Under Construction Baby Shower

My oldest daughter is expecting our first grandchild April 8th- a boy! When you have 6 daughters the idea of adding a boy to the mix is pretty exciting- so we had to throw a big party. My daughters boss and friend, KC, was gracious enough to volunteer to host- so I helped out with the planning and of course the decor. The invitation read "Road Closed due to the construction of Braxton Hallsted. Please take detour to (with the address) General Contractor: Amanda Hallsted" So of course guests were greeted with a closed road and detour sign.
The shower was held in the cul-de-sac of KC's house. I rented barricades and KC ordered "Caution Construction" tape to mark the venue. I made the detour sign using an overhead projector. Each guest signed the back of the sign and it will go in Braxton's nursery.

The tables were set with black cloths, blue print toppers, cones and balloons.I applied vinyl to the cones to make them more personalized.The cake and cupcakes were created by a dear friend, Dawn. Completely amazing!
Crushed oreo as dirt and chocolate rocks. Inside the cake was yellow and black checks! Tasted as good as it looks. We wanted some manly type food so we served Honey BBQ wings, beans, Pigs in a blanket, Potato salad, macaroni salad and tons of veggies. I picked up the orange tool box for $3 at a yard sale the week before the shower- talk about luck!We served the salads out of big Cat trucks and the potato chips out of hard hats I picked up at the dollar store.

Mr. Right's homemade rootbeer was the perfect beverage.

Guests were encouraged to bring diapers to be entered into a drawing. Love this No Dumping sign I borrowed from my son in law.

Cards were placed in a tonka truck.KC made this adorable diaper cake- so fun.
My daughters and I spent 3 nights making over 200 suckers. We used a stop sign shaped sucker mold and made a sign that said, "Thanks for stopping by"
Flavors included watermelon, cinnamon, kiwi strawberry and cherry. Wish I could show you the embarrassing about of gifts little Braxton received and how beautiful my daughter looked- but right when the shower started my camera battery died!!! My luck with cameras- not so good. Our Trashy weekend winner arrives tomorrow morning at 8am so I can't wait to show you all the fun things we do. If you're local we'd love to have you join us for lunch Saturday afternoon 1:00pm at Sassy's Cafe and Bakery 2729 E. Main Street, Mesa 85213. Leave me a comment if you're able to come- we'd love to see you there. Love, Kelly