The details are absolutely adorbs! Later, at the end, we all tried the cake, and it tasted so delish! We chose strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting. Sooo yumm! Unfortunately, the cake didn't withstand the heat though. When Denise started helping us cut it, it was sliping and sliding everywhere as the melted frosting ran.
Megan and I worked on the theme/decorations. Me and Jeric decided on a cute Monster's Inc. theme. This was quite the feat since everthing we saw online and on Pinterest leaned towards a little boy. Luckily I found a candy bar that had the cutest Monter's Inc theme that was geared more towards little Zoe. So it was settled. We decided on purples and pinks as the main color with light splashes of blue and green. We also had a lot of help with everyone that came early to setup. We had pink and purple balloons, pink table clothes, one purple table cloth for the candy bar, a super cute banner, and streamers! Everything came together beautifully. But, for next time, we'll probably fluff them purple streamers ahead of time. LOL! We thought it was going to be an easy task that we can handle early that morning. Had it not been for all the help, it probably wouldn't have been done in time.
Jeric's co-worker, Krystal, came by with her boyfriend, Raymond (also a co-worker), and her son, Preston. She's been excited for our baby shower as well and offered to help with the floral arrangements that were to be the centerpieces. All we planned for the centerpieces were mason jars with purple colored water and baby's breath. Funny thing though, we tried to make purple water that day, big mistake! Hahaha. I wish I had had some more time during the week before to test out the food coloring. Our purple water kept turning brown! Hahaha. Gross! You would think, blue and red would make purple, right? Nope. It was just not cute with everything. With time constraints, we decided to opt for a pretty blue, which goes perfectly with the theme anyways!
Krystal also made a few of her own personal arrangements for any special tables, like the gift table, games table, and candy bar. It was really sweet of her to do so! And the arrangements were such a lovely addition to everything else!
Krystal, Raymond and Preston even got us cute Monster's Inc. Cake Pops!
While setting up, I had placed the balloons around the bags that held the table clothes and other necessitites. But as the boys were grabbing table cloth after table cloth, we all didn't realize that they provided most of the weight that kept the balloons tethered. And then the balloons flew! Luckily we were under the park gazebo, but even then, they looked way too high to reach. I was seriously sad when I saw them fly. Had they completely flown towards the sky, I probably would've teared. Luckily, all was well! Jeric borrowed a ladder from the maintenance guys. But the ladder alone wasn't tall enough. He had to prop the ladder on top of a table! Hmmm.. just missing some steel chairs, right? TBL!! TBL!!! Hahaha. I did fear that he would fall, but thankfully, the boys helped him hold the ladder straight and he was able to grab the balloon strings!! YEY! The balloons are saved and Jeric remained unscathed!
The food started coming in as well. Our mom's went out to a filipino restaurant nearby and ordered a ton of delicious food! Caldereta, beef steak, lumpia, fried chicken, spaghetti, and a veggie dish. They also had some puto, kutsinta, sapin sapin, and turon. Auntie Del even baked some filipino desserts for us too! Everything was super delicious and I totally regret only eating one plate of food. It was sorta like the wedding though. Not enough time! Hahaha.
The candy bar as provided by Ninang Chi and created/setup by Denise and Ray. There were tons of cany all in the colors that went with the theme. Totally love it all! Grapeheads, purple taffy, caramel sour apple lollipops, green jolly ranchers, pink airheads, blue gummy bears, blue and pink twizzlers, blue, pink, purple, and green lollipops! They even brought these little popcorn style boxes that were in blue, green, purple and pink!
The games were setup and coordinated by Gen and Jonah. They had a fun "Guess the Baby" board which had baby pictures of me, Jeric and our siblings as well as some celebrity babies. They also had a guest the item game, guess how many kisses, guess how much cash, guess the song, and guess the size of my belly! All were a lot of fun. I even played, but I noted that I don't win a prize if I actually won. Hahaha. I just wanted to play.
Everything turned out really adorable and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. The one and only problem we had throughout the shower, was that darn freaking heat! I was dying! LOL! Apparently my body knew it too as it kept salivating for water. I drank about 9 cups of water in the span of 4 hours!
I'm surprised the boys had time for a bball game. Jeric actually wanted to play some of the shower games, but the boys needed a 6th man to play. Oh well. As long as the boys weren't bored! Hahaha. But still.. it was HOT!
We definitely enjoyed every bit of it! And we just wanted to thank everyone that helped throw us a wonderful baby shower!
Now we wait for little Zoe Riley to greet the world!
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