My Life, As Told Between (Baby Cakes') Naps

Had a phenomenal bridal weekend. My friends and family outdid themselves putting together my bridal shower and bachelorette party. I am incredibly lucky to have such wonderful people in my life.

My fabulous sister B organized the bridal shower, which included overseeing the “staff” (including my littlest sister L, both B and L’s boyfriends, my Quad friends, and T), preparing a delicious array of food (from scratch!),* and crafting amazing decorations. B spent months coming up with the menu, doing test runs on the dishes, and hand making the decorations. My sisters and their boyfriends (aka, “laborers”) all drove down from San Jose Friday and got up early Saturday morning to finish preparing for the shower.

My Quad friends organized the bachelorette party. They rented a bi-level suite in Long Beach and decked it out in an Hawaiian theme. The party started out in the suite and then moved to the Mai Tai bar, where they’d rented out a booth and surprised me with a special cake (pictures of which are NSFW). =)

The bridal shower:

The bachelorette party:

And here’s poor Alfie, pooped after an exhausting weekend of entertaining. =)

* To be specific, she made crab rangoon,  chicken salad sandwiches, egg salad sandwiches, pigs in a blanket, cucumber sandwiches, spinach dip, bite sized nachos, mushroom tarts, brownies, french macaroons, mini pies, pear champagne cupcakes, and tiramisu.  And for drinks, she made white wine sangria, lemon spritzers, and mimosas!