Seeing as how this was my first time to hostess a baby shower, I really wanted it to turn out well. I decided to make it a couples shower so Mason could be involved, and I thought it would make it more interesting. We had drinks and dessert and played a few games. I was really proud of the games I came up with because they seemed like fun ways to keep both men and women entertained.
For the first game, we blindfolded Mason and made him try to identify 4 different types of baby food. I tried to be nice, by picking reasonable flavors, but they were still pretty terrible tasting according to Mason. He was 3 of 4, the only one he missed was Mac and Cheese.
As a reward for playing along with the first game, the second game involved trying to drink an entire beer out of a baby bottle. Mason had to compete against his brother, Rees, and JJ. The bottle lasted about 30 seconds before the boys took the tops off and just chugged the beers. So funny to watch!
For decorations, I tried to figure out something that I could put together ahead of time that would pack easily. I came up with what is probably the most creative thing I have ever come up with. If you can't tell, I am quite proud of myself. I had some help from Carla coming up with the logistics and the execution.
I bought a bunch of onesies, bibs, socks, burp clothes, and sleepers in fun colors and then took clothes line and wooden clothes pins and hung everything up around the room. That way, the decorations doubled as part of the gift! Look how resourceful I am!!
The shower was a success if I do say so myself, and I can't wait to meet the little one soon!
