On Saturday we celebrated one of my very, very best friends Amberlee with a Sweet Dreams baby shower for her baby boy. She’s only a couple of months (at the most!) from meeting her son, Carter Lee, and everyone who loves Amberlee couldn’t be more excited for her to become a mom!
Sweet Dreams Baby Shower
We held the shower in our hometown in Alabama, and three of Amberlee’s long-time best friends all came together with me to throw it. Because Amberlee is known for her love of candy, we had a candy bar set up along with the cutest little party favors that our friend Holly hand-made! These little tea bags were a hit!
Instead of a regular guest book, we ordered one of Amberlee’s favorite childhood books and asked guests to write messages to Amberlee and Carter throughout the book.
On the coffee table we left pens and these forms to fill out where guests could make predictions about Carter’s arrival and fill in a few other fun blanks.
I found the punch recipe on Pinterest here, and though it was supposed to be more bright blue than green, it was still absolutely delicious!
Since the shower was held at 1 p.m., we decided to keep the menu light with a few different finger foods.
Of course no shower is complete without a cake, and we really enjoyed this one that we got locally here in Huntsville from Peggy Ann Bakery. Her prices were extremely reasonable and the cake was delicious! If you’re local, I’d highly recommend her bakery!
Here’s Amberlee (centered) with two of her best friends and hosts, Morgan and Holly!
Here’s Amberlee with her beautiful mother, the grandma-to-be! How amazing does Amberlee look for 32 weeks pregnant?! We all agree that she could model maternity clothes!
Here’s Amberlee (left) with the third host, Ashley, and one of our very best friends!
And here I am with her! It’s so sweet to celebrate such a huge life milestone with someone I’ve called a best friend for 17 years! I’m so thankful to have a friend like her.
Here are the four musketeers and my best friends from high school. It’s so rare that we’re all home at the same time, and we had a really fun weekend together!
We love you Amberlee & Brandon and cannot wait for your precious little guy to get here! Seven weeks and counting. 🙂
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