My sister and her hubby are having a baby in less than 90 days
and i am beyond excited for them.
I always knew she would get pregnant around my wedding and she did!
God is definitely amazing in his own time!
As much as i am excited about the baby...
i am beyond disappointed that i don't have any more vacation days
to visit until early next year.
Can you believe it???
Darn corporate America...
I used them all up for my thyroid surgery.
Big sigh!
She lives in London, England.
Not only won't i be there for my new niece or nephew's birth
(they are keeping the gender a surprise),
i won't be able to attend her baby shower:-(
Therefore, i wondered what i could do.
I saw on another blog,
(now i cannot remember which blog)
about throwing a virtual baby shower!
So i said to Mr. Pancakes, "do you think i should throw my sister a virtual shower?"
And of course he was supportive of my decision.
"Go ahead babe! Give your sister the best baby shower ever...virtually."
So here i am throwing my sister a surprise virtual baby shower!
SURPRISE SIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY BABY SHOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the invitation: (ONLY a sample, not her real info!)
The Location: Somewhere nice and cozy with books
(my sister loves books and writing!)
The Decor: Simple, elegant and gender neutral!
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When she entered, she would receive some flowers courtesy
of Mrs. Julius' DIY flowers (they are made with baby items--awesome right?!)
There would be lots of friends and family: (from the U.S, Canada, Italy and London)
After meeting and greeting,
we would settle into cheesy but thoughtful games...
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The Food and Drinks: I would totally use Raven's ideas from her sister's shower!
The Sweets: I loved Lauren's (from Lucky Layman) cake
(which was also a reveal cake) so beautiful!
Other Sweets would include cupcakes:
The Gifts: would be many and plenty!
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These are awesome ...the monthly onesie!
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And of course our lovely guests wouldn't leave without getting a little something:
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The fun: We would of course, eat, laugh & dance to Bryan Adams
and share our best wishes for the baby and the mom to be!
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And of course i would share that: I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!
We've come a long way as little girls playing house
and now we are married women
and you are about to have a little one of your own.
God continues to bless us individually and collectively and for this i am grateful.
I am so glad you are my sister
and i cannot wait for our little ones to play together
and build the bond we've had over the years.
We can go without speaking for weeks
and when we are together, it feels like we were never apart.
And as you begin this amazing journey into motherhood,
i wish you nothing but God's grace and blessings!
Although we live miles and miles, countries apart,
i am here for you whenever you need me.
I know you will be a fantastic mummy!
The little one is definitely God's gift to our family.
And i cannot wait to meet the little angel!
I hope you enjoyed your Surprise Virtual Baby Shower...
both Mr. Pancakes and i love you, the Mister and little angel to pieces!
And i am counting the days until i can be with you all!
23 comments:
This is so funny that you posted this because we really did have a virtual shower for a good friend of mine that we all couldn't be at her shower! The girls that could go did and those of us that couldn't sent pics to the designated girl and she made a cool picture board for her and we all mailed the gifts to a girl that was going and she gave them all to her and we logged in to a chat room and she was SO surprised! It was really cool! You should have someone set you up to skype in during the shower! Aww, your such a sweet sister!
I love the baby shower. You have some great ideas. If I have another baby... feel free to throw the shower. How sweet. I'm sure your sister will love it. The last picture is wonderful!
This is so sweet! I'm sure it's very hard not to be able to see your sister during this exciting time in her life. But what a thoughtful thing to do for her!
This was fun but such a tease! I can't eat all the sweets lol. These are great ideas. Sorry you're going to miss it. You should ask her to skype you in if that's possible.
I think that is such a FANTASTIC idea! I've never heard of a virtual baby shower, but why not? We do everything else online anyway! I would be so disappointed if I couldn't get to visit until early next year as well, but all is not lost. Behold the virtual baby shower... sweet!
awww love all of these pictures!! So beautiful! Makes me want to gear up for baby #3 :). Thanks for sharing!! xox
Come Visit Soon!
I'm sorry you won't be able to attend your sister's baby shower and see your new little neice or nephew. Definitely have her to skype you in for EVERYTHING. This was a cute idea!!!
I'm so sorry you can't be with her, but this is such a great collection of virtual inspiration!
what a precious idea. this sounds like the best baby shower ever!!! congrats to her.
so sweet...but so sad you can't be with her for this big adventure!
Love that you LOVED my cake...we loved it too!
This is so cute and heart warming. So sweet to throw this virtual baby shower. How thoughtful :)!
Speechless for the great ideas you have there and the love you show through all that.
what a great idea, sweet collection of baby items.
Aw!!!
I love this baby shower.
So sad that you're not going to be able to visit until next year :( There should be special rules when you have a sibling that lives WAYYYYYYYYY over there!!!
Aw! This made me smile so much!! And somehow made me want to shop all at the same time!! Glad to have been invited, this was an awesome post. Enjoy being an auntie!!!
Thanks ladies for your lovely comments...the skype idea is awesome!
@Amber...i know, they should make special privileges right?
I think you have thrown virtually the biggest, best, most awesome baby-shower EVER! Love it!!!
Congrats to your sister! Sorry you can't be there in person!
I have to tell you, we really love your blog! I read it to Rod every night (and I only read him the REALLY good ones) and we both enjoy it so much! Thanks for keeping us entertained!
What a great and sweet idea! Love your party! So exciting for your sister. Wishing you all much love & happiness :)
Love the idea of a virtual shower! Brilliant.
Also love the monthly onsie collection.
Congratulations! To you and your sister, I am so happy for you two! So sorry to hear you can't go to London for the baby shower, but this was really nice and a great idea!
OMG I love this shower!!!
Super duper cute :)
What a wonderful idea and it really does show a lot of thought, which is what counts the most.
Such a brilliant idea! Will have to steal this from you. By the way, you throw a kick ass shower. Thanks for the invite :)
Congrats to the happy couple and their growing family!!
How sweet! I wish I could have attended. She's one of my favorite bloggers and she's going to be such an awesome mommy. You are such a good sister. I didn't even know that you at Toi were sisters. Small world.
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