i had the honor hosting jill's baby shower. she had holden bram pollard on september 30th, a day before the originally scheduled baby shower! long story short: she planned for an at-home birth and had to have holden come a few weeks early in order to do so. she is one brave little woman!
all went smoothly with the birth and bart and jill are thrilled with their new baby. jill is already SUCH a great mommy. 
holden is a great baby. he looks just like his daddy and has the cutest head with lots of hair!
so, the theme of the shower was wizard of oz. i had a great time thinking of ways to incorporate all the different elements and characters of the story. (special thanks to megan and my mom for their amazing help!)
the week before the shower mcdonalds' happy meal toys were all the wizard of oz characters! i was so excited about the coincidence that i quickly bought up all of them. this is the good witch and her wand-cupcakes. 
i collect cake plates so when i saw this beautiful jade one i had to pick it up! it went perfectly with the emerald city and i think it will be gorgeous with christmas cupcakes too.
the wicked witch and her flying monkeys. i sent craig on the errand to pick up a set of barrel of monkeys thinking that they only came in brown. but when he came home with blue ones i freaked out. (cause the real monkeys in the movie are blue)
the tin-man punch. we froze red water in a heart shaped dish and floated it in the clear punch. 
my mom made these rice-crispies and i drew little lion faces on them. then i tied a little badge of courage on each bag.
i cannot tell you what i had to go through to not let my cousins eat these lollipops before the shower. they have since been devoured.
this station represented the scarecrow. megan made her delicious lemon curd coconut cake. sadly, my mom threw away the other little crow i bought for the cake display thinking it was a halloween decoration... how rude!
me with gorgeous little holden. i was grateful that i could help celebrate jill and her new baby boy. it was a fabulous night.
