A Baby Shower for Smitha!

Saturday was a BUSY day for Miss Amelia! I woke up at 6:30, gave my surfer "instructions" for the day, and was out the door by 7:30 and on my way to Katie's apt. Got to her apt at about 9:45, and by 10:10 we were on our way over to Mae and Ken's to finish the final shower preparations. We hung the last of the decorations, prepared the sash that Ken made for everyone to sign, signed the group card, then made a quick run to the store for the punch ingredients, lunch, the cake topper cookies, and balloons. Guests were just starting to arrive as we got back, and they all arrived on time(1pm) as explicitly requested. Everything was set.

Oh didn't I tell you? This was a SURPRISE shower! Of course that made it a thousand times trickier to organize, but we pulled it off! Katie and I first came up with the idea back in March while riding the escalator at CentralWorld during the French Film Festival. We enlisted Mae's help because she's got experience with event organizing/planning, and is AMAZING at these things(and she made super delicious treats for the shower). We spent weeks sneaking around, sending top secret emails, and swearing Kent(Mr. Smitha) to secrecy - and I'll admit, he did an awesome job not letting on that he knew about our plans and getting her to the shower without her figuring it out). Kent brought Smitha promptly at 1:30, and we were ready for her!

The Prep:





Smitha's Arrival:



Games:


Presents:





The Lovely Group of Ladies:


Unable to attend but sent their love: Pookie, Charis, Mary, Malinee, Becky

*On a side note, Sunday afternoon, the day after the shower, Smitha's father passed away in India after a series of difficult health issues. Unfortunately Smitha is too far along in her pregnancy(starting her 9th month) to travel, so she isn't able to be there for her mother and family. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.