Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts

Monday, September 27, 2010

The one with the baby shower

How in the world has it been 2 weeks since I blogged? I think I spend too much time fixing websites at work that when I'm faced with mine I just pretend it's going to post on its own. Oh well, I should probably blog about the other thing that's keeping me busy-- baby showers! Not for me, mind you, but hosted by me. Seems something is in the water in multiple locations and I have 3 friends/family members expecting.

The one baby I'm most excited about should be arriving any day, my nephew, Jackson Reid. I couldn't pass up the chance to throw a shin dig for my baby brother and his soon to be bundle of joy. As he and his wife are huge baseball fans (and the idea was to have a co-ed shower), we embraced the day at the ballpark theme.

Invites were inspired by Red Sox tickets

In lieu of a guest book, guests were invited to sign baseballs that will be used in the nursery decor.

We stuck with a red white and blue color palate and all the food you would find at a stadium. Pigs in a blanket, mini cupcakes, fruit and white chocolate dipped ritz crackers.
We also set up a nacho bar with all the toppings and an ice cream sundae station

Playing off the baseball theme, I made a name sign for Jackson's nursery. It worked perfectly above the nacho bar!


Popcorn and sunflower seeds served as decorations and appetizers :) Toss down a few baseball cards and a plastic base and it's a cheap cute centerpiece.

The bank loaned us a a popcorn machine that was a huge hit with the younger shower attendees, and the big boys as well.
Instead of playing shower games (my SIL isn't a fan) we turned on the games to keep the boys entertained.
The hostess crew and the mom-to-be.
The swag table... they have some seriously creative friends!

Diaper cake for the Red Sox fans. Super cute!It was such a fun shower and so easy to throw together! Most everything used in decorating was either edible or re-purposed into nursery decorations. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of this little slugger!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Dear Mr. Ryan...

The young-un made his pitching debut tonight for the Orange Crush.
(I of course didn't have my camera and had to suffice to being the crazy mom running around behind the backstop with a camera phone trying to find the best angle.)


Let's take a look at his process...

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Thinking about his windup...and watching the runner at 2nd.

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Look at that strike...

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Walking it back to the mound

For the book- He struck out Batter #1, walked Batter # 2 on a full count, Walked Batter #3, Batter #4 popped out to first, and walked Batter #5 on full count and Batter #6 was interrupted by an out on the base runner. So technically he threw a no-hitter, right :) Nolan, you know how to reach us!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Way to go Astros!

In between my cough medicine/jamba juice administerings, I managed to catch this guy
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He is a true hometown boy and his 2nd family at the Round Rock Express is so freaking excited that he finally got the call! Atta boy Mark!
Oh, and they got a win out of it too. With their win over Pittsburgh on Monday night, the Astros improved to 33-16 since the All-Star break, the best record in baseball during that span. They have won 11 of their past 12 games. How bout them 'stros!
Hmmm.... maybe baseball really is healing :)