Ahoy! It's a Boy!

Sarah & Derek live on the coast, so when I found out they were having a boy, I immediately thought a nautical baby shower would be a perfect theme for their shower. "Ahoy! It's a Boy!" was born.

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• What People Ate

  Mini quiche, crab & peel & eat shrimp platter, strawberries, blackberries, pig & the blankets, sausage balls, crab dip in a french loaf "boat", mini cheesecakes & cake. Kids snacked on rice krispie treats, twizzlers (Sarah's favorite), powdered donut "life preservers", apples & nautical suckers.

• What People Drank

  tea, lemonade, wine & beer

• Best Dressed

  Everyone in their nautical colors, especially Dad-To-Be Derek in his sailor hat.

• Desserts

  Cake & mini-cheesecakes

• Party Favors

  Nautical suckers

• Decorations

  Snack boxes, anchor plates, plastic life preservers, shell garland, nautical flag toothpicks, lighthouse & personalized oar from Oriental Trading. Buoy with due date, life preserver, anchor & "Ahoy! It's a Boy!" banner decorations were all DIY & made from things around the house & Hobby Lobby.