Let The Wild Rumpus Start!

Little Maxwell's nursery theme is "Where the Wild Things Are". It is my brother's all time favorite book from his childhood and since the day they knew they were having a baby, that was the theme of their nursery, whether he be a boy or girl.

And they just so happened to have Maxwell right around the time that a movie was made of the book. The irony!

And...

The little boy in the book's name just so happens to be MAX!

So, when I planned the shower, I scoured the web and stores high and low for ideas.

Now let me show you how it turned out.

We bought a copy of the book, picked pictures out that we liked, ran to Hobby Lobby and had them framed! Perfect decor for the shower, and a great wall grouping for their nursery! Woo Hoo!! (Oh, and pardon the chairs in front of them. I needed living room seating for the shower!)



Here is where the Mom of Honor was seated. (I took this picture before people arrived, so trust me, she had plenty more than just 2 gifts, hehe!)



One of my friends walked in and thought the stuffed animals on the mantel were part of my Fall decor. Oh gasp! Can you imagine?! HA!



Here is the table before the food was placed.



I found these adorable letters at Hobby Lobby! Hollie had mentioned she wanted to hang his name over his crib, so I thought this would go great on the table as part of the decor, and then she could use them after!



The Diaper Cake was ordered online and these tiles came from Hob Lob as well. Love that place. And love how they do 1/2 price sales!!



Here's the cake I made.



Just kiddin'. A local bakery made it. Did I have you going for just a second?

This was one of my favorite details! I found these little tiles with scenes from the book on Etsy. How cute! I hung them on a little tree type thing. Loved it!



The napkins and cups with his name on it. Also came from online. The plates came from Pier 1. Cutesy.





Here is the party favor station. Party favors were all found online, too. I wasted many a day on the WWW finding links to unique favors. Well, I guess they weren't wasted if I found some cutesies!



These are actually hand towels. Adorable? Yes.



Mini Gum Ball Machines and little Jars of Honey. Do you remember how before we knew Levi was Levi, I called him Baby Lovie? Well, my mom called Maxwell "Baby Honey" before we knew that he was Maxwell. So...this was appropriate.



The food was then placed....



All the details were covered....



And the party could now begin. (Does anyone notice something in the background of this picture? LOL)



After the Guest of Honor arrived with her Mother, I snapped a picture of them, sat my camera down and failed to get a picture of anything else after. Hey, don't blame me; I was too busy hostessing. :)



Hollie and her Momma. We had a great turn out, great laughter, great games, great gifts for baby, and an all around wonderful day for little Max. If only he could have experienced it with us. Soon, my little nephie. Soon.