New York Nanny Center » gift http://www.nynanny.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:35:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Diapers, Diapers, Diapers http://www.nynanny.com/pregnancy-2/diapers-diapers-diapers/ http://www.nynanny.com/pregnancy-2/diapers-diapers-diapers/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:08:00 +0000 Alison Gore http://www.luckylildarlings.com/?p=1468   Read more (...)]]> Old friends together again. Who would have thought 35 years ago when picking out a cute top to wear out on a Saturday night, that we would be spending our Saturday night together getting excited about making a diaper cake for her daughter’s baby shower. One old friend introduced another old friend to the recipe for a diaper cake. Ingredients called for ribbons, baby items a little tulle, and a lot of diapers. When I was planning my daughter’s shower I breezed through the internet looking for shower ideas and found this gem.

Diaper cakes are a great functional centerpiece!

I made it myself according to the directions, not hard, just time consuming. Making it with a helper was much more fun. We first took apart smaller diaper centerpieces made for girls and turned the pink accents into blue. That was an easy fix. The finished product, the diaper cake, which was decorated with “Where the Wild Things Are” accents made for an excited Grandma-to-be. I don’t think I’ve seen her so excited since we found giant ice cream cones from Dairy Queen for only 50 cents back in college. Her “Wild Things” ideas should make for quite a cute shower. As the animals in the story said to Max, “We’ll eat you up we love you so” This baby will have all that animal love and more.

-Mama Bell
]]> http://www.nynanny.com/pregnancy-2/diapers-diapers-diapers/feed/ 1 Showering Wishes for Babies http://www.nynanny.com/pregnancy-2/showering-wishes-for-babies/ http://www.nynanny.com/pregnancy-2/showering-wishes-for-babies/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:41:29 +0000 Alison Gore http://www.luckylildarlings.com/?p=1162   Read more (...)]]> Over the holidays we had a shower for my daughter who is expecting twins. I love planning events such as this, but unfortunately cannot so easily pick a convenient date for everyone. Since all the kids live on the east coast, events are planned around vacations and holidays when they all come home to Ohio. Two days before Christmas was not the ideal shower date for me or guests. Nonetheless, the shower was a hit. Pink and white were the color palate, and cupcakes were the theme.

Loved getting everyone together to celebrate!

Thanks to Google I found how to make diaper cakes and cupcake centerpieces. Boy have diaper prices gone up since I had to use them! Cupcake cookie favors adorned the tables and there were tons of cupcakes on the dessert table. (Thanks again Rose!). I took apart the red and green Christmas tree at the venue and redecorated it in pink and white. My daughter and I turned Christmas bulbs into really cute baby rattle ornaments, and I used her Precious Moments’ dolls as ornaments too.  The food was great and so was the company. We were both so appreciative of the great turnout and it was so nice to see everyone. She has some very special friends from her childhood that not only came to the shower but also traveled quite a distance to her wedding last fall.

So many wonderful family members and friends came to show their love

Thanks to all of you for showering my future grand babies with some lovely things to start their new lives .

-Mama Bell

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