It's a Boy? It's a Girl?

It's a Boy? It's a Girl? It's a Gender Neutral Baby Shower!

When Paul and Amy Touchet had Noah, they wanted his gender to be a surprise at birth. Since 1st time parents need ALL baby supplies there were plenty of gift options.

But, for Amy's 2nd baby shower (held last night and once again, gender unknown) it felt a little trickier. I proposed an after-the-girl/boy-arrives-baby shower but Amy's preference was having the shower pre-arrival and who am I to question a pregnant woman with raging hormones! I'm not that crazy.

So, with not much turnaround time we pulled off a no frills shower. It didn't have all the bells & whistles (fancy games or major decorations) but most ladies would vote to nix games anyway if given a choice. Plus, showers are mostly a nice excuse to visit and catch up with friends. And, of course, celebrate & eat!

I didn't want to use the same Baby Boy Blue, Baby Girl Pink colors from Amy's 1st Baby Shower so Purple and Green became the new color scheme. It worked well. We had fruit slush, a big variety of homemade cupcakes (red velvet being my favorite) nuts, candy, fresh fruit, etc. Julie & Holly Holland were the amazing cupcake bakers!

It really doesn't matter whether the Touchets have a boy or girl. Noah is one of the cutest looking kids on the planet so it's already been established that they can produce adorable kids! Noah is a mini version of Paul in every way but especially his sport maniacal attitude. Noah is obsessed with balls and skateboards and it probably won't be long before he is catching waves on a surfboard. Noah isn't even 2 and he's a little jock!

I feel like I just completed a Home Party Trifecta: 1st the PCG Olympics, followed by Grandpa & Carol's visit, then culminating in Amy's Baby Shower! Not that Grandpa's visit was exactly a "party" per se but it was an event (which just happened to last 3 days). Guess a "triple play" week beats events lined up like the Tour de France (which has 20 Stages). Not sure I could handle 20 back to back events; 3 gigs spread over 5 days wore me out!