Baby Shower!

Today my friend Liesl and I hostess-ed :-) a baby shower! We had it at our place, for a friend of ours, Carol who's having her baby boy in about a month. The preparation was so FUN - I loved thinking about details and how things would look, work, flow, etc! It turned out wonderful. Here's a quick journal of the afternoon:
Safety-pins decorated for the buzz-word game~
The "cake" table. :) A diaper cake on the right and cake pops on the left. Carol's nursery theme is safari, so we tried to stick with that a bit throughout the party~ (Never-mind the drywall mud and tape in the background!)
A side view of the cake table presentation~
Gifts for the game winners~
Cake Pops! By far these were the hardest, most time-consuming, but most FUN part of the preparation! Liesl came to our house Friday afternoon to start the rolling, balling, refrigerating and dipping. I joined her after work and we decorated together!
Lions, Tigers and Bears, OH MY! :)
Sunflowers to brighten the table~
...What's a party without food?! We had a lovely spread... once I got over my fears of not having enough food I was able to enjoy it a bit too. :-)
Liesl's ever-famous Quinoa salad... my favorite!
Meat, cheese & olive skewers ~
Veggies~
Fruit~ (A ripe watermelon in the winter...? YEP! Score!)
Sweet A.S. and her baby~
J.N.
S., R., and E.
J. & J.T
S.K & B.L.
M.D. and R.L. - sorry I caught you with your mouths full... it's the only photo I have tho!
A.V.
K.V.
The lady of the hour!! Carol playing the game "What's that smell?"
A.V. and Liesl. :)

Liesl and I~
Sweet little K.
L.L. and the momma-to-be~
H.R.
We had a lovely afternoon... fun games, friends and lots of presents for the new baby.
Congrats Carol and James ~ we wish you and baby boy F. all the best!