This past Saturday, I threw a baby shower for my former BYU roommate, Kimberly Bennett. She's having a boy, and is actually due this Saturday! She's only about 5'2", and looked absolutely adorable with her beach ball belly!
She invited about twenty people, and seven showed up besides her and me. It was nice and informal, though. I had planned a few games to play, but sensed that everyone just wanted to sit around, eat food, and talk, so we ended up playing only one game. That was fine with me; I'm not a huge fan of showers that are dominated by pointless games anyway. The one game we did play was pretty funny, though. I bought six jars of baby food, and had sets of two jars be similar colors (peas and beans, etc.). I removed the labels (and saved them so I would know what the flavors were), and had everyone try to guess what the baby food was. I was going to make people eat it to try to guess, but I don't have any use for six opened jars of baby food, and I wanted to give it to Kim.
For food, I made couscous salad with toasted almonds, craisins, and apples, and toasted poundcake with citrus cream. The latter dish was a great hit; I think everyone ate at least two pieces each. I don't blame them - the pound cake was good, but the citrus cream was A-MAZING! I've been baking all sorts of random things since Saturday just so I can put the citrus cream on them!
Kim got all sorts of adorable outfits for her little boy. The shower was not Halloween-themed, but several of them resembled costumes. She got an aviator-style outfit, a sheriff outfit, a snuggly little brown bear outfit, and (my personal favorite), a onesy covered in dinosaur print, complete with a dinosaur bib and socks resembling dinosaur feet.
After everyone else had left, Kim and Carson, another former roommate, and I just sat around and got to talk, which was nice. Carson recently got married at the end of July, I just graduated from BYU, and Kim's having a baby, so we had a lot to talk about and catch up on. All in all, I think the shower was a success, and I can't wait to see pictures of the new little Bennett!
Rach-sounds like the shower was a huge success! I wish I could have been there! I still can't believe that we are all married and that Kim is having a BABY!! (Better her than me...hahaha) I still think about our lovely afternoons where straightening our hair seemed immensely more important than going to class! :) It's fun to keep in touch through the blogging world.
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