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Monday, August 11, 2014

Our RAINBOW Baby Shower

Our weekend was H-E-C-T-I-C!

Hectic in a good way because we had our BABY SHOWER!!!!

Entry to the party room

Everything was planned and set-up by my close friends who willingly called themselves

"VEL'S BABY SHOWER DIVAS"!

We truly appreciate all the planning, time, effort and love they've given to us for this special event!
I mean the baby shower was probably one of the BEST gift itself!

Only thing I did was pick a theme - RAINBOW, and sent out invites to my other friends!

Take a look...

Wall decoration- check out those trees on the side made up of leaves with green trash bags

Another angle - love the picket fence! There were flowers at the bottom too that I failed to capture!

Ceiling decoration with personalized mobile with our pics and ultrasound photos!

Center table with gifts, prizes, cakes and giveaways

Another view

Some of the baby bottle giveaways!

Baby cake made by a friend - take note, everything on the cake is edible except for the swan & carriage!

Diaper cake I made for my baby - Hey, I made one for my girlfriends, of course I need to
make one for my own! ;-)

Dessert Table

Slide show

Some of the centerpiece

Another colorful centerpiece

All the food

Yum!

We also had games - my friend Luisa was one of the winners in guessing my belly girth! We also had Baby Bingo, guess the baby's weight and height (prize will come later of course)

My lovely neighbors

Former Co-workers

Friends

And these were the ladies responsible for this memorable and fun-filled day!

My Baby Shower Divas

Another fun pose

Our whole family was excited and happy with all this generosity and love...

But for sure, one member of our family, will someday look back unto this special day and know how much she was loved even before she was born!

Although a lot of people could not make it, our baby Sophia has been showered already with so much gifts, prayers and love.

A big THANKS again to all our friends and family!

Have a Great Week!

VEL

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Everything is going great with our baby so far and I just wanted to share with you some of our Maternity photos today since I will also be having my BABY SHOWER as well on this day, set-up and planned by my girlfriends, I'm so excited to see what they've come up with!

Anyway, I think Demi Moore started the trend when she went on a magazine cover naked with her belly out. But no matter what you think of it now, Maternity photos have taken a huge chunk of the photography business too!

I never had one with my 2 boys for 2 reasons: 1) It wasn't the "thing" back then & 2) We probably couldn't afford it too! ;-)

Here are some of my faves from our shoot...

Overall, it was truly fun and truly 'awkward' ( you can see the awkwardness in some of the photos).

We're just not "professional posers" I guess. My hubs and I kept laughing a lot and it was hard to keep a straight face even if the photographer, was a very good friend of ours.

We still think it was worth the effort and would be a great time to look back upon this unique time in our lives and in our child's.

Have A Great Weekend!

VEL

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Monday, August 4, 2014

Good to be back - Zara Home Faves for Fall

We had a great time in Florida!

Although it was searing H-O-T, I was lucky enough to use an ECV (Electric Conveyance Vehicle) during our theme park visits, so it wasn't so bad for me as far as walking goes.

I will tell you more about our short vacation later on, and of course, there's a ton of laundry and back reading I need to do!!! Can't wait to see what you guys have been up to!

For now, I am just going gaga again for ZARA Home, so check out these faves of mine from their latest collection!