SURPRISE!!
Welcome to a blog baby shower for my good friend Angie @ Home Grown.
Thank you so much for coming.
Please help yourself to some blue bootie punch and make yourself at home. We are gathering together today to play a few games and have some fun but most of all to let Angie know how happy we are for her and her wonderful family.
Now you know that a baby shower just wouldn’t be complete without shower games, right?
So are you ready to play??
Game: Name that Baby
Angie is giving birth to a beautiful baby boy. Care to help her in the naming process? Give it your best shot…
Game: Best Advice
We all know that Angie is the MMM (Momma Most Martha) but with 4 kids to look after she could use all the help she can get. What was the best piece of advice that you ever received from another parent?
My answers are in the comment section. Oh and don’t forget to leave Angie a message and then head on over to visit my lovely & beautiful Co-Hostesses below for more baby shower games & festivities.
Lucinda
Mistress Mary
J&J’s Mom
Raehan
MommaK **
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Thanks for coming!
Best advice?
Mother knows best.
Name?
Something that is fitting for an old Virginian farmhouse. How about Thomas? Or Benjamin?
Daniel.
Best advice I got from another parent? Maintain a healthy sense of humor.
I already know the name choices so I can’t play that part but best advice?
Sleep when you can. Don’t try and do a million things when your baby naps- nap with him. Your laundry (or in Angie’s case- the room makeovers) can wait another day
Hope you like your party, Angie.
xo
Pick your battles, but win the ones you pick.
Sleep is more important than a shower.
All my love to you, Angie!
Always present a united front! Never ever let the wee ones use the divide and conquer method!! And always take time to be a couple.
Name - I like biblical names and old family names…
Best wishes!!
LadyBug
You’re awesome for organizing this..I’ll be back after work!
Name?
I don’t know what she has in mind, but I’ve always liked JarJar LeRoy.
And I know better than to give Angie advice… She’s had the childbirth experience more times than I have. But something that really worked for me was making sure that my baby had her entire feeding, even as a newborn. I made sure she nursed for at least 20 minutes. You know how babies fall asleep when they’re very young? I read somewhere that you could tickle them and even use a cool washcloth on their cheek to keep them awake. I did that- and she very quickly got into the habit of full feeedings, which had her sleeping through the night within the first week or two. Brilliant!
I’m pretty sure Angie knows a lot more about parenting than I do at this point. But I have always loved this advice: Whatever decision you make will be the right decision for your family.
I am so surprised I don’t know what to say. I spent the morning working on a new template for my journal and when I looked at it and read the comments left this morning I was puzzled and I come here to find this! You ladies are just too much. I am so overwelmed. Thank you, thank you, thank you. No one could ask for a better group of friends online or offline.
I was trying for the longest time to name something “biscuit” — and fortunately I’ve gotten that out of my system. We now have a rabbit named biscuit. So how about George, as in George Washington. Or just Washington?
I will humbly submit Benjamin and Matthew as my name choices.
As far as advice, how could I even? This is ANGIE for crying out loud :wink: … but here goes, the one I wish I followed for my first born…Relax. Whether that means taking a nap, putting your feet up, skipping the laundry or not stressing about bowel movements and feeding schedules…it’s the one thing I highly recommend.
Why, Rhett, of course !
Angie, this is the first baby shower I have ever been to and I bring a plate of bescuit with blue muisjes.
Advice…from me ? Ha!
Enjoy your little boy and may he grow up to be a fine man.
NAMES:
Flecher (Flech for short)
Kaleb
Seamus
Aiden
ADVICE:
The sleeping thing definitely (for you) and make sure to run the vaccumm while he is sleeping and not be quiet, so you do not have a light sleeper. Also, the Dr. Brown’s bottles are a godsend!
Take care of yourself PRONTO! If you are not happy with yourself, how can you be happy with your kiddos - I made this mistake and focused 100% on them and lost myself. I am having to work my ASS off to reverse the damages of this.
If he ends up having food issues or horrible reflux, give me an email - I have been to hell and back with my son.
Even though she already has a name picked out and didn’t like any of my suggestions, I still offer up a new one: What. That’s right because you will be saying, What are you doing? What made you think that was a good idea? What in tar nation are you thinking boy? What is he doing now? It beats calling a son, Get Down Damnit.
As far as advice, yeah we’d all rather stick our hands in a hornet’s nest. But, Angie is sweet enough to nod her head, and take it under consideration before she laughs. Feeling brave I offer this: give him roots and give him wings.
Jar Jar LeRoy is good but Torvald is better.
Best advice? Since this child has no incentive to distinquish night from day, help him out a bit with lots of love and attention and snuggles and lights and music and activity during the day, but keep the lights low and socializing to a minimum at nighttime. Up for a feed, a burp and a clean diaper if neccesary and then it’s back to bed- hopefully. Mine caught on after a few weeks with relatively little fuss.
Christopher Drew. It’s what I’d have named a boy
Please remember to take care of yourself. It is OK to ask for help!
CONGRATULATIONS, ANGIE!
(I love this baby shower idea)
JarJar Leroy. Definitely. The best advice I can give is to NEVER say “My child will never….”. As soon as it leaves your mouth, it’ll come back to bite you!! Take care Angie. We love you!!!
My name idea is Trenton Michael (it is the only boy name I had on my list that hasn’t been used!).
Craig.
I might even come to the shower if you still have some leftover chili and cornbread, since I missed it yesterday. I’ll bring the shredded cheddar, jalapenos, and habanero sauce.
I love the name Zane. Austin is also very cool.
Best advice ever? Don’t pick them up at the first peep. Try to let them fuss it out first.
Congratulations, Angie! One of these days I’ll be over to visit! Knowing you ‘back to country’ philosophy, I expect you would want a strong biblical or historical name - just make sure it’s one HE can live with! :yes:
My mother’s advice was always to do things exactly as she did - probably not good advice!!
I’ve read the other comments and they are filled with great advice. Seek help - don’t think the world lies on your shoulders alone - relax, keep music in every day (it’s a natural high!)and laugh!!!
I love the name Cullen and Logan. Best advice..go with your heart..seems to have worked for you so far;0) We should be taking advice from you! Happy Baby Angie!
I wanted to name my son Edison but my husband wanted his name after him.
No one gave me advice. I was nieve, but made it though it.
Best advice I was given:
Cultivate Patience!
A name for the baby? How about Andrew; then we can have Andy and Angie.
Best Advice? Don’t listen to other peoples advice!
:yes:
thats from my mother in law!
Happy Birthing!
Lincoln Alexander
best advice… don’t stress over the mess.. enjoy every minute with the baby you can they grow up too fast.
:yahoo: First, congratulations!!
Now, about the baby name. All I can say is, DO NOT call the baby Christopher Robin, Zowie, Mastadon, or Jehosophat, just for the child’s own sake.
Best advice for a boy: Never pass up an opportunity to pee. (or take them to pee.) And chill out, follow your own instincts.
All the best!
my favorite boy name that we did not use was colin.
as for advice, do what in your heart feels right, mothers instinct is almost always right.
My best advice right now is enjoy them while they are young! When they cant talk back or flunk grades or have wild mood swings! Uuughh nobody warned me about this!
I like the name Tyler and William (Will for short)
Hurray! How fun this shower is!
I like traditional boy names, maybe James or Scott?
How sweet of you to do this, MommaK!
I never got to use any boy names…I used to like Mitchell, but not as much anymore. Collin? Kieran? Matthew?
Best advice? All I can say is do what makes *you* feel comfortable - don’t let anyone else tell you your way of parenting is wrong. And make time for you and your husband, if possible.
Congrats!
Congrats to Angie! With 4 kids, I can’t imagine any “words of wisdom” I’d have that she’d need… though this is the first boy, am I right? Maybe have one room at least fully padded?
Names? I like traditional myself, but that’s such a personal thing.
Congratulations to Angie!! You have such good friends in the blog world.
What a great idea!
I think she should name the baby after me, but since it’s a boy, she can change the “Mama” part and name him “Bluegrass Boy” instead.
Advice? I supposed “Stop at three” is a bit belated, so I’ll go with “Housework is overrated.”
I missed it yesterday so I am having extra punch today. I have three kids and can’t think of any advice…should I be worried??
AHAHAHAHAHAHA Wishing Angie all the luck and bestest wishes!!!!
Liam. Because I wanted to use that name SO badly, but my husband didn’t like it. Not that I dislike either of my boy’s names mind you… but Liam was my favorite.
Advice? To an already seasoned Mom? That’s tough. Take lot’s of pictures. I know, how lame.
Congratulations Angie!
Sorry I’m late-I was sick and didn’t want to contaminate Angie AND I had computer issues.
I have no advice and I ran out of boy names about three kids ago, so I’ll just set my gift over on the table and blush furiously.
Maybe I could help you fold laundry or something, as the party appears to be all cleaned up?