Surviving the Domestic Jungle

I went into this adorable little bakery the other day and it kind of jolted me into remembering I need a cake for my baby shower. I asked about what kind of shower cakes they do and they told me to look on the Internet and present them with what I want. Not my idea of a good time but I figured I would check it out and see what there was. I started my search yesterday and so far I am a little worried about what I have seen. Most of the cakes are just a little too cheesy and cutesy for me. For example, I don’t want rubber duckies or pastels or a baby bottle shaped cake. Its just not me. Most of the cakes were just that and now I am very discouraged. I will probably have to design my own cake without all the cutesy stuff! I know babies equals cutesy but this is a boy and I just don’t think rubber duckies is going to cut it. With my girls I would have done the cutesy, cheesy stuff but with my boy I want something a little more…..masculine. I guess most people come up with a theme and I don’t have one. What are the options???? Animals, trains, trucks! All the cliche things that boys would like and none of them interest me. If I was forced to come up with a theme, I guess my theme would be blue. Just blue. I know I am not very adventurous but I don’t know my son yet and I don’t want to give him some sports themed room and he actually loves music and he is stuck in a jocks dream room! Its hard having a a boy and knowing whats right. Its like trying to buy him clothes! All the boy clothes are kind of broken down into style and it has made it very hard for me because I don’t know what his style will be! There are the preppy outfits and the ‘cool’ boy outfits and the dorky outfits and I have no clue what to buy!! Im sorry but girls are a thousand times easier! Is it pink? Is it fluffy and makes you say awwww? Then it is perfect!! With boys it is such a different experience and quite stressful to be honest. I feel like I need to meet him before I make all these decisions but I guess I’m just going to have to take the plunge and do it. I saw this one cake on the Internet that was a sheet cake with a mom and dad on the top (flat) and it said congratulations so and so and I think that is the direction I may go so that there is no pressure on me to choose a theme. Only thing was I couldn’t save a picture of it so now back to the drawing board to try and find another picture of something similar.