This week I got to spend a glorious day with my sister and her growing bump. Well mini bump, she is measuring a little small so we are hoping for a big growth spurt this week! We watched a film under a duvet on a sofa. In the middle of the afternoon. In the week. In the middle of the week! I haven't done that in over 4 years!

Tip - do not what What To Expect When You Are Expecting if you feel even slightly hormonal. You will cry. Lots.

I can't wait to meet Baby B. Counting down these final 9 weeks ....

I love receiving mail. Hand delivered by a man dressed in red. Today, 25 lovely ladies will be receiving a special package from Mum and me!

I have finally put together all the information and activities for my sister's Baby Shower!

There are three things to do and a prepaid envelope back to the Auntie to Bee - me!

Their packages include a blank triangle of white fabric cut from a remnant I bought from the local fabric shop £1.50 and a black pen. The idea is they all decorate a triangle and then I glue them to a lovely yellow polka dot ribbon I found at a flea market, to use as bee theme bunting around her house!

Simple but when pieced together, will look very effective. Plus you can't get much more personalised bunting than that can you?!

They also have a newborn nappy (I had completely forgotten how small they are - we use size 6+ at night for Sammy) which they can write a word or brief message on. Something to make them smile when they are changing the 10th nappy of the day!

I have asked for a photo from when they were little to make a 'Guess the Baby' competition and they have some bits to read including an idea to keep all the Daddies and children amused and out of the way!

Instead of everyone having to spend money on buying individual presents (which seems mad as I'm sure we will all want to buy something when the baby is actually born) I have suggested we all go in together and contribute a small amount to getting them what they really need - supplies! The good thing about being the younger sister is you get to borrow everything! So they are sorted for neutral clothes and baby equipment. In fact we have a mass sorting session booked in for this weekend. They will be going home to Bracknell with a car bursting with baby paraphernalia and our loft will be empty!

I have banned her from reading my blog, so I'm not spoiling any surprises!

You can keep up with my ideas by following my Pinterest board here. Everywhere I go I see black and yellow. I am secretly stashing things under my desk in my office!

Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know I am going to be an Auntie this year!

But before the baby arrives, there is first going to be a baby shower! How exciting!

I met all my sister's close friends on her hen weekend in 2010 (I will post some photos next week so you can see what we got up to and it's a hint of what's to come for the shower) and I am really looking forward to seeing all her work, as well as old and new friends in March to celebrate her baby shower.

I have been collecting things for months and there was only one theme we could have. The baby is affectionately known as Baby B (as in bee) as their surname begins with B and their house is known as The Beehive!

Etsy is like a bumble bee paradise. What's even better is, with my brother living in America I have a US shipping address. We are going to visit him and my sister in law in February and I think I will end up with a suitcase full of party bits for the shower and the boy's birthday parties (Circus and Doctors) this year!

I want to send the invites out in the next week and looked into printing my own from printable files you can buy from Etsy. It's a great way to get a super professional look if you are not a photoshop pro.

I toyed with all sorts of ideas, had several conference and Skype calls to Mum who is co hosting and eventually settled on a sweet but modern honeycomb design on heavy linen lined card. They are quite the modern design couple so I am going to incorporate different elements of the other designs into the buffet table in paper treat bags, striped paper straws and table linen.

I have bought an ink stamp set to pretty up the envelopes and will use the stamp on the food labels and party bags.

There is a surprise envelope in the girls invitations with an activity for each of them I have made, a request and a prepaid envelope (I'll fill you in next week) back to me.

My sister is a big supporter of this blog so I have asked her not to peek this week! She has been very anxious through her textbook pregnancy with first time nerves and she really deserves to be spoilt, especially as she will have to return to full time work, shortly after the baby is born. Mum and I can't wait to spoil her rotten!

If you have any honey ideas please share them! I've been jotting down a list of games to play too but any suggestions would be lovely!

You can follow my Pinterest board here.