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The Pineapple shower was, well, very Pineappley. There were handmade and illustrated pineapple mirror favors, pineapple punch, pineapple presents and I was dressed like a pineapple.

My hostesses, Sister Pineapple and Bridesmaid Katie, were amazing. My mom helped me shop for their thank you gifts since she lives in south Florida where pineapples are quite popular.

We gave them this wacky pineapple bag:

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See that sign in the background? It says “Best Wishes Ryan & Emily”. Bridesmaid Katie made that sign by cutting the letters out of pink paper. The amazing part is that she didn’t even draw the letters on the paper first, she just started cutting, even the ampersand. Very impressive. (For those font nerds out there, Sister Pineapple and I called the letters Comic Serif )

A couple days before the shower, Mom Pineapple and I baked mini wedding cakes for a cake-decorating contest. The morning of the shower my bridesmaids and I mixed up different colors of frosting and filled decorating bags. Then, each guest got a mini cake and we passed around the frosting.

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I think most brides will agree that bridal showers are kind of overwhelming. So many people gathering around you, absolutely drenching you with love and care, and no groom in sight to help you take it all in. This was absolutely the experience I was able to savor this week, and I hope each of you are able to enjoy the same.

Upon entry, I was immediately crowned with a very fuzzy (and very small) pink princess crown. It was hurting my head a little bit, but there was no way I was going to be taking it off anytime soon. There just aren’t enough opportunities to wear princess crowns in everyday life.

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Over Labor Day weekend, my future mother-in-law graciously hosted a wedding shower for us in New York. She worked very hard in preparing the delicious menu and recruiting assistance with inventing new games, and getting enough men to come!

I don’t have many pictures, but for you men out there thinking that showers are lame, I promise you they can be somewhat enjoyable. As you can see from the pictures, Mr. Coconut found ways to make it fun!

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Honestly, I did enjoy my shower for the most part. It was lovely to see everyone in one place (and wearing pink!), and in such high spirits. However, I was really, really, REALLY uncomfortable being the centre of attention for such a sustained length of time. Having everyone looking at me (and laughing when I spilled food on my dress) was such an awkward feeling—I wanted to hide, but where do you hide when all eyes are on you?
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Since Sister Pineapple (my Maid of Honor) lives in New York, Mom Pineapple and I are giving her a hand by doing some of the bridal shower projects she had originally planned to do when she got here. One of which is the one I had heard whispers about a couple months ago: a wedding cake decorating contest! I know that games are usually a surprise, but I am glad to help my sister out. I can’t imagine her doing everything the night before the shower.

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(Sister Shortcake and friend started baking cupcakes at midnight)

Because we had the bridal shower the next day, we had to leave my engagement party early. My mother, Sister Shortcake, a dear friend, and I stayed up until four in the morning setting up all of our decorations and preparing food for the next day.

Good thing too, because the next morning, guests started arriving at 10 AM, instead of at noon as the invitation had stated!
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This is the story of a bridal shower that I almost didn’t want to go to. I was in Utah to pick up my dress and attend a friend’s wedding, when my sister and I were in a car accident on the way between the ceremony and the reception. A quick trip to the emergency room proved that we survived without any damage to our bodies, but the car was towed and we were stranded.

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If you remember, back in June Mr. Shortcake and I made our first, last, and only trip home before the wedding. We had a rather ridiculously large to-do list to accomplish (which we did, with the help of your suggestions!), and one of the items on that list was my bridal shower.
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Last Saturday afternoon, FMIL Hydrangea and FSILs Hydrangea threw me a cute shower at a local hotel in our hometown. This shower was mainly for family members of Mr. H (he has a ginormous family) and a few of their close friends.

Mom H and BM H attended with me, and we all had a great time! I was a little nervous for my mother as she had not been to one of Mr. H’s family events before. Many of the women speak little English, and instead speak mainly Spanish. While I’m still a little shy to speak it, I pretty much understand just about everything they are saying and it still catches them off guard at times when I answer their Spanish in English.

We started off by eating, and man was it good! I forgot to take pics of the main spread, but it included ceviche, shrimp cocktail, fruits, veggies… yum yum yum! FMIL H also remembered my favorite cake and she bought a tres leches cake from this amazing Mexican bakery for us all to eat after we stuffed ourselves with seafood.

YUM - Tres Leches!

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