Preparing for Madi: Almost There!

Madi's Crib Mobile & Changing Pad...

(thank you to her titas and titos)

Her first playmates...

Her little wardrobe...

(Hers looks more fashionable than mine now, hmmmm)

Hand me down swing from Kuya Eli and girly blankets...

Her first car seat, also from Kuya Eli... "girlified"!  This will be her first "ride".

At 38.5 weeks, I'm ready to pop... life can't get more exciting than that.  How I love preparing our little home for our daughter.  Can't wait 'til I see your face little one...

A shower for Baby Madi

At last, here finally are photos from the Baby Shower held last February 16.  My dear friends organized this event (with my inputs of course as I couldn't help it) and it turned out a-m-a-z-i-n-g.  Not that it's my own, but I really thought this was the best shower I've been to! :-) The theme?  Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice, that's what Baby Madison is made of...

The Candy Buffet courtesy of my BFF, Czar

Love, love, love the diaper carriage, courtesy of Janice and Donna

Pink and Blue Lemonade with customized mason jars as lemonade containers.  You can actually write on the lid so you don't (unintentionally) share your drink!

Customized coffee and hot choco sleeves

Small table centerpiece topper

Food, food, food - the smores buffet was a hit!

My super adorable cake with matching cake pops!

Arts & Crafts section...

Games, games, and more games... we had so much fun.

My closest friends who flew, drove from different parts of the USA!

Tired, but super happy and grateful mommy and daddy.  We'll never forget this day.

Next Project: Madi's Baptism

I'm still waiting for the CD with all of the photos from last week's baby shower... Photos to come in the next post.  It went by so quickly and I was more than pleased with the result, but it will just have to wait!  Meanwhile, at 36 weeks, I'm already planning for Madi's Christening.  I'm thinking, start early because I'll have my hands full when baby Madi comes out.  

I got this idea from a friend who was one of the baby shower planners.  Chocolate-covered oreos!  It reminded me of the chocolate covered Cream-O's from Manila, and I thought... this should be pretty easy and will surely be a crowd pleaser.  I researched the internet and found a good resource for making impressive looking chocolate-covered oreos, but unfortunately, her materials are not very accessible and I still have to buy them on-line.  Good thing Michael's carries some of them like cookie molds and candy melts, so I had my hubby drive for me today so I can grab these and start practicing!  

Like I said, I started PRACTICING.  It wasn't so easy, and took me about an hour to make 6 cookies and they weren't close to perfect at all, ha!  But, now I know the trick... I'll have to do better next time.

1. Paint

2. Fill

3. Dunk

4. Cover

5. Chill

6. Taste (yum-o!)

7. Package