Baby 'Sprinkle'

 

The day of Baby Girl Renoud's Sprinkle brought the sun and of course, lured Jamisen right outside for a quick ride around the yard. While he and Daddy did have a great Daddy'n'Me outing planned (coffee shop, park, Fairhaven truck watching). I don't know who was more surprised, Amber or I, when she arrived promptly on time for set-up (8 a.m.) and I was still in my jammies, practicing the piano. I had told two happy helpers 8 a.m. and two of them 9 a.m. but in my head, they were all 9 a.m. Whoops. Well, now she knows I sleep in elf flannel pajamas and an "I Love Soap" t-shirt.  

The team at Bramble Berry designed this fun downloadable banner for the living room. It's downloadable so we can pin it to Pinterest (duh)

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 We painted the inside of mason jars to match the color scheme of the Sprinkle ("Sprinkle" because it's not a full baby shower but it's still a baby celebration), which was heavily aqua and pink. Then, we picked up flowers and arranged them all inside the jars. It turned out soooo pretty.  

These are three of my book club girlfriends. We have been in the same book club for 12 years now. It's amazing to look back and realize we have over a decade of shared experience and friendship. The color matching was a coincidence but a fun one!  

It wouldn't be a Bramble Berry Baby Sprinkle without crafty stations - we had a rock decorating station, an advice station and a DIY Mimosa station with lots of fun fixings to really spruce up basic champagne (complete with homemade Lavender syrup). We were not lacking in the food department either. Fresh berries and fruit, cupcakes, homemade scones and 2 types of veggie quiche (pepper cheddar + broccoli, blue cheese, onion + leek) were all out of the eating but the quiches were definitely the most popular thing; almost all 4 of them were eaten by less than 25 petite women.  

We did a very special wrist binding ceremony, based on Navajo tradition, that called upon the wisdom of our mothers and grandmothers to bless the birth and bless the baby. It was very sweet as everyone shared their mothers and grandmother's names, and spoke a blessing for our upcoming day of birth and life with Lily (yes, that's her name currently - and has been for 4 days - though Chris isn't sold).

  

Everyone is supposed to wear their wrist bindings until the baby is born but since it's a little over 2 weeks away, I can see that some of them may just happen to fall off =)  

It was a lovely day, filled with a lot of laughter and great advice. It was so nice that the Washington weather cooperated (not at all a sure bet in May) and the new house did a fantastic job entertaining. The inside-outside space flowed seamlessly and we were so happy that the home's debut went off smoothly (thanks to many helping hands).