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About a month ago, I threw a minion themed baby shower for a friend of mine who was pregnant with a little boy they named Blayze.
On the night of July 12, they went into the hospital after contractions started to increase and labor was in full swing. After dropping my son off with my mom and the husband off at work, I picked up Del Taco and headed straight to the hospital to await this little man. Since Jessica had dilated to a 7 before I arrived, I thought for sure she'd give birth within a couple hours but after getting the epidural, it turned into a long night but a peaceful one for mommy to be.
Here is their story.

My baby shower for little Levi is just around the corner! (Where the heck did the time go?!) With the help of my mom and mother-in-love :), the invites were finally all put together and sent out, the cake has already been ordered, & the decor is well on it's way to being completed (although there is still lots to do!)
This morning at 4am, little man kept kicking me non-stop after I rolled over and apparently woke him up...so...he made a point to wake me up & he sure succeeded! Since then, I have been working on projects for the baby shower this morning and I wanted to share a sneak peek at some of the details!!

{Buttons & Bow Ties}

{Enjoy}

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Some of my favorite quotes from baby books, songs, and nursery rhymes when I was a little girl.
There will be one in each of the centerpieces at each table :)

Two adorable twin girls are on their way in the Chip family and as a part of their baby shower gift, I made a head band for each of them :)
I went and bought some pink, soft elastic from Joann's fabric store for the bands and sewed the ends together. Once I was done, I used hot pink daisies for each flower and to make each one unique, I used two different floral fabrics as well as two different buttons for the center of each--One green & one yellow. Then I sewed each flower to the elastic bands & --Viola! A cute little hairpiece for two tiny beauties due at the end of September :D

{I can't wait to meet little Madison & Macie}

A couple days ago, I went into an antique shop with hopes of finding some good stuff for a couple different events and the very first item I saw was the old brown suitcase I had on my list! I was super excited and this morning, I started the project I had in mind for it!
At the end of September, we are having my baby shower which I am helping out with because I can't resist! :) The suitcase will be a part of a display I am putting together and I finished the bunting for it today. The idea of the suitcase will be to display some of little Levi's baby items as well as some ultrasound pictures in a super cute way :)

Here's the bunting I created this morning and some of the steps so that you can create your own!

I started by cutting little triangles out of a blue polka dotted fabric of my choice & grabbed some brown twine & small clothes pins (which will be used to hang pictures with)


Next, I gathered paint (I used a tan color to match the color scheme) & a paint brush (the smaller brush head, the better because it will be easier to paint letters with).


Once I had my paint & paint brush, I painted a letter on each triangle of fabric to spell out "Baby Levi" & started to glue the very tops of each triangle(about 2 cm down from the top) to the twine leaving a little bit of space between each triangle letter. I start first with the word "Baby" and then cut a seperate piece of twine for our baby's name, "Levi."


Once each letter is glued at the very top, fold over the excess fabric so it wraps around the twine and glue the top seem again to cover the twine.



Once all the the letters are glued around the twine, just cut off extra fabric sticking out from the top and you are done with your bunting for a cute banner display! :)



The bunting I made will hang from the top of the open suitcase and will have photos and memorabilia clipped onto the banner as well using small clothes pins. The inside of the suitcase will have a baby blanket, a little teddy bear, tiny baby clothes, and anything else I can think of :) This will be next to "Levi's Adventure Book" (inspired by the movie UP) which will serve as a way for guests to write him little messages as well as a photo album! :D


Lots more projects to complete for the shower but I'm having fun with each of them!! I can't wait for our little man to arrive :)