Tori’s Baby Shower and Dedication was last Sunday. I had already decided that we would wait on a baby shower until after we had a baby in our home due to the fragility of adoption situations – didn’t want to have the shower while I was “pregnant” and then not end up bringing baby home. That would be too hard. I didn’t intend though to wait until she was TWO months old before celebrating her…such is the way with premature babies though. Been there done that. 🙂 We are so happy to be back out in the world with her now and she has still remained very healthy and happy. Yeah.

Jodi is my co-chair for our Celebration Committee at Church and she insisted on chairing my shower even though she knew she would be days away from delivery. I thought this a bad idea for her sake but was grateful none the less. She did such an amazing job. She is very creative and this committee has been a great outlet for her creative energy. She was responsible for our Christmas party this last year and we were all so impressed with her talent. (She had to take the glue gun away from me though – I was only trying to help! I have no idea why I wasn’t arranging the garland good or why my candies kept sliding off the sugar tree!) Think I need to stick to photography and ribbon bows LOL. That is about the only glue project I can manage thus far.

Here is a little running commentary on the picture above. (And yes I realize you can’t read the writing on the picture above…that is for the purpose of the video thus the reason for my explanation below).

Because my nursery theme is pink and brown polka and stripes, Jodi chose that for the shower decor. Behind the “parent” table, the wall was striped with pink and brown crepe with a hanging umbrella. The parent table was covered in a pink cloth with brown polka dots painted on (Michelle and Jodi hand painted it). The center pieces were those pretty pink flowers in ivy bowls with tooling. On the right you will notice a ribbon ball. Jodi made a ribbon topiary for Tori’s room and it was decorating the gifts table. Isn’t that cool? I L O V E D it! In fact, I am trying to coerce her into making smaller size ribbon balls for Tori’s mobile and fan pulls. She is a little busy at the moment but I am still hoping. 🙂 She also made that pink name plate for Tori’s room. In the picture you will also notice an ivy bowl with brown and pink polka dots. 🙂 These were chocolate and strawberry malt balls. I thought that was so cute I bought a big vase and filled it for Tori’s room. Hoping they will last quite some time – if I stop eating them when I go in there LOL. In the background, there is a mini donut bouquet. Adorable or what? The kids loved that. (Stephanie – Jodi said this was your suggestion – very cute and smart!) Lasagna, breadsticks and salad was served and cheesecake for dessert. Thank you to all my friends and family who helped put the shower together. It was beautiful.

Here are some shower gifts spread out in Tori’s room.

See the bracelet? My brother Dusty designed and made that for Tori. Isn’t that special? He is a jeweler and very talented at this trade. He engraved her name on it as well. I love bracelets on little girls. (Speaking of jewelry, did you know that if you decide you want your gold wedding ring to be silver, you can just have it dipped? Dusty recently dipped my rings for me and I like them much better silver).

Sweetie bought that brown and pink polka dress for Tori and I am thinking I might actually hang that on her wall (when she isn’t wearing it) :).

The Dedication was also beautiful. Papa was holding Tori but she kept her eyes on mama the whole time…until Papa prayed. Then she was smiling at him the whole time. And now you want to know how I would know that…because I was peeking at her – couldn’t help it. 🙂