Baby Shower for Men

{Matt and Chelsea}

We do things a little differently in the Seven Cherubs house.
I guess it is how we have fun and enjoy ourselves. We put our own spin on things.

This is a flashback post. A memory that I treasure.

When I was pregnant with my first baby Chelsea, I was asked several times if I was going to have a baby shower to celebrate. In thinking about it, I decided that I really did not want to have one, but decided to have a baby shower for Matt.

A surprise Men's baby shower.
Oh my! it was so much fun to put together.

My sister-in- law Naomi, yes we have the same name, helped me put it together.

On the invitation we said:

"Dear Men,

Have you always wanted to attend a baby shower??? 
Well, here is your chance. We are planning a surprise baby shower for Matt and his first baby.

It is strictly men only. We do not expect any frilly things so if you would like to bring a present please make it a tool that matt needs when changing a baby or giving a bath or something you know he could use.

*insert day and time*

Naomi and Naomi"

We sent out the invitations to Matt's men friends and could not wait for the night to happen. My biggest problem I had was coming up with a reason to get Matt out of the house. So I got my sister-in-law to tell Matt that there was a surprise baby shower for me that night and he had to get me out of the house.

Too funny and yes, we are so clever!

I was killing myself laughing (on the inside!) as I watched Matt go around and clean up the house for his own baby shower! Love that guy!!

Later in the afternoon he suggested that we go for a drive and I nearly burst out laughing!
I of course played along with everything that he said and dutifully got in the car to go for a drive.

After our drive Matt let me inside the door first, so that I would get my surprise. I quickly went into the lounge area and turned around in time to see Matt still standing at the door staring at a sign that said "Good luck Dad" with a very confused look on his face.

When he stepped inside the door everyone jumped out and yelled 'Surprise' and Matt was shocked to see that our loungeroom was full of guys! It was totally awesome and Matt was so shocked that the baby shower was for him.

I loved that we had surprised him and touched that he felt sad for me that I was not having one.

The two of us Naomi's and Matt's mum were the only females permitted and it was such a fun night. My sister-in-law ran the whole evening and it was so great to see Men doing all the baby shower activities. Playing spit the dummy and changing nappies as fast as they could and having a great time chatting about fatherhood.

One of the things I enjoyed was that they took the competitions so seriously. I just laughed and laughed at how competitive they were even when it came to nappies and baby activities. Classic!

At the end of the night I really felt that it was a special event. It is not often that you get to be with a bunch of great men, who value fatherhood and to be able to listen to the several heartfelt sharing moments that happened when they spoke with respect and love towards their wives and their own children. Sure there were laughs, sure there was fun, but there was also love and admiration.

It was wonderful to show Matt how much I appreciate all that he does in supporting me in my motherhood role and journey. After all I could not do it without him.

Thanks Naomi for helping to make it happen.