Dear Peanut: Baby Shower

Dear Peanut,

So it's already May and you just celebrated the start of your 6th month a few days ago. You and daddy are already sleeping and mommy is writing. I thought I'd thought I'd backtrack and tell you about your baby shower last September 16, 2017.

Initially, we wanted an R-18 "sausage" party with explicit content, haha. But since we have friends who already have kids, we couldn't get away with it. So we had a slightly R-18 "sausage party." We've decided to hold it at one KTV lounge here at the condo where we live for easier access. After so many back and forth discussions with your grandparents, we ordered some party food from one of your LolaMommy and LoloDaddy's friends.

Balls. Many, many balls.

Can you see what we did here? Hehe.

We requested your NinangC and NinangP to host the games. They came up with two of the most popular baby shower games like the one below. They filled baby bottles with soda and the fastest who can finish wins the game.

Chug, chug, chug

We also had this drawing game where the participants had to draw on top of their heads what they think you would look like. Some of our friends drew a baby with an afro. Some drew what looked like a fish. It was a bit confusing but it was fun to hear our family and friends explain what the hell they were thinking.

That's your NinongB having a hard time drawing how he thought you'd look like.

We also asked everyone to give us some advice on how to prepare for your arrival. Many told us to get some sleep now, because it would be 5 to 6 months before we can get some good sleep (and fuck, they were right). They also told us not to buy too many newborn clothes because you'll outgrow them fast (and they were right on this too). Glad we listened well.

Oh, and we also officially launched this blog. We gave them the URL and they read the first few entries we published. We read two entries out loud: the first one was your daddy's "Pesky's Revenge" and I read the one titled "The First Time We Found Out About You."

We also gave panutsa (peanut brittle dessert) as event tokens. And some #DearPeanut memo pads that I designed and your grandparents printed.

All in all, it was fun. But we thought it was too quick. We had the place reserved for us for 3 hours only. When the program ended, people wanted to stay and chat. We had to politely tell them that we had to leave because the place was reserved the following hours, we couldn't extend.

I think, next time, we'd get the place for 6 hours or more. Or we'd just have a baby shower at a bar. After all, that's possible. :)

And of course, we had peanuts for pica-pica.

Here are some of the collaterals we designed for the event:

Guest Frame

E-invite/ Reminder

Here are some of the teasers we posted online for the #DearPeanut Blog Launch.

xoxo,

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Dear Peanut,

When SC and I first became a couple, we threw a drinking party for our immediate family and friends at a bar in Mandaluyong. For our church wedding in 2014, we held the reception at a bar in Eastwood City and had a prohibition/gangster theme.

You've probably figured out by now that many of our "parties" always have a drinking theme somehow. It's not that we're alcoholic (don't worry), it's just that we enjoy drinking a glass of wine, beer, scotch, and whiskey for a nightcap.

Before we realized that you're already on the way, I always pour myself a serving of scotch from SC's stash to help me sleep. Of course, when we found out we're pregnant, the alcoholic nightcaps had to go for me. I thought I'd have trouble sleeping, but the pregnancy-related exhaustion does the trick for me.

I remember a few years back, after watching Kingsman: The Secret Service, we thought of having a Kingsman-themed baptism party for you. We'd ask your godparents to dress up and we'd have black umbrellas ala Kingsman for giveaways. And of course, alcohol would be present in the party and we would all give a toast. Cool, huh? We'll do that, unless a more badass movie comes along and we'd change our minds. But for now, let me talk about your baby shower ideas.

Most of the baby shower ideas I see from friends and on the internet all have this flower theme. The mom-to-be would always have a floral headband and the decor would always be in some shade of pastel, usually baby blue and baby pink (which we don't like, but that's for another blog entry). There's nothing wrong with those things, really. But it's just not our style, you know?

So SC and I thought of a baby shower theme we both can live with. And since I've been bombarding your grandparents for Lucban longganisa since the first trimester of my pregnancy, I thought, hey, if we have our baby shower in Manila, I can eat all the longganisa I want.

Years before the hilarious movie Sausage Party came out, we already threw our own version of Sausage Party when your daddy's house in Taytay was blessed. We cooked some sausages and had wine. SC also has this recipe for beer-soaked sausages that his Tishnu friends raved about. We figured, hey let's just throw a Sausage Party-themed baby shower!

So that's the plan.

I'm writing this currently at #19weeks, three weeks before we fly back to Manila. We're planning to have a 3-in-1 celebration in September for your baby shower and our birthdays (SC in August, me in September).

We'd serve different kinds of sausages; ask our friends to bring their favorite type of cheeese and wine, and we'd play Sausage Party in the background. Just to balance it out, we'd have some grapes and sliced fruits thrown in there somewhere. But please no spaghetti or menudo. Those Pinoy favorites can wait for your birthday and other special occasions.

But of course, we have to have something sweet, so we'd probably have my favorite Estrel's caramel cake. Or, if we have a bigger budget, I'd ask my favorite cupcake supplier to create cupcakes for the party. Ohhh, I'm so excited!

P.S. When I told your LolaMommy about this, they said sagot na daw nila yung Lucban longganisa. :) She also gave a nice recommendation about the decor.

LolaMommy: Tapos yung mga lobo instead na bilog yung pahaba na parang titut (slang for penis).

Your grandparents support our creative madness!

Naturally, SC had to remind me to stop turning this into a bachelorette party, hahaha.

I did some Photoshop magic and created a sample baby shower invite. I combined the following images: