Frog Overload & I loved it!!!

So I have not written in a while because I have been taking this bed rest thing very seriously, and have been trying to keep off my feet.  It is a little yucky outside today & I feel like blogging.  I recently had my baby showers & they were so much fun, plus it was nice to see everyone who I have not been able to see in a while.

Frog Cake by Ella Art Bakery

This was the cake for the shower, so cute & matched the invites so perfectly.  I give great thanks to Jenna, Lauren & Susu for such a sweet shower & taking the time out to think of all things FROGS!!!!  This was only the beginning of the frog overload & one of the main reasons I wanted to share with everyone this shower experience.

I registered at both Babies-R-Us & Target.  I decided I wanted everyone to have a chance to get something even if they did not have the time to go to a specialty baby shop.  What I learned from that experience, is that Target does not update the baby register's very well.  I received about 50% of the same little frog outfits that everyone was so proud of & while I loved them, I felt bad because you know how people want to be original & not get the same thing, but under those circumstances it could not be helped.

These were the onesies of choice

So when you are registering just be careful & be prepared that you may get multiple things, but returning was a breeze and I had no issues with any of that.  

Moving on there were two items in particular that I want to point out.  All of us at my job are very creative  people and two gifts stood out.  One was a cute way of getting the same outfits from above just in a total different way than I would have ever thought of.  Rhonda took the onesies and wrapped them up to resemble cupcakes, then took little pins with baby Jase's name spelled out & stuck them in the top.  It was just the cutest thing ever, so creative.

This is what the gift looked like

I also received another gift that was very cute & personable because of the fact that I am on bed rest.  I hate to say it I have not even started to work on it, but I am thinking about it today since it is so yucky out.  I have tried in the past to do scrap books & managed to make one, but that is about it, but when I got this gift it made me want to start doing it all over again.  Kate from work put together the cutest scrap book for me to get started with (and boy does that make you motivated).  She put together several pages, with me just having to add pictures, what a wonderful idea and a great memory keeper.

While I loved all my gifts and seeing everyone at my shower these were just some thoughts I had about a couple of things that stood out to me & have inspired me to be a little more creative with gift giving as well.