My best friend, Amy, is due to have her second baby in 5 1/2 weeks. This morning we (Brenda, Laurie and Rosa) hosted a Bloomin' Baby Brunch for her. It was so special. The colors were blue, white and green and we chose a little garden theme - "A Baby is Blooming". Since it was brunch, we served yummy breakfast caseroles, sausage balls, cinnamon rolls, waffles, mini bagels and fresh fruit. There was plenty of juice and coffee as well. Laurie planned some really funny games where we had to pass a pacifier with drinking straws, play hot potato with a "dirty" diaper and who can drink from a baby bottle the fastest. We also put a small clothespin on each guest as they came in. If they were caught saying the word "baby", someone could take their clip. Whoever had the most clips at the end of the shower, won. Our friend, Rennee, was quite the observant one and gathered most of everyone's clips. I lost mine within the first 5 seconds - for some reason, "baby" came right out. The prizes were pretty potted plants - Texas Bluebonnets, white Petunias and yellow Marigolds.
The pictures above are the cakes we served and the favors we gave out. The cupcakes are chocolate with dark chocolate almond buttercream. I sprinkled them with cupcake crumbs to resemble the dirt. The flowers were handmade (by me) with gumpaste - they took forever...but Amy is worth it. The cupcakes fit perfectly in these little pots. I borrowed my friend, Kristin's, cupcake stand. Aren't these little pots perfect in that "plant" stand. The favors we gave away were little seed packets. If you pull up on the ribbon, the seed packet slides out. We encouraged the guests to take home their empty flower pot and plant these seeds. As they grow, so will Amy's baby and we'll think of him everytime we see those pretty flowers.
Now...if only Brett and Amy could come up with a name??? They just can't quite decide! Okay..that's it for now. I had a great nap this afternoon and now we're headed to some friends for a crawfish boil. Yum!!
