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Whitney’s Aqua and Coral Baby Shower

June 3, 2015 by Aliesha

I just love parties of any kind, but girly baby showers are one of my favorite things EVER! We celebrated our friend Whitney’s baby-to-be at a pretty aqua and coral baby shower earlier this week.

Katie and Kara did a wonderful job decorating and putting together some amazing details for the party! The tables were set with lovely linens, china, cloth napkins, fresh flowers, and cute milk bottles for glasses!

Kara made a sweet banner to hang over Katie’s chalkboard.

The food was delicious! We enjoyed chocolate fondue with lots of yummy dippers.

There was also an array of cheese and crackers.

These blackberry tartlets were so pretty! (Vanilla wafer + whipped cream cheese + ripe blackberry + a drizzle of honey)

I brought miniature lemon chess pies because anything “mini” is always cute! And what pregnant woman doesn’t like lemon?

Of course, we also had chocolate cupcakes! They were huge!

The gifts were so pretty and pink.

For our activities, Katie and Kara let us all make onesies for Whitney’s new baby!

We all cut out designs from fabric (to which Heat Bond had already been adhered) and then ironed the shapes onto the front of the onesies.

The other project was headband-making!

All of the onesies looked so cute up on display! Can you guess which one I made?

All of the girls who came:

I shared about this on Instagram, but these are my “bump friends” this pregnancy! Whitney, Kristen, and I are due within two weeks of each other, but depending on who goes early/late (I’ll be going late, haha!), we could have our babies in July, August, and September! They’re both having girls.

Thankful for the sweet conversations last night and for the blessing of Whitney’s new baby (and first girl)!

Wasn’t that DIY onesie idea cute? Definitely tucking that one away for future showers I may plan!

Memorial Day Porch Party

May 27, 2015 by Aliesha

On Monday we decided to invite a few people over for a Memorial Day cookout on our porch! We’d recently hung cafe lights and wanted to enjoy our outdoor space before it gets too hot this summer! We carried all our tables and chairs outside for this, but maybe in the future Tad can build us another table to stay outside permanently!

The kids (eight total) enjoyed playing with the sand box, swinging, running laps around the house, playing croquet, and just being silly.

We ate burgers and all the fixings, as well as chips, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, pasta salad, watermelon, brownies, and strawberry ice cream.

My friends are just stunning. For real!! I’m so blessed by their love for the Lord and their encouragement in motherhood!

We really hope we’ll get to use our porch for more gatherings like this in the future!

Cordelia Is Three! {And a Penguin Party!}

February 25, 2015 by Aliesha

On Saturday, we celebrated Cordelia’s third birthday! She requested a penguin party!

My mom made some adorable penguin bunting banners.

I made a coconut cake and decorated it with some cute penguins!

My talented friend Stuart made penguin and snowflake sugar cookies for the party!

If you’re local and want her contact info, I can put you in touch! I’m convinced she can make anything!

We were blessed to have our family come celebrate with us! Pops, MiMi, Grandanny, Grammy, Uncle Phillip, Uncle Nich, Uncle Jed, Aunt Angela, Brayden, Drew, and Haley all came to the party! Our table was as tightly packed as it can get, and we used every available chair in the house! I love having so many people in my dining room!