Elly's Baby Shower

Today was Elly's Baby Shower ....  yay!!!   I designed the invitation to match the "It's A Girl" announcement I did at the 20 Week Ultrasound when we found out it's a girl (which funny enough, was said again the last appointment when the Doc did a quick scan.)

I got decorations and such, and I got a "Baby Shower" banner.  I opened it up and - the banner didn't say ... BABY SHOWER .... it said "It's A Girl" ....

So started to decorate ...

The cake.....

The Favors....

Food

There was an event going on called "WALK IN HER SHOES" that the YMCA puts on to help raise funds for women and children who have gone through domestic abuse.  It consists of people walking around in high heels, and a lot of men will do it, and some will even dress up in dresses ....

These AMAZING cops did it too.... we were talking about their FAB-U-LISHIOUS shoes ...  determined they must have rescued them from the supply closet where they under cover hooker clothes are kept.   Regardless...  these cops ROCK!

Almost to the end!

 Not counting the kids there were about 10 people other than our family who showed up (about 4 other families)  Others were supposed to come too but we were really happy with the turn out and everyone had a GREAT time as far as I know :)

This is what we got them, from Nonna & Pappy, the Uncles & Alana, Jessa and Nana & Papa  (next 2 pictures)

This is from Shila's sister who couldn't make it.  We picked up the gift from her yesterday and Kaedyn and I wrapped it and she opened it at the shower :)

From Auntie Jenna and family

From Dawn and Family :)

This was from her friend Amber  (next 2 pictures)

From their friends Krystal and Jason and family

This was from Kale's Step Mom Cheri and sister Lexis and some other family members....  (next 3 pictures)

It was a great time!  I think everyone had fun.  We played four games.  One where there were 22 baby items on the tray.  Everyone got to look at it for awhile and then I covered it back up and everyone had to try to remember what was on it.  We played a nursery rhyme game where everyone had to try to finish nursery rhymes.  There was a Movie & TV one where you had to name names of like the Cosby kids, the Brady Bunch kids, the kids from Little House....  Simpsons, Jetsons, etc and so on.  And then we played Baby Bingo where everyone filled out their Bingo cards with gifts they thought Mom & Dad would receive and as Shila opened the gifts, they could cross that item off and if they got five in a row.... they got Bingo :)   Then we had a diaper raffle where for every package of diapers or wipes they'd get a raffle number and they won this little "Spa" type basket....

That wasn't as big of a hint as I hoped it would be......   Dawn ended up winning it and almost every game so she made out like a bandit!  LOL ...

The point was - the kids got stuf they really needed, they got some cute clothes for Elly and had a lot of fun.  So ..... I declare it a success!