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Hometown Baby Shower

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Last Saturday I had my first baby shower, which was hosted by my mom, aunt, cousin, and best friend in my hometown in Northern Indiana. It was a wonderful shower. I loved seeing and catching up with everyone who came– some of whom I hadn’t seen since our wedding in 2011.

The baby shower was held at the same location as my bridal shower over 3 years ago. The location, called The Old Republic, is basically the icon of my small hometown. Built in 1861, it’s now a bed & breakfast and is used for events, but it used to be a family home, and once was separated into apartments. My dad actually lived in one of the apartments with his family when he was a teenager.

baby shower 3

As you can see, you don’t need many decorations because the house is pretty amply decorated on its own.

The guests chatted, ate, and played a couple games in this room. I opened presents in the adjoining room.

baby shower 2

baby shower 1

I know etiquette-wise the guest of honor isn’t supposed to be involved with her own shower, but I helped out with some of the shower.

I haven’t touched on it on the blog, but my stepdad has been battling some serious health issues this past year, and it’s been tough on everyone, especially my mom– his primary caregiver. So I did what I could do to take some of the stress off of her, like having my pal Erin design the invitations, and I printed and mailed off the invitations. Good news about my stepdad is that he’s doing a lot better now and will hopefully be well enough to go back to work in a couple months.

I also helped my mom with the centerpieces for the shower. Like with my bridal shower, we also used the centerpieces as the guests’ favors. At the end of the shower, each guest was able to take a jar with flowers home with them as a thank you. Double duty, people.

baby shower centerpieces

My mom bought blue pint-sized Ball mason jars (from Amazon) and different varieties of mum bouquets (from Sam’s Club). The night before my shower, I helped her cut and arrange the flowers. We did the math and each centerpiece cost around $2.80. Not too bad, eh?

baby shower centerpiece

We had extra mums so we put them in a vase and used it as additional decoration on the mantel.

My best friend, Natalie, was in charge of games. One of games involved this banner with a bunch of baby stuff pinned to it. She left it up during the first part of the shower, not drawing attention to it, and then took it down. Later on, she announced that people had 5 minutes to list everything on the banner. Tricky, tricky.

baby shower mantel

My cousin made this amazing baby buggy fruit salad. I definitely think she should quit her corporate job and go into business for herself making and selling these.

baby shower fruit salad buggy

My mom made my grandma’s sherbet punch. I added the ducks for flare.

baby shower punch

The cake was amazing– half chocolate/half white with strawberry filling.

baby shower duck cake

Here’s a grainy cellphone photo of my swollen self with the cake.

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All in all, it was a lovely shower. The nugget and I were showered with lots of gifts. And everyone seemed to have a great time.

Hometown Baby Shower

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  1. ClassyFabSarah says

    June 16, 2014 at 7:10 AM

    Yay for a beautiful shower!! I didn’t realize you were from way up North!! Love the gorgeous location, so pretty!

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  2. Leslie says

    June 16, 2014 at 8:53 AM

    What a cute place to have it. I love your dress! Aww, congrats on the little guy. That fruit carriage is so awesome! I hope you have a great Monday!

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  3. Nichole says

    June 16, 2014 at 9:03 AM

    Looks like a wonderful shower! And $1.80/centerpiece and favor is pretty awesome 🙂

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  4. P.Mary says

    June 16, 2014 at 9:08 AM

    Que bien, que bonito fue todo…..imagino. bsos

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  5. Janet says

    June 16, 2014 at 9:10 AM

    Such a nice and sweet shower. Love the idea of the centerpieces as favors. Thanks for sharing a bit of the fun 🙂

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  6. Mandy @ This Girl's Life says

    June 16, 2014 at 9:18 AM

    What a beautiful shower Chelsea! And you can’t beat flowers in a mason jar. Just perfect. 🙂 You’re getting so close and I think you look great in the photo!

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  7. Sara says

    June 16, 2014 at 9:18 AM

    I love the centerpiece idea! It looks like you had an amazing day. Thank You for sharing.

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  8. Katie says

    June 16, 2014 at 9:25 AM

    Lovely shower! I really love the idea of giving away the flower centerpieces as favors! Also…that tricky game is a good one!!

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  9. [email protected] says

    June 16, 2014 at 10:02 AM

    Excellent baby shower location! Looks like a fab time! 🙂

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  10. Jess @ Little House. Big Heart. says

    June 16, 2014 at 10:44 AM

    What a fun shower! I love the banner game idea!

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  11. [email protected] Stirring Place says

    June 16, 2014 at 12:05 PM

    what a sweet day. i love me some mason jar double duty. you look great too btw. enjoy all that love and sleep as much as you can. I know that’s totally unsolicited and everyone probably tells you that, but for reals. our little man is almost 7 months old and JUST started sleeping all the way through the night. I’ve never been so happy to sleep six consecutive hours in my life.

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  12. [email protected] says

    June 16, 2014 at 2:28 PM

    Looks like a lovely shower! So cool to have it in the same place you had your bridal shower!

    Glad your stepdad is doing better! Health scares are no fun!

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  13. T Taylor says

    June 16, 2014 at 9:13 PM

    Your shower looks like a lot of fun.
    So crazy, too, that your hometown is only about 20 minutes from where I live in Northern Indiana.

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  14. Joanne Boulter says

    June 16, 2014 at 10:06 PM

    So happy for you. I just had my 11th grand child last week!

    It’s so LOVERLY! Jo from Anne’s Attic – Design http://fulcolbaxia.wordpress.com

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  15. Shirley Lupton says

    June 17, 2014 at 2:11 AM

    Great shower. I know everyone had a great time.

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  16. weetheart wedding dresses says

    July 10, 2014 at 1:27 AM

    Sharing some thing is better than keeping up-to our self, thus the YouTube video that is posted here I am going to share by means of my relatives and friends.

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