Nothing says “appropriate” like 4 bottles of vodka and a pregnant woman in leggings. Last time the MODG house brought you a Walmart crib and beer. Today we bring you babies and vodka.
love. sweet love.
One thing you may not know about B and I is that we are known for our infused vodkas. And I don’t say “known” necessarily in a “wow did you have some of the MODG’s awesome infused vodka?” More of, “yeah B and A make that weird vodka every year and usually it’s gross” kind of way. Like last year for Christmas I was all, I’m an expert at infusing vodka so I’m going to make a special Christmas miracle called gingerbread vodka. Let’s just say our friends and family within a 100 mile radius will never consume a ginger product ever again. Ever. Except my co-worker’s 18 year old brother who took a case off my hands. So if you want to get on our Christmas list, let me know. We have some openings.
B: "mine, all mine and not yours". He was totally thinking that. Rude right?
Now I don’t know about you, but when I hear “baby shower” (I’m going overboard on the ” ” today. apologies) I think hard liquor. I mean, I’ve never been to one, but if I did I would hope and expect serious drinks to be available. So since we’re planning our own baby bash, I plan to create the party I would want to be at. And this is only stage one.
But can I TELL you the hard core misery dispair I felt making this Plankton Potion? It’s like locking Britney in a Starbucks and shutting the whole operation down for a week, and then times that by 9 months. Or whatever that is divided by a week. Whatever. Math, sick. But I am doing this all for the good of the people. Like I said, I hope at the future baby showers which I will attend, my upper AND downer needs are adequately taken care of.
so I TRIED to frown for this picture to display ultimate visual sadness. But vodka makes smiles shoot out of my heart. Even if I can only touch it. That is love.
Oh and I have to stop calling it a baby shower. It’s a baby bash. Which is actually a keg party. Which I had to plan on the only Saturday in the fall when Penn State was not playing. Which is also why my wedding was in February. Not bitter.
So, it’s Friday and that means you have to prove your worth and contribute something to this blog. Like I said, I’ve never been to a baby shower OR a baby bash. I HAVE been to many keg parties. But I need to know from those who have been to baby parties, what was awesome? What blows? I’m open to some traditional things as long as no one has to touch me. Also I’m not opening gifts for everyone to see. I would imagine that’s right up there with watching the NFL draft. THAT’S RIGHT, I SAID IT B.
Happy Friday and bring it. You’re good at telling me what to do. The 300 comments telling me what to name my baby, prove it.
Love,
Sober MODG.
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Um that vodka looks amazing so w/e. Just keep picturing plankton shooting out of your vag one second, while B is standing close by with a drink…that’s how I imagine birth…happy hour immediately.
As for baby “bash” crap (see I can rock ” “‘s too) games aren’t always fun for everyone but if you think up something uber posh/trendy anyone will go for it. Personally I think pregnant twister rocks…and what dudes wouldn’t want to be intertwined with awesome drunk chicks?
Good luck…or have really strong drinks on tap.
I actually did go to a co-ed baby shower once with beer and wings that didn’t suck. But I can’t remember what we did. Must have been the beer. All I do remember is my big manly ‘too cool for school’ husband actually participated in some chugging beer from a baby bottle contest. It was hilarious. Key point – cut the tips off those nipples. Ha ha…. I said ‘nipples.’
MODG,
This baby bash sounds like it will be “the event of the decade” therefore no worries! I hope this kegger/baby bash is also a dance party where your dance aroudn like you’ve been just crowned prom queen…..Except you should have a tiara that say “babymomma holla”
Also I have a lot of sisters that are older than me, and they have had a ton of baby bash’s…
Here are my favorite games!
How well do you know the mommy to be?
(the question game)
How many babies can you name?
It’s a game of naming animal baby names like kangaroo= Joey etc…
Bottled Races- You should totally have your guest use the Plankton Potion! She who could drink the Plankton Potion the fastest!
Anyways, Best of luck! I can’t wait to see you awesome Baby Bash Outfit!!!
tons of sparkles your way,
Theresita
INFORM…what is the question game?
Please don’t play that game where you put melted candy bars in diapers and ask people to guess what candy it is. There’s no reason why grown ass women should be eating chocolate out of a diaper. Anyways, that’s my input. Games in general are lame-o, but I think that’s kind of what a baby shower is about. I mean, baby bash.
that’s sick. not happening.
So…I’ve been to a slew of showers…I’ll email you my comments as I don’t want to hurt feelings.
That being said…I did photograph a co-ed shower in a BAR. It was awesome! The Daddy threw it for his baby’s momma at a bar in Uptown Charlotte. They rented out their own room, he paid for drinks for 2 hours..cake/appetizers/snacks and she opened gifts while the girls watched and the men hung out. Not too bad!
Diaper Cakes–pretty huge baby shower staple in the south
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwiwZxHNPGU
We’re doing cloth. So no diapers. But I will take cakes.
All I’m going to say is BE CLEAR about baby games. If you don’t want to play, put your foot down. People think it’s funny to wrap a poor pregnant girl with swollen ankels in toilet paper or some random shit … and they rarely take no for an answer. Just remember it’s YOUR party, er … bash. You should ENJOY it!
Ooooohhh…..yes to Lacey’s comment!! I did a diaper cake for my friend’s shower and everyone loved it. Also, like Sara up there, I went to a baby shower where beer was involved and played the bottle game she mentioned. Games are alright, but not everyone enjoys them and for this baby bash, they don’t seem appropriate unless it’s some sort of drinking game. Aaaaaannnddd……I have to frown upon this whole not opening gifts in front of people thing. That’s a party foul in my book. People are buying you stuff and they usually want to see your expression when you see the awesomeness they think they picked out. So I’m gonna have to say it’s a MUST to open the gifts. You don’t have to necessarily do it while everyone is staring at you all hardcore, waiting for reactions, but maybe grab one randomly and open it while standing in the kitchen or something. Just my opinion.
To sum it up, yes to drinking games (you can be the ref), no to traditional baby games, yes to opening gifts during the baby bash.
I like the beer in a bottle idea…but no to opening gifts. I think it’s just as rude for our single/non married friends to have to watch us get a bunch of baby shit.
Coming from a 29 year-old, single girl whose friends are all on baby number 2, I concur with your statement about opening gifts. I don’t think it is rude, per se’, but the last thing I want to be doing is sitting around watching my friend open up 30+ gifts before it is “polite” to leave. The old ladies are the ONLY ones that want to see you open their gift and hear you say “I love it” or “so cute” for the thousandth time that day!
Another option that all of your girl friends with greatly appreciate is to have 2 separate showers:
; and then your Baby Bash for all of your friends and people not falling into the latter category.
one for all the older ladies that will think its rude not to open their gifts, and most likely frown on drunks at a baby shower
Oh yeah, I would stay away from the cheesy baby games…doesn’t seem like that’s your style anyway!
Congrats on your upcoming arrival!
I just had a bridal shower at which one of the activities was for the guests to write on two post-it notes and stick them on the bride (me). On one post-it note the guests were instructed to write a peice of marital advice and on the other, a blessing for the couple. You could spin this for your baby bash and have people write one peice of baby advice and one blessing for Plankton/the family as a whole…those post-its would be cute to put in a baby book or something. (Sidenote-not sure if your friends have kids yet but I think this activity would work even if you don’t have them. For example, I don’t have kids but I could still give you the sound advice “Don’t shake your baby”…)
Oh, baby showers.
You’re bash sounds like it will be a fantastic time, and the alcohol will prevent the knowledge of the dull parts.
My least favorite part, at any shower, even mine, is opening the gifts. It takes for ever. And you have to pull out each little detail. And people are scrutinizing your reaction to there gift, while trying not to be obvious about it. And for the guests, it’s rather dull…. how many blankets do we have to see?
The best part is the food. Food helps people relax, once they get past that “oh, does this have onions in it? i don’t want to smell like onions.” bit. Make sure you have yummy munchie food!
We did the same thing, hosted our own bash, co-ed style. I HATE baby shower games and in general avoid baby showers just so I don’t have to participate in the moronic traditions that some idiot girl thought would be an appropriate thing for a bunch of women to sit around in a circle doing. It’s just insulting. We did no games at all, just drinks and food (served a nice dinner) and treated it like the party it was. Just have a good time and so will everyone else.
p.s. feel free to add me to your vodka Christmas list…looks yummy!
There are a lot of baby fun games, and I, like you, wanted my guests to have fun and get liquored up so they’d bring me good stuff. This was in easier economic times. The only game I liked at my shower was where everyone submits a baby picture of themselves to you ahead of time and you put them on a board all numbered (I know you can do it because I saw your creative song board) and everyone has to guess who is who. The winner gets to drink more vodka.
If you want to be really cheesy and you have friends who you really love and can’t get enough of, you could have an old-school slumber party afterward, complete with adult versions of crap we used to do at those things as kids. I assume a kissing game is out, but everything else is fair game. I don’t know why I just suggested that. It doesn’t even remotely sound like you, but it sounded like fun to me right now because my kids are driving my to the nut house. Plus, your house will never be the same after Planton, so you may as well tear it up there now!
Whatever you do, I know you will have a blast and look amazing!
There are very few awesome Shower Parties. Most of them are lame by nature & only invented to torture the guests or embarrass the mom-to-be. Avoid them. Or make up your own.
And speaking as someone who fought her family for a Fall wedding & got married in the middle of SEC football season, I completely understand. The majority of the men at the reception were in the bar watching football. Not me. I’ve never let them forget it either & they owe me.
Ok, anything that involves food (baby food, melted candy bars) in a diaper is a no. So gross and no one wants to do that. Also, tasting baby food games are terrible too. That stuff is NASTY (unless it’s the fruity ones). Also, I do not like the game where people guess how much yarn it would take to go around the pregnant woman’s belly. I feel like that’s just asking to make the pregnant woman cry. These are all games I will outlaw if I ever get pregnant.
If you were opening gifts, gift bingo is always a hit. No one ever wants to play in the beginning and they all think it’s the lame and then three gifts in, the smack talk begins and people start really getting into it.
Basically (especially as someone with fertility issues), what I want to see at a baby shower/bash/kegger is lots of booze and lots of food. That’s really all anyone wants at any party! (Ooh and a really good cake.)
Also, I want to drink that whole thing of vodka!
Anna I agree with being sensitive to the fertility issues thing. Just a party is enough people don’t need fetus balloons
First, I am glad to see how much you love vodka. I love it to. I drink it all the time. I am super sad for you not being able to drink it while pregnant. Maybe you should have thought about that BEFORE getting pregnant. I will drink some in your honor tonight.
Second, I’ve been to and hosted many baby showers. They are lame. They always include chicken salad and gift openings and stupid ass games. If I never have to attend another one it will be awesome. UNLESS it’s a “bash” like yours with infused vodka. Then I’m there. Hell, if there’s vodka I’ll play the stupid diaper games, I’ll be drunk so I won’t care!
I agree – baby shower games, on the whole, blow. But we did a few fun “activities” (your quotes are contagious) at a baby shower I planned for a girlfriend recently that didn’t suck and could probably be enjoyed by both men and women at your baby bash. Particularly after 12 cocktails. (What doesn’t get more fun after 12 cocktials? Oh, right. pregnancy. Sorry bout that.)
Anyhoo, one thing the men would probably get on board with is wagering when when the baby will be born, baby stats, etc. And you can even make B take charge of this one. You can do it a couple ways. One way is to put a calendar up on the wall and have people write in their guess of when Plankton will show up on the calendar, as well as weight and length for tie breakers. You can make it $1 or $5 a guess and the winner when Plankton is born gets the $$. Men love to gamble, it’s a proven fact. You’ll never get them to do this unless there’s cash and bragging rights involved. Another way you can do it is sort of how they do the Super Bowl Bingo – where there is a grid created and you buy a square. Down one side of the grid could be dates and down the other side could be weight or something. I don’t know. Have B make it. Haha. Point is – give the men something to gamble on and talk shit to each other about.
Another fun, easy activity. Put a basket of diapers out and some sharpies and ask people to write a message on the diaper. Make a couple samples with some funny sayings on them to get people’s creativity going. {think crap jokes. People love poo humor. Like I have to tell you that.} Then when you’re changing diapers in the middle of the night, you’ll have some hilarious messages to entertain you and make you laugh when little Plankton decides to pee all over you.
Happy baby bash!
I’m nervous about the wagering on dates thing. God forbid something happened I feel like that could be bad luck
NO CHOCOLATE FOUNTAINS! My daughter’s baby shower was co-ed with FAB FOOD, MUCH wine and spirits, and the only game was subtle: Each person was given a tiny safety pin upon arrival, and the “secret word” (something easy, like diaper, or diarrhea, or puke) which was not supposed to be uttered. If you heard someone say it, you got their safety pin(s). The one with the most pins wins. And you really just gotta open the presents publicly; that’s what we are all there for (well, after the alcohol and food, of course). Or not. It’s your party. By the way, for our daughter’s shower, I got my husband to make a tape of every rock ‘n roll song from the 50′s forward with “baby” in it. Like: “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “Baby it’s Cold Outside,” “Oooh, Baby, Baby”. I’l send you a copy if you want it. Seriously. And your infused vodka looks great! (Wish I knew of a song with “Plankton” in it, but I don’t)
Okay I hear you on the gift thing. At my shower (its was in August) I wore a cute dress. Well as I’m sitting there opening away (it is the hell you imagine it to be) I’m trying to look grateful and happy and all and my sister is directly across from me photographing each thing and my reaction, fabulous. When I downloaded the pics and was looking through them I notice one lovely thing in all of them. My vagine is shooting out stars for all the world to see. My dress rose up just enough to bare my lady parts for all to see. Either no one noticed or no one told me, either way it was a horror. So I say you have a gift area and then put up a clothesline. Tell people you want to hug a tree and for them not to wrap the gifts, just bring them and they can clip up the clothes on the line with clothes pins. That way everyone gets to see what you got but you don’t have to endure opening all that crap. And please have fun! The clock is ticking down to being a half-zombie with leaking boobs, enjoy these last few months
No. Games.
Baby shower games make me want to vom all over the bitch who planned that party.
Do you know about this site? http://www.everybodybirths.com./ Some are fairly freak-out worthy, but others make me feel *much* better about the whole birthing thing.
“No games”
“Definitely get yourself some sparkling grape juice and pour it in a fancy glass (half filled with champagne/wine shhhhh don’t tell anybody, it’s our little secret) so you can feel like you’re participating in the kegger party.”
“That vodka made me reeeaaallly thirsty, do you think the boss would care if I poured myself a little martini right now?”
Bleh. baby shower games suck. As do wedding shower games. The trick is to incorporate entertainment without making your guests feel like they have to play games.
The last co-ed baby shower/bash I went to had one “game” if you want to consider it that. It was a huge poster board with 12 2-hr blocks for the 14 days immediately surrounding the due date. You bought a square (I took 2-4 pm the day after the due date) for like $5 a square or something and the winner makes money. The guys were in on it because it looked like a Super Bowl square pool and there was money involved. And you could totally fix it so that you and B get 1/2 the pot regardless and the winner gets the other half.
I suggested doing a no-wrap party if you don’t want to open gifts that way the people who do want to see what you get, and there will be those people, can look at the gift table and you don’t have to spend an hour opening gifts. This will also save you the embarrassment of not knowing what the crap you just opened and having people mumble to themselves about how “you are 7 months pregnant, you should KNOW what a diaper genie is by now…” I speak from experience.
The infused vodka looks yum- sorry you cannot enjoy…. I actually have never been to a baby shower/bash…good luck!!
The last baby shower I attended was potluck. My offering: Grey Goose. No lie.
Do not make me eat a candy bar out of a diaper and guess what it is. That is the dumbest game in the history of baby showers. Actually, just skip games all together unless it’s beer pong.
First, your shower already sounds 100x’s more awesome than any I’ve been too… Fruit infused vodka??? Hook me up!
Second; please, please, please DON’T play the game with the melted candy bars in the diapers where you have to guess them all correctly… It’s SO gross! In fact, if I was having a baby shower I would supply lots of booze and mourn the fact that I can’t have any and then I would serve kick ass food with some music in the background. I would encourage all of my guests to drink, drink drink, so that #1) I don’t have to open presents #2) they won’t wonder why we aren’t playing games #3) the only memories they’ll have of the shower are of good alcohol and kick ass food.
Ok, first off I want to know HOW you lucky ladies have avoided baby showers. I’ve been to about a bajillion. For real. And I’ve NEVER been to one that I’ve actually enjoyed. S,o I’ve been keeping a mental check-list of what NOT to do over the years, in case I ever get knocked up. That list could go on and on, so I’ll stick with just a few “no’s” and some ideas that I wouldn’t mind participating in (because if I like it, it’s fun. duh.)
NO “melted candy in diaper” games. No “taste the baby food” games. No ‘how many squares of toilet paper does it take to wrap the belly” games and no “don’t say the special word (baby, diaper, labor, etc) or I’ll take your clothespin away” games. LAME, LAME, LAME.
When I hosted a bridal shower this summer, I made each guest fill out a notecard with a piece of advice for the couple. I then gathered the cards before the bride saw them and placed them- along with pictures from the shower/party- in a photo album. I gave the album to the bride on her wedding day as a gift. It ended up being a neat litte memory book full of photos and little nuggets of wisdom. You could do the same for your shower, or designate a friend to do it for you so that you’ll be surprised by the finish product.
Love the beer bottle chug idea. Men chugging beer through nipples? Legit. Also, the question game can be fun. Especially after your guests have had a few. (And it gets to be ALL about you- who doesn’t love that?)
I also agree with those who posted the idea about having a ‘no wrap’ party. Keeps you from having to open gifts and displays everything so those who like to “ooohh and aaawww” over baby crap (stuff?) can do so at their own leisure. I’ve seen the clothes displayed on a clotheline before- it was cute, and served as a sort of ‘decoration’ in itself.
And for the record… under ordinary circumstances I would be drooling over that infused vodka. But I’m hunover today, so really it just made me want to vomit. I’d still be interested in being added to that Christmas list, though… just sayin’.
In reference to the last line of the really long comment previously made… I meant *hungover.* I rest my case.
I totally think you should make everyone watch a birthing video before they arrive at the shower, (maybe an email with a youtube link?) so they can feel uber sorry that you will have shoot a watermelon sized person out of your peanut sized hole. They will feel so much anguish at the thought, they will give you tons of love/presents/vodka for after the birth.
I recently went to a Vegas themed baby shower, (where they, uh, ahem, concieved) and it was fun until everyone was kind of drunk and playing board and video games. The mom-to-be was NOT drunk and too big/swollen to play games so she quickly became ignored by the crowd. I sat and chatted with her for the last 2 hours while the rest of the party continued to drink. My advice is to have at least 3 people who are not drinking so you won’t get left out or stumbled over.
I have only been to really crappy showers so I cant really say there was anything I liked. Except mimosas one of them had mimosas. But my point for posting is actually this can I please please please pretty please have the recipe for whatever glorious concoction is in that picture! It looks amazing and I want that as soon as I get off work or under my desk while everyone is at lunch.
It’s just vodka and a million berries and sugar!
First of all really, MODG? Svedka? Vodka is my fave brand of water but I don’t mess with that sh*t. Last time I had that I woke up face planted to my pillow with sunglasses on and my front door wide open. It was AWESOME. But I’m kind of adult-like and trendy now so I try not to get trashed anymore. …At least not on that level.
I’ve only been to one baby shower and we just drank and tried to guess who the father was. But if I were to throw one I would suggest the following games:
Playing flip cup with sippy cups
Playing hot potato with a baby doll.
Playing tug-of-war with said baby doll in the middle of two ropes. In honor of all the babies who come from broken homes. #sads.
You will be in charge of planning my next shower.
dude, when you infuse you could use banker’s club and it doesn’t matter.
“Vodka is my favorite brand of water” = “tee’s comment is my favorite brand of alcoholism.”
You are my hero. PS I am totally saying that next weekend. By which I mean: tonight.
Do NOTHING that is typical baby shower nonsense.
Serve good drinks, accept fabulous presents (that you DON’T OPEN in front of everyone), feed them tasty tasty food, and chat.
Done.
I hate when people make you play games. Every single person in the room is irritated by the games, and yet people still do them? And who is the asshole that decided that everyone at baby showers needed to play a game where you taste melted candy bars out of baby diapers? That person, should be killed.
It’s always so much fun when they make you do a paper mache of your belly and then paint it. Such a treasure to have for years to come. JUST KIDDING. VOMIT. YAK. THROW UP.
I put “baby shower games alcohol drunk” in my Google machine and this creepy one came up:
“Again this games’ best for a mixed sex party (ideally) and only for ‘good friends’! Blindfold 2 guests and stand them in the middle of the room facing each other. Attach 5 clothespins on each player in strategic places. The players must then search the other player to find the clothespins. Whoever finds all 5 first wins”
Baby shower + infused vodka + inappropriate fondling of not your hubby = what’s not to love??
I’M SO GLAD YOU SAID JUST KIDDING
I actually like games. Though there are some definite shower games that are lame and stupid.
The baby gift bingo sounds fun. Would definitely make the opening presents part (should you change your mind about that, and personally I think you should. It is after all why people come.) more bearable for everyone. Though the non-wrapped presents and clothes line idea is also really cute.
The baby pool would be a good thing for the guys for sure.
I’ve also been to a shower where we played Baby Jeopardy. It was weird at first as everyone figured out what it was but it actually got to be a lot of fun with some trash talking going on. Categories were like Baby Animals, Nursery Rhymes, Famous Emmas (baby-on-board is named Emma).
The good thing about the secret word game is that anyone who doesn’t want to play can get out of it quickly and then not participate the rest of the time.
Agreed on the unwrapped presents. You may need to think of a way to track who brought what stuff. Thank you notes are a bitch but def necessary.
Super Bowl-style betting on Plankton’s birthday/weight/etc. – good. You can also do a grid with day of the week & hour-long blocks too. If you are richer than your friends offer the entire pot to the winner or send 50% to a charity.
I personally like the candy bar/diaper game. B/c I think poo is funny and I love the pics of people’s faces all shoved up in the diaper.
Speaking of… make sure someone is taking photos.
I hosted a bridal shower last month & we played ‘Minute to Win it’ games. All of the ‘blueprints’ are online and mostly involve stuff you have around the house. One person volunteers to make a fool out of him(her)self & the rest sit back and laugh. Plus the minute limit to complete the task makes the game thing go quicker.
And please tell B he’s got one amazing girl to get married in FEBRUARY! I had mine in the middle of a PSU/OSU game. At least we knew by November that PSU was already sucking that year (2003).
omg. a psu osu game would spell divorce for me.
No opening presents — its torture for guys (and women like me), Baby bingo is mind-numbing, but vodka may make it tolerable, actually no, still not tolerable. Just have good food, drinks, and enjoy your friends — will be much better.
i went to a bridal shower recently, the invite said something really nice to explain the no unwrapping bit, like “the bride has requested that her shower be a display shower, so she has more time to spend with her guests. please do not wrap your gifts.”
when we got there, the bridesmaids (in your case….you…) had put all attendees names on an index card, with a ribbon tied to it, and they took our gifts, put it on the display table, and attached our index card to it (they of course displayed it all so nicely).
it was really nice for everyone – we did get to spend more time with the bride, plus at one point, i got to walk up on my own time and actually see all the gifts (instead of peering from the back of the room trying to see what she got).
I like your idea with the cards and ribbon. that would please the pains in my asses.
According to my pregnant wife, the best way to plan a baby shower/bash/cluster-fawk is to NOT have one, but instead send out cards to everyone telling them where you are registered. That way you don’t have to go through the bullsh!t of planning/hosting a party while being at the mercy of your hormones and unable to drink, and your husband doesn’t have to find an excuse to vacate the county that day.
It’s a no-lose situation actually.
I, like you am hosting a co-ed booze infused baby bash for my brother and sister-in-law next month. We are having games, but of course nothing that has to do with babies or moms. The them of the booze party is “retro Carnival/Circus”, so we will have a bounce house (yay for drunk people jumping and hopefully not breaking and limbs!), beer pong (obvs), and of course be a tarot card reader…what kind of carnival would it be without a carnie???? So, it really is just an excuse for friends to booze it up under the guise of celebrating baby! What more could a person ask for?
If you must play a game, may I suggest blowing up a baby picture of you and B (faces only) and cutting out all the facial features and putting all the pieces in a envelope. Each table gets a full set of MODG and B baby face parts and creates a masterpiece of what they envision Plankton will look like. You can put it up in his nursery…free art.
Well, in all seriousness, I think not opening your gifts is rude. People are nice enough to buy you something, they want to see your reaction. Yes, everyone gets bullshit gifts, mostly from old people, but it’s part of it. And we all feel dumb doing it, but once you get past the first couple, it’s not so bad, and you’ll be really excited to see what you got anyway. That being said, if you don’t want to be on display while opening, you could do it open house style. People can just drop by whatever time they want, during whatever hours you choose, and just open stuff and people bring it in. Or wait for a few to pile up and do 3 or 4 at a time. I went to a shower like this, and it went well.
Another idea, that same open house shower, asked everyone to bring a story book for the baby- this is a great idea, books can get expensive to buy, and trust me, in a couple years, you will not want to read the same shit to Plankton every single GD day. And if you want, people can write a little message for Planky inside the cover.
Or have everyone bring a pack of diapers as their ticket to get in. (You know, to make up for the cash spent on all the vodka.)
Overall, I think your baby shower vodka keg party sounds really fun, and I’m sure it will go great, but I’d really re-think the opening gifts part. Just being honest. Good luck!
My baby shower was a martini party, no lie. I didn’t want games of trying to guess what candy bar looks the most like poop (gross) or crazy women trying to steal your diaper pin if you cross your legs (really?). Just give people the vodka, make them bring you awesome gifts (to be opened later, of course) and eat. That’s really all people want, so give it to them.
First of all. Yes, please and thank you for adding me to your Christmas Vodka List. I’ll email my address.
A fun idea with a group of drunkards, everyone wears a mardi gras bead necklace. If you hear someone say the word “baby” you call them out on that ish and you take the necklace. If you have more than one necklace on, you have to surrender all your necklaces to that person that called you out. At the end of the party (or when one person has all the necklaces, obvi)whoever has the most on wins. And what do they win? Probably more vodka. Lucky bastards.
you don’t want it. TRUST
Next time i have a party, of any description, I’m putting you in charge of drinks!
That Plankton Potion looks great!!! maybe I need to try my hand in some infusing-
Ok- so do NOT open gifts- you will loose about 1/2 the people- especially the guys. But if you make opening gifts into a drinking game of sorts- or start taking shots with each gift- then I guess it could be a tiny bit more interesting-
We made the boys play this game- and it sounds super cheesy- but it will seriously make you pee your pants from laughing so hard. They each had to put 1 jumbo marshmellows in their mouth and say “Baby Boy yourlastname” Then add another marshmellow- one at a time- and say it again- to see who could say the saying with the most marshmellows stuffed in thier mouth. LOL- it’s was so freakin hilarious! It’s also fun to see who can chug a beer the fastest out of a baby bottle-
I’m lame and I’m not a fan of games (in general) and did not have games at my bridal shower and I will not have them when I have a baby shower. I’m more about food + cake + presents = good. Buuuuut, it looks like there are plenty of good non lame ideas listed in the commens before mine, so, ya know. Either way, you’re involved, it will be awesome!
ok, here are my two cents:
1) I love the drinking idea. i’ll have one for you
2) please god don’t play the “guess the candy bar” game. if you dont know this, you melt different candy bars (snickers, milky way, etc) into diapers and guests have to guess the candy. i know you love poop, but this is just a little too real. please. dont.
3) i also object to the idea of opening gifts in front of everyone. i do also know that grandmas and southerners love this 98 minutes of hell to see what you get. here is my proposal (that i stole from someone else and plan to use forever). have a stylish clothesline and a cute basket for people to hang/place gifts in/on unwrapped. then you can do a drive by and and oogle over all the gifts without unwrapping everything. this is both green (go earth) and pain free and makes grandma and southerners happy.
thats all the baby advice i can give. glad to help
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The one and only baby shower I have ever thrown was co-ed and consisted of jager-bombs, gifts (unfortunately opened in front of all), and of course a pinata. Because that sounded like a good idea, and it turned out to be awesome. After enough jager, we convinced the tallest guy to go in the backyard and hold the pinata above his head so the rest of the guests could take turns swinging a bat at it.. So it may not have been the smartest idea ever, but it’s the only baby shower that any of my friends actually remember fondly. Highly reccommended!
YES TO A PINATA!! OF A BABY. but beating it with a bat could be awkward.
Good for you for planning a bash that you will enjoy (unfortunately minus the Plankton Potion). It doesn’t matter what anyone else says you should do, do what you like.
The opening of the gifts is so boring – for you and the guests. it’s best done when you are relaxed and really have time to look things over. I’d never heard of the display shower type thing before, it’s a great idea. I like what alex said about the index card and ribbon thing and everyone being able to see what the others brought.
Sounds like your party is going to be a lot of fun!
That vodka looks verrrry drinkable. I threw my sister’s “bash” in April of this year and we all thought it was a lot of fun. She was not into weird “taste-strange-green-baby-food/baby-poop” games so we just did a celeb matching game (ie column A: Tom and Katie, Column B: Suri, you get it.) Anyway that would have been better if there weren’t so many people there who didn’t follow TMZ, US magazine, etc. But I digress. Most important element: Alcoholic drinks for guests and comfy chair for you. Second most important element: good food and desserts. Also, better to throw your bash way in advance of your due date (at least 6 weeks) so you aren’t planky cranky.
The vodka is a fantastic start…. you got it.
I threw a baby shower for my cousin earlier this summer. I am a firm believer that most children should be kept on leashes in public places, so needless to say the baby factor was downplayed. The theme was festive garden party-she was having a girl so the bright pink and green polka dot-sparkle with silver-accent color scheme was totally appropriate. The pregnant lady was the only baby-related decoration. She was ambivalent about games, but we did have one because it involved freezing small plastic babies in ice cubes, which was a no-brainer. Each guest gets a frozen baby in their drink and the first person whose baby separates from the ice yells ‘my water broke’. I didn’t serve liquor at the party, but did give out bottles of wine as prizes. We splurged on a wedding-worthy cake and lots of great food that could be prepared ahead of time, so the actual day was mostly stress-free and just a great party. Oh, and for the favors we spent way too much money on personalized M&Ms in the same colors and it was awesome.
Umm… I just really want some of that vodka. Enough said. I won’t make you open presents, if you just let me have some of that vodka.
As someone who has SUFFERED through too many baby showers, filled with cutesie gifts, dumb games, and mind-numbing chit-chat, I commend you for providing alcohol at your baby bash. If more people offered booze at their showers, perhaps I’d be more inclined to enjoy myself and not groan my way through.
i have been to several baby showers, had a few of my own and even thrown some. of all the things i have ever done at a baby shower the most amusing game played was called the dirty diaper game. basically you put various chocolate bars in diapers and melt the chocolate bars in the microwave for 30 seconds or so. (i prev did 10 different bars – and looked for chocolate bars that are hard to find anymore) you then give each person a sheet of paper and pass around the dirty diapers. the guests can examine the contents of the dirty diaper, smell them – i even caught people TASTING them to determine the chocolate bar inside. the guest who guesses the most correct wins a prize! LOL. so much fun for men and women! http://baby-shower.yeahbaby.com/game.php?page=103
I so agree with Jennifer on the dirty diaper game – and if you are liquoring them up it will be extra fun! Just don’t buy the damn size 5 diapers to do it. Newborn or size 1 max.
I think it’s wildly considerate of you to provide alcohol.
I like babies, I like my friends and I like baby things but even I have a limit of how many times I can say, “That’s so cute!”
Booze helps.
I just threw a baby shower (no alcohol=sads) for my good friend. The only game that I loved playing was trivia questions about the mom-to-be/dad-to-be. We printed about 25 questions out and had people answer them on the sheets of paper. We called out the answers at the end, and whoever had the most got a prize (maybe a shot in your case?!). Questions like when’s the due date, what’s Amanda’s fave/least fave part of being pregnant, what date were Amanda/B married, who did Amanda first tell that she was prego, etc. etc.
As someone who has no kids, I’d just be grateful you’re supplying alcohol and trying to make sure everyone has fun!
OMG, that looks soooo good.
Okay, have you ever had horseradish vodka? Sounds sooo bad, tastes sooo god!
I’ve given lots of baby showers and they were all only second to awesome because the most awesome one would include this game that I love but that my friends always veto. It’s called guess the candy bar poop, and basically you stick a candy bar inside a diaper and then melt it for like 20 seconds in the microwave. Then, the guests have to guess the candy bar poop/dirty diaper. They might lick the poop or smell the poop or want to eat the poop. Whatever tickles their pickle.
And you can use all kinds of imaginative candy bars, obviously.
Think of the possibilities!
Oh yeah she vetoed this idea in like the first 5 comments…haha…people aren’t in to smelling shit.
Ha! so I left my comment and then just read the one where the girl said please do not play the best game ever.
whatever. it is your choice whether or not to have the Best Baby Shower in America or not.
((also, i should mention that I have had three strawberry infused vodka club sodas before I am reading this post… now I think I need one more.))
(((Okay, just one more comment.))) Here is a good idea for your baby shower cake:
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/05/baby-cake-gets-cut-down-to-size.html
Okay, really this is the last comment (until I think of something else awesome) and this one IS actually helpful.
Have you thought about a bloody mary bar? You can set out the vodka, a variety of mixes and different garnishes (cucumber slices, pepperocini, pickled okra, pickled green beans), pepper, hot sauce, horseradish, etc, etc, and peeps can make themselves their own bloody marys.
(p.s. I drank all my vodka so I am now on to rum)
As a person with 75 cousins who has been to many many many many baby showers, please don’t play the games. I hate the games. They’re embarrassing. Just serve the booze and food. Trust me – your guests (especially those that don’t have children) will appreciate the lack of game antics… and the abundance of booze will keep them more than occupied… and happy.
Vodka + berries + MODG = all sorts of sparkle happy. Period.
I can tell you what game NOT to play. Memory. I went to a shower a few weeks ago and we had to play effing MEMORY. Even better? Half the attendees were over 60 and possibly in the early stages of dementia. That damn game lasted 45 minutes.
Games blow regardless of what kind of game it is. If you do decide to open up presents in front of your guests the only game that would be good is a bingo game so your guests can win some nice $ store prizes! You get a blank bingo card and have your guests write what they think that you will get. It is the only way to keep your guests from falling asleep while you open up gifts. I am super jealous that you are providing alcohol. Obviously my friends and family suck because they have never offered alcohol at any of the baby showers that I have been to!
I literally had to wipe the drool off of my mouth so as not to get my keyboard wet after opening this post. In the name of all things that are holy, I HAVE TO TRY AND MAKE THIS INFUSION!! Omg.
Also? Booze at a Baby Shower = pure genius.