Our Safari Theme Baby Shower & #FundayMonday Link-Up!
I was so blessed to have so many amazing people come together and throw John and I (and, of course, baby Stillman) a beautiful baby shower this past weekend!
Here’s a little peek at what I wore: (all photos courtesy of my sweet and amazing friend Emily Chappell Photography)
{{Dress: Old Navy // {{Scarf: Old Navy // {{Earrings: mollybeads
Comfort and style were key ingredients. I snagged this dress from Old Navy and was able to get a good deal on it with my super cash coupon! The dress served many purposes because the stretchy jersey material of the maxi made the dress a comfortable fit now, but the fact that it’s not actually a maternity dress means many wears in the future! AND, it’ll make a great nursing dress once baby comes, too! Multi-function = a good buy in my book. 🙂
Now, SO many of my friends came together to help throw this shower. I do have to say, I love the theme they picked. It’s SO hard to find gender neutral stuff since we don’t know whether Baby Stillman is a boy or a girl, but they each did an AWESOME job! Here are just some of the details and photos of the day! 🙂
Uhhh yeah, that right there is the cake my SERIOUSLY amazing sister made. She is so stinkin’ talented – not to mention her cakes are UNBELIEVABLY delicious. If you live in North Carolina (specifically the Triad or Triangle regions) you should order a cake from her. I’m just saying. 🙂 
John and I have opted to cloth diaper and so my friend Kristin made this adorable decoration out of cloth diapers!
Opening baby’s loot.
My sweet friend Dani brought her TWO WEEK OLD daughter Elle to the shower. She is so gorgeous!
An AWESOME book for Baby S – a whole book with Carolina / Chapel Hill landmarks.
Then came the gift that totally took me by surprise. My sister handed me this gift and said, “This is from your mom.” Which, obviously, caught me totally off guard.
I opened it up and in it were two crocheted baby blankets.
Yes, these are baby blankets my mom made for me before she died. I always knew my mom loved to crochet and I would see her making blankets and things all the time when she was alive, but I never saw her make these. My sister told me that when my mom was sick, she sort of knew in the back of her mind that she wouldn’t be here to see or meet her grandchild one day, so she made these blankets.
My dad had held on to them and given them to my sister to hold on to and give to me when I was pregnant one day. And so, on Saturday, my sister gave me one of the gifts I will treasure most forever.
As you can probably imagine, I had an ugly cry, but it was worth it.
Just some of my amazing friends and family who came to love on us! (A few friends and family had to leave early so I’m bummed they missed the group photo).
Another AMAZING surprise of the day: my sister walked in the house with two of my aunts and my cousin Meghan. I was SO shocked that my aunts and cousin drove ALL the way down here to North Carolina for my shower. I was blown away!
Me with some of the Stillman family. 🙂
John and I with my amazing in-laws.
Me and my mother-in-law.
Me with the best sister in the whole entire world. 🙂
Me and my sweet friend Emily who did all the games!
Me and my other sweet friend Emily who took pictures. 🙂
And, of course, me and the daddy-to-be. 🙂
I tell you, there’s a whole lot of love in my heart right now. I feel so blessed!
How was your weekend?! Did you do anything exciting??
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I completely get the ugly cry. My mom died 11/11 and I would absolutely erupt in tears if that happened to me. Gorgeous shower though.
What a cute baby shower! Reading about the baby blankets was so sweet – what a special, amazing gift.
I’m in the Triangle area too, and will definitely keep your sister in mind the next time I need to order a cake! It’s always fun to meet other bloggers that are close to home 🙂
-Ashley
What an ADORABLE idea for a baby shower! Such a cute theme and the cake was so cute. You also look like you have a basketball under your dress and nothing else. I swear you haven’t gained weight anywhere else!
I hope you are feeling okay and thanks for hosting!
What an amazing shower! and reading about those blankets made me cry. That’s so special that you have baby blankets made by your Mom!
xo,
Angela
What a fun, fabulous baby shower!!! And you look amazing!! XO
Tears in my eyes! What a sweet, sweet gift from your Mom. Tears! Also you look fabulous and this color really looks great on you. That cake is so cute. I’m glad you had such a great shower. You truly are blessed.
Molly, you are absolutely glowing!!!!!! You look beautiful & the party looks like it was a blast, excellent theme choice : )
Looking gorgeous! The color of that dress is so fab!!!
Thank you for hosting such a great party, have a great week!!!
You are simply radiant, girl! This shower looked like so much fun 🙂 Also, thank you SO much for including “Flamingo Stripes” in your favorite posts of the week!
xo, elle from Living in Color.$50 Shabby Apple Giveaway!!!
I LOVE the picture of your reaction to the crochet baby blankets your momma made. So precious Molly!
Lindsay
LindsayJEveryday.blogspot.com
Wow that cake is AMAZING! As a former cake decorator myself I just loved it.
The decorations were so cute and those blankets from your departed Mom…wow that is special. What a great party.
bisous
Suzanne
Oh Molly! I wish I could have been there…your sister did such an amazing job. You look amazing and oh my goodness I’m sitting at my in laws right now tearing up at your mom’s incredible gift. What a sweet and shocking surprise. You deserve it. 🙂 Excited to see you soon!
Mia
How adorable is your shower?! Omg! SO sweet!
Kayla
http://www.lovelucygirl.com
Looks like a great time and you look so beautiful in your maxi dress.
Carrie
Hi Molly. Your bump is getting rounder, bigger & cuter each day. A Great Maxi Look for your Shower & I love the Earrings. Those Diaper Cloths are great too, so Colorful. But I will be honest, I purchased a few pairs myself to do both Clothing & Disposable Diapers but overall I wasn’t satisfied though I got some of the more expensive ones. They do make cute panties/shorts over the diaper, though.
I must say I love that Gorgeous Cake. When are you due again? I also love the photo of that tiny Baby Girl. I linked up a post where I have a picture with My Beautiful Baby Girl, this week.
And, if you want to line up any Guest Posts for when you are expecting the baby or those first couple of weeks (you will be very busy, trust me), I would love to Guest Post for you. Please let me know. Thanks.
You are so precious! I love your outfit and your shower looks like it was so much fun!
I love the photo of you opening the baby blankets…that is so touching! Such a special gift from your mom that I’m sure you will cherish forever. And that cake is TOO cute!
-Sharon
The Tiny Heart
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You look stunning! I love this dress on you. Have a great day.
xo,
Janise
http://MamaInHeels.com
Molly, it looked like it was an amazing shower! You looked so beautiful. And the blankets from your mom… so incredible sweet and probably something you will cherish forever. I’m so happy that you had such a memorable time. 🙂
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
You look beautiful! Seems like you guys had a great time 🙂 I just found your blog, I’m now following and linking up!
Your shower looks like so much fun! I love that cake!!! And of course, you look amazing!
Oh you look so cute but mostly you look so happy. I love the pic with your reaction to the baby blankets / afghans. I am so happy for ya (hug)
oh and first time linking up in a LONG time.
you look so beautiful!!! and i love your shower decorations! those blankets from your mom is the sweetest thing in the world. what an awesome story!
Hi Molly
Just wanted to say I think you look amazing – really glowing and wow what a fabulous baby shower. I love the re-usable nappies having up like bunting and that cake looks gorgeous.
Great photos as always
Laura x
http://www.sidestreetstyle.com
What a beautiful momma you are!! Your shower looks like it was perfect and I even teared up a little bit at those sweet blankets from your mom. You’re in the home stretch now!
Thanks for picking out my peppers as a feature this week!!! 🙂 And talk about tearing up at those baby blankets. What a precious gift.
My husband and I can’t even keep our Christmas gifts wrapped until Christmas, let alone wait to find out what the sex of our baby would be! That cake is incredible…love all the edible animals! And seriously, I wasn’t thinking I was going to cry reading this post, but the blankets your mom made before she died had me doing an ugly cry, too!!
Molly you look beautiful! The color on that dress is gorgeous 😉 Looks like a wonderful baby shower – decorations & cake is so cute!!! You’re in the home stretch!
xo Lulu
simplylulustyle.com
Molly, your baby shower was so cute! I’m glad I read this before I came to work this morning, because I had myself an ugly cry, too, over the blankets that your mom made you. What an awesome present!
What a beautiful baby shower, Molly! I loved your IG video on Saturday and was thinking of you 🙂 and those blankets made by your momma, I can’t even believe it! I’m totally tearing up knowing how meaningful and precious that is.
I still haven’t posted shower pics from two weeks ago…I am so behind!
Molly, I was so surprised to see that you featured me this week..thank you for doing that! It was a first on here for me. I cried when I read about the blankets that your mom made for you. How special, and you will cherish them always.. Such a great baby shower! I wish you nothing but the best!
Heathersthirftycloset.blogspot.com
Sounds like the perfect shower and I love that you have something from your Mom for your little one! My grandmother crocheted baby blankets for all of us kids and she passed away when I was really little so it is something in my memories trunk that I savor as a part of her and I know your kids will do the same thing! Praying for a smooth end to your pregnancy and a healthy little one!
oh my goodness molly…what an incredible, moving gift. Made me tear up…seriously, i’m just so happy for you and to know that your sweet little one will have a gift from Grandma. so wonderful.
You look beautiful. The color of the dress is amazing (definitely your color) and I love the scarf you paired it with. And the baby blankets from your mom, you had me crying so I can only imagine how you were. What a blessing those blankets are for you and your baby. And what an amazingly thoughtful and caring woman your mama was to do something like that.
Looks like you had a wonderful baby shower. I had tears in my eyes reading about your mom and how sweet of her to think of doing this for you. And how precious of your dad & sister to hold on to them and not tell you about them.
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
Molly! What an amazing story about your baby blankets. That’s such a beautiful gift! I’m glad you had such a wonderful shower. Your sister’s cake was BEAUTIFUL!
Oh wow Molly! I got chills as soon as I read that your sister gave you a gift from your mom! I was so touched by the post you recently made about your mom and as soon as I read you had a gift from her, I was so excited for you! My grandma (who has been my mom growing up) just passed away in April and she did the same thing for us before she passed. She crocheted each of my kids and myself a blanket and it is one of the most treasured things I have. My 5 year old daughter, who had spent everyday with my grandma, sleeps with her blanket every night and tells me she knows her grandma is with her. With her being so young, I felt so sad for her that she would never get to make the memories I have with my grandma but she has something she can hold onto throughout her life that was made especially for her. It is such a special thing that you can wrap your little one up and know your mom is with you. You will be able to tell your little one that even though she had never met him/her, she loved them already, before they were born and she made that special for them. I am so glad you had such an amazing surprise. You are truly blessed with such an amazing family! I would expect nothing less than an ugly cry! 😉
Lindsey
High Heels and Training Wheels
Aw my friend, I just cried at those baby blankets…..I’ll bet you lost it! I’m so happy that you had such a wonderful shower, and that cake looks AMAZING!
Carly
http://www.lipglossandcrayons.com
What a fun shower… That cake is unbelievable! And how sweet and wonderful that you were able to have something so special from your mom! I love that! Praying for a smooth and quick last few weeks before your sweet baby comes!