and my Grandma

"Kiddie" Table

How cute are these cookies??

Instead of playing games, we left these "Wishes for Baby" cards on the tables, along with pens, that the guests could fill out while they were sitting around.  I'm going to put all of the cards in a photo album and journal the gifts that each guest purchased off to the side of the card.  

Also, you may be wondering why I don't have any pictures of Karen posted.  Well, one of the other hostesses brought her camera, as well, and took a ton of group and candid shots of Karen throughout the shower.  I didn't want to bombard her, so I figured I would just steal a few of those photos once she had them posted.  I hoped she would put them up before this post, so that I could share them.  Unfortunately, that didn't happen.  Boo!

 These are a few of the things I got for Karen and baby Jake.  I painted the sign to hang in his nursery (it matches his bedding).  I can't wait to see how she decorates when everything is finally in place.

 This shower was SO MUCH FUN!  I can't wait until another friend is preggo, so that I can do it all over again!

Trips Down 30A

I'm always torn on the weekends between my love of sleep and my desire to get out and have some fun.  This weekend was not a sleeping weekend, which is all well and good, since spring break is only a week away, and I know I'll get plenty caught up then.  Fingers crossed...

With my little sis in town this weekend, my family decided to load up the bikes on Saturday morning and head over to Seaside/Watercolor to do a little scenic riding.  If you've never heard of Seaside before, you don't know what you're missing.  It's funny because I've lived about 45 minutes away from there my whole life but never knew how popular it really was until the past few years.  Since I started blogging, I've found post after post from others sharing about their love for Seaside, and it just really hit me that it's a paradise destination for so many people, and I'm blessed enough to go whenever I want!  The older I get, the more and more I appreciate where I'm from.  I never did growing up, but I'm glad it's finally sinking in now.  Maturity?  Yikes!  That's a scary thought...

Anywho, we all loaded up and headed there bright and early (and by bright and early, I mean 10:30).  By the time we got there, it was time to eat, so we tried out The Great Southern Cafe.  Holy moly.  It was uhh-mazing.  Seriously, so good.  I had the Grits A Ya Ya, which is basically gouda cheese grits with shrimp, shallots, mushroom cream sauce, and sweet potato straws.  It's the house specialty, and it did not disappoint.

Ok, I'll shut up and just let the pictures do the talking...

GRITS A YA YA

SEASIDE BALCONY VIEW

RIDING THROUGH SEASIDE

BIKE TRAIL IN WATERCOLOR

GELATO BACK IN SEASIDE

FYI, we did most of our actual riding in Watercolor, where there were awesome bikes paths and less traffic.  Seaside is a great place to bike, too, but we pretty much fell in love with biking in Watercolor.  So much fun!


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