Showering Baby Quinn

Saturday morning, I hosted my first "grown-up" party for Jenny, future mommy-to-be, and baby Quinn, future buddy of William. I couldn't have done it without the direction and creativity from Kori and my grandmother Juleann's guidance to turn my home into a functional, yet charming place for friends to gather and celebrate the upcoming arrival of a precious baby boy. I finally used my fine china and silver that I've collected since I was a little girl from Juleann. I couldn't help but think back to the many Christmases when I would apathetically open up that "silver stuff" and then nonchalantly hand it over to my mom to be put away in a drawer. If only I knew how special and fun it was going to be 20 years later to talk to my grandmother on the phone about pulling out that "silver stuff" before my first party. It's quite funny how one's taste can change over the years! I'll let the pictures speak for the rest...

 Baby Quinn's nursery has a fish theme so the decorations were inspired from that. All creativity credit goes to Kori. The adorable invitation was designed by Rachel Herring, a talented high-school friend whose art business is taking off!

It's amazing what fresh flowers can do to a house!

 I stumbled across this fish soap and couldn't resist. 

 The spread.

 Kori finishing up last minute details the morning of the shower. Notice there's no fire place screen in the picture above. I sent Grant on a mission that morning and he delivered!

 The great thing about hosting a party at your house is that it forces you to finish projects that would never have been completed otherwise. For instance, we've lived here since August and finally bought a fireplace screen. Our yard has desperately needed some TLC for quite a while, and it finally got a mini, budget friendly makeover.

 The food was delicious! We had chicken salad tea sandwiches, fruit dip & cinnamon pita chips, mini quiches, baked brie with crackers, mini muffins, and petit-fores. I obviously had nothing to do with the food unless it was store bought ;)

 Thank goodness the rain held up for a couple of hours and people could mingle outside even though it was pretty chilly!

 Jenny definitely has the pregnancy glow. 

 This is George's mother's gown she wore as a baby - now that's a family heirloom!

 Dothan crew.

 Birmingham-Southern crew plus Baby Styles

 Jenny and the grandmothers-to-be!

 Baby Quinn's loot...he racked up!!

Childhood friends

We cannot wait to meet baby Quinn in June! That sweet baby has more clothes than any child I've ever known. He's going to be quite the stylish one with a mommy like Jenny! I'm too tired to edit this post so I apologize for any grammatical errors or duplicate pictures!