My sister's baby showers

So excited for Jess!

She is due on June 29th, coming up way fast. 

For those who don't know, my sister was pregnant with twins, a boy and girl, but lost her son halfway through her pregnancy. It was so incredibly hard to watch her go through her second miscarriage and be helpless to do anything to ease her pain. I felt so so sad that I couldn't offer even the sentiment "I know how you feel" because I never experienced the aching sadness of miscarriage. My pregnancy with Olive was easy, despite hip pain, I had no complications.  Jess and Dan had lost their first baby when she was only 7 weeks along, which was incredibly hard after having tried to get pregnant for almost 5 years. She then got pregnant again, this time with twins, but then lost her son when she was 20 weeks along. It was even harder knowing that she was having a boy and girl, naming both of them, and then losing their son. His name was Croix Daniel Horman and he was just too perfect of a little boy, he was needed in heaven more than on earth. 

Her showers were so fun to go and celebrate for Capri's arrival, but they were all tinged with my own sadness for not being able to buy double the onesies and diapers, and to not be buying anything boy related. Jess and her soon to be little miss were given lots of fun things though and the outpouring of support and love was just awesome. 

I went to a super cute and fun shower for her, thrown by her friend Michelle. Loved everything about it.. the decorations, her darling house, the food, games.. Love!

For the shower my mom and I threw Jess, we kept it simple and did a dinner at Archibald's in Gardner Village. Before the shower though, I took some maternity pics of her so we could put them in frames to decorate the tables. 

Her cute puppies Duke on the left and Brutus on he right

My model sis 

I made that lovely flower sash!

Cutest little glitter shoes ever!

Belly button! 

For my sister's invite, I used my friend Tori's etsy account, SweetBeeDesignShoppe. Check her out, she was soooo fast and customized the whole thing to my liking. 

Dinner was fabulous, the company was the best, and the gifts were darling. She was definitely showered in love and Capri will be spoiled with her outfits and baby gear. 

xoxo

Mandi