My baby shower was the weekend before last. My aunty and cousin flew up from Adelaide for it and the weather was just gorgeous!
It was a small shower, about 14 people and a few kids but a lovely relaxing day. I'd loosely chosen a nautical theme with navy blue chevron. We kept it pretty simple, my gorgeous sister in law organised cupcakes that had little sail boats, onesies and ducks on them. I made some truffles and did a veggie platter and chips and salsa. Hubby and his friend (the husband of one of my friends) were in charge of the barbecues and did hamburgers and sausages. I also had a bit of a blue themed lolly buffet so there were plenty of sweets!
I didn't stick to traditional games. I had a guess the jelly babies in the jar (which my aunty won) decorate a onesie or bib and message in a bottle (wishes for baby). Some of the answers to the wishes for baby were so special and made me cry. I'm glad we waited until that night otherwise I would've been a sobbing mess. And a few answers made me laugh until I cried.
Our friends and family were so generous. Baby boy is pretty much set for clothes for the first six months of his life. I was also given a nursing pillow, bouncer, cot sheets, wipes, a nappy bin and my cousin's grandma knitted baby some little white booties.
But it wasn't without a few dramas. We were late to get to the park and while I was setting up I put my phone down and completely forgot to take any photos all day. I have a few photos my friends and family took, but they're not the shots I wanted to get.
And then there was the family drama. My husbands sister didn't turn up. She didn't even text or call to say she couldn't make it, either. I was really hurt by that. A few years ago she lived with us, she put my name forward at the school she works at for contracts and casual teaching jobs and I was working with her while going through the first IUI and the first few weeks of my pregnancy when I was really worried my HCG numbers. I just thought we were closer than this. She looks after our niece and is so involved in our nieces life, it just hurt and disappointed me.
The age gap between baby boy and niece will be 9 months. It just brought back all those horrible feelings from when we were struggling and then found out that my brother in law and his gf were pregnant. And how much I wanted our baby to be my mother in laws first grandchild but isn't.
I would love to say something to my sister in law about it, but I know it would hurt my mother in law so I won't.
Now we've had the baby shower and have been thoroughly spoilt with baby gifts, we've started to buy the last few things on our list. This weekend we went out and bought the cot bedding set for baby. I've spent months searching for the perfect, but affordable, bedding set. I stumbled across one online but had to see it in person first. It's a reversible set with a navy blue background and white triangles on one side, and the other side has a geometric pattern blue, yellow, green and white triangles.
I was really after something I could mix and match sheets and colours with. And I didn't want a pastel or pale coloured set. Baby's cot and change table is white and bookcase is a pale birch colour, I wanted a burst of bright colours to break up the pale furniture.
We also got the matching lamp (a complete splurge!) and sheets for the bassinet. I still need to get some wraps and swaddles, mittens, a baby first aid kit and some nursing singlets and underwear for me. Then we're done! Oh, and hubby needs to paint the trim and door on the nursery!
Things are all starting to come together!
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