- [Stephen] This video is brought to you by Squarespace.
My name is Stephen and in mere moments,
I'm going to surprise my very pregnant wife.
As in, we are due in exactly seven days from today
with a baby shower, one she has no idea that I've planned.
But before she walks through that door,
let's cut back to a month ago
when I started planning all of this.
(upbeat music) This is my beautiful wife, Jess,
and late last year,
we got the best surprise of our lives.
- It's like my (gasps).
Oh my God.
(whimpers)
- She's honestly my biggest inspiration.
And all while having our little girl
tucked inside her tummy,
she trekked through 18 countries
in the warmest of days and the coldest of nights.
Nothing would stop her until a global pandemic
(somber music) kinda forced us to stop,
nest a little home while we wait
for our little girl to arrive.
For all the adventures and amazing experiences
we've been on, it does come at a small price.
Being away all year round means not being able
to see our friends and family on the weekends
and missing birthdays, Christmases, and barbecues.
And one little bit of excitement
is that we were wanting to throw a baby shower
where all our friends and family could come together
in our house, and celebrate our new baby.
But, due to COVID-19 and our recommendations
from our Premier of social distancing,
our baby shower had to get canceled.
And I just wanted to quickly say, a small and irrelevant
as one person's baby shower being canceled
while there are thousands of people
out there losing their lives and jobs,
as a husband,
it did still hit me really hard watching my wife tear up
as she canceled her dream baby shower.
(whimsical music)
Jess has no idea that I'm currently filming this video.
It is currently April 14th,
and next month I want to throw Jess her dream baby shower
for just me and her in quarantine.
But the only thing
is I have no idea how to throw a baby shower.
I think I'm gonna need to get in touch
with some of Jess's closest friends and family
to give me some ideas 'cause I have no idea.
(gentle music)
(phone rings)
I think the audio's connecting.
Cool, it's just connecting.
Hello. - [Man] Hello.
- Hey Beck.
Hello Mema, how you doing?
- I'm doing fine.
- He can hear me, how's it going?
- [Stephen] Hello.
Hey Hugo.
- How you going? - I'm good, how you going?
I see you've dyed the hair to match the jumper.
- I did, is it a bit red?
Okay good.
- This is Larry.
- [Stephen] Oh, hey Larry.
I have a favor.
Your sister, did you notice she's having a baby soon?
- Wait, Jess?
- [Stephen] Yes.
- A baby?
(laughs)
Wait.
- Surprise!
So as you know at the moment,
there seems to be a bit of, in a bit of a pandemic.
- I'm aware.
- I noticed. - [Stephen] You noticed?
- I did notice that.
- Oh, yes. (laughs)
- That kinda means that we can't have a baby shower.
- Sadly, we can't hang out anymore,
I can't organize it which sucks.
- I was thinking of throwing her a surprise baby shower
for just me and her.
I got my little, I got my little planning hat.
(laughs)
- Cute, aw.
- Official. - Baby shower.
- Well planning that for Jess, wow.
- This is the best thing ever.
Now, my favorite part is that you got it in pink,
that's definitely the highlight.
(laughs)
- You're a bloody genius.
(laughs)
- So baby showers are generally,
a female affair would you agree?
I think guys aren't even allowed to come.
- No, not usually.
- I would agree that is the general trend for sure.
- I have no idea.
I wanna throw her a baby shower, what is involved?
- Okay, I have lots of ideas.
Are you gonna have a theme?
- Like pirate theme?
- No, pirates (laughs).
She's having a girl.
- But like a Mad Hatter theme or like a Disney theme?
'Cause I know Jess loves Disney.
- What I think you and Jess
but you are particularly good at is helium balloons.
- I'm thinking, food.
- The whole table is full of food.
- Bliss balls, you know like something yummy
but also healthy.
- Have like donuts hanging.
- Well, considering that it's a quarantine baby shower,
in non-quarantine ones you'd have games.
- Funnest part is the games.
- A lot of baby showers have games.
So like pass the parcel or like.
- Or like pass the diaper?
- Is you get nappies. - [Stephen] Okay.
- And you melt different chocolate bars
into the nappies. (laughs)
- I can see where you're going with this.
- And then Jess has to figure out--
- She needs to find out which one
is actually not chocolate. (laughs)
- Were you gonna use yourself as the specimen for that?
That's digust--
This is why boys aren't allowed
to be involve in these things. (laughs) (gentle music)
There's always a section where it says like advice
for the new mummy and people will film that.
- So if there's people that can't come,
if you could face,
on this like website, you can FaceTime them
and then you can play games with them
even Heads Up, Seven Up.
- Honestly, I would be more than happy
to do it though Steve.
- I have a friend, who makes really amazing cakes
that lives in Perth.
I'm gonna message her and see if she will make one.
I'll pay for it.
- No, no, no. You don't have to pay for it.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I'll pay for it.
No, no, no, no, no.
- But here's the thing, you've done everything. (laughs)
- I appreciate the help.
- Sucks that it's quarantine
but I love that you're going to so much effort
to make it so special still.
- Aw thanks Beck. - Like 'cause even though
everyone can't be there and that sucks?
Like it's still gonna be so memorable because crazy timing.
You're doing good kid, I'm proud of ya. (laughs)
- Aw, thank you.
- Where's Jess?
Well, she isn't part of this call because it's a secret.
We keep it a secret from her.
- Well, well, well, this is happening again,
even after the chaos of last week.
(dramatic music)
- So one thing before Jess had to initially cancel
the baby shower that she wanted to host,
she managed to order one thing on Etsy.
It was actually very simple, it was some cookie cutters.
So it's like shaped as a bottle, shaped as like an outfit,
shaped as like a little rattle.
And they've kinda has been sitting kind of sadly
in the bottom of our draws.
So I thought I'd honor this for Jess, bake the cookies,
so at least when she comes to the baby shower,
it's like a little piece
of her helping plan the baby shower.
So I'm gonna make some cookies,
some sugar cookies with some icing
but the chaos of today planning begins now.
When you buy just terrible icing sugar? (laughs)
I don't know how well this is gonna turn out.
Okay, so to distract Jess, get her out the house,
Heidi was kind enough to say,
"Hey, do you wanna just go head out shopping?"
So Jess was like, "That sounds great."
- So this is what happens when you have two people
that don't know how to direct.
So we're just standing here in mount Morely
trying to be one with the map. (laughs)
And it's not working out very well.
- When Heidi came in 'cause
she's helping actually prepare some amazing things.
Look at what she's done.
She's made something like high tea for us.
Look at these incredible balls.
Another thing just got delivered.
Everyone's been so generous with helping us.
So Beck and Paul and all the kids
have organized a baby cake for us.
Look this thing like oh my goodness!
It's amazing.
But now that Jess has left the house,
it is time to fully decorate.
Wish me luck guys.
(air whooshing)
- You are particularly good at is helium balloon.
(air whooshing)
- Oh my gosh, that is gonna give me an anxiety attack.
(giggles)
Alrighty, got a little donut wall,
I think we can hold 20 donuts.
♪ The way you move is a electrified ♪
♪ You know how to get me ♪
- It's a girl so should I have like blue balloons?
- Pink balloons. - Pink balloons.
- Oh, okay cool I'll make sure I.
- Pink balloons. - And purple!
♪ I like the way you move ♪ ♪ Woo oh oh oh ♪
♪ I like the way you move ♪
♪ Woo oh oh oh ♪
♪ Everything you do ♪
♪ Woo oh oh oh ♪
♪ 'Cause you like you do you ♪
♪ Eh ♪
- Filled with helium.
It's not flighty, that's all right.
- [Beck] For a looking cupcake or.
- Some friends that I called for advice have asked me
to come and pick up some gifts to add to the baby shower.
So I'm running around collecting some presents
to put up there.
- So my sister-in-law, she runs like a little business
on the side from home, she does like succulents
so she did really cute little pink succulents
- [Stephen] That's so cool.
Different prizes which I now just realized
it's probably just gonna be Jess winning
all the succulents to go in the house.
- [Heidi] Yeah we're trying to look for our own Whistles
(laughs) and this is where Jess took us.
- Parcel.
- Definitely was not expecting post with baby stuff in it.
We have surprise presents from Amazon.
Ah, what is this?
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(gentle music) Everyone that has given presents
over the week, you guys are seriously amazing.
Thank you so much, I think Jess is gonna be shocked,
I'm shocked.
Like what is this?
Whoever this is, you think you're gonna make me cry
because this is just too much.
Thank you so much.
You know what I decided to do was,
so that her family and her friends
can feel a bit more involved,
I went and got some like baby prediction cards.
What they think when she will be born, labor length,
some like advice from like cousins and aunties
and friends and stuff.
So then I'll put these
and then eventually we'll stick them into the baby book
but at least Jess can kinda feel like they here in spirit
because we got all these for her.
Alrighty kinda one of the finishing touches.
You can't have a baby shower without a welcoming sign.
I did get this made and printed over a month ago.
I was initially planning to have this baby shower
on Jess's birthday. Birthday week happened so I had to
push it back in couple of days.
So the dates a little bit wrong
but also I can't reprint it today
so hopefully it's all good.
Jess just arrived, she's gone down,
I see her coming through into the house.
All right, time for the showtime.
I have a little invitation for her,
inviting her to a private baby shower with me and her.
Let's see how she reacts.
♪ Today is my day ♪
- I have one last surprise - Hello
- [Stephen] for you, you need to put this on.
- Okay.
- [Stephen] I know that the birthday week is
over but I thought--
- What have you.
Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Put this on. - Okay.
- [Stephen] Hold my hand.
- Shall I put my stuff down?
- [Stephen] Yeah, I'll take you somewhere.
- Can I put this down?
- [Stephen] Yeah, yeah, go through there,
that's just the bedroom.
- Yeah I know.
- [Stephen] Okay, take a seat, two seconds.
Alrighty you can take off your eye mask.
(laughs)
What does it say?
(laughs)
- I'm gonna cry.
- [Stephen] Oh, Jess don't cry you're gonna make me cry.
I just thought you are so excited.
- It's so cute.
(laughs)
It says. (laughs)
- [Stephen] Oh no, don't, it's too early in the day.
- It says, "Hey Bubby, you're invited
to join us two in celebrating Jess the new bump to be,
time when you're ready, Saturday May 16th.
- [Stephen] Yeah, I wanted to do it on your birthday
but I had to postpone it to couple of days
and had already had this printed.
- And then you have to RSVP.
Oh my God this is so cute.
(laughs)
Join us two.
- [Stephen] Me and you.
- You and--?
- [Stephen] It's just me and ah--
- And the baby. - And the baby.
- [Stephen] So are you wanting to come to the baby shower?
- Yes.
(laughs)
Now what do I do?
- [Stephen] Well, let's go have a baby shower.
(laughs) - I wanna take my shoes off?
- [Stephen] Okay, get comfy.
(laughs)
So.
- Oh my God!
(laughs)
- [Stephen] Oh, Jess you gonna make me cry, don't.
- It's so much! (crying)
- [Stephen] Oh.
- Oh, it's everything that I wanted in the baby shower.
- [Stephen] Well should I take you
on a bit of a walk around?
- You've even got the donuts and the cake.
Oh my gosh Steve this is so much.
- [Stephen] Oh you're making me cry, don't. (crying)
- Oh my gosh.
- [Stephen] So over here I thought we would do--
- Yes, this is what I wanted to do.
- [Stephen] We got some games set up
so this is 29 baby photos and you have to try and guess--
- I already can tell some.
(laughs) - [Stephen] And if you look--
- (laughs) That's Paul.
(laughs)
Oh my gosh!
- [Stephen] And look behind you, I have some prizes made up.
(laughs)
- [Stephen] Little Jess's baby shower succulents.
- Oh so these are like the prizes if we win the games?
- [Stephen] This is the prizes if we win the game--
- Oh my gosh the cake is so--
- [Stephen] I know.
(laughs)
- Oh my gosh the food!
(laughs)
This is crazy.
- [Stephen] We had to do a grazing board.
- Oh my gosh Steve!
- [Stephen] And if you come over here,
there is a little present station setup.
Some people have been very generous.
- Oh the balloons!
(laughs)
- Oh, (laughs) that's cute.
- [Stephen] Oh yes, it's very beautiful.
Aw, I'll give you a hug.
- There's so much food and I just went out to eat
and I'm so full.
(laughs)
- [Stephen] I'm so glad you like it.
- How long did it take you?
- [Stephen] Oh, while you've been gone for four hours.
- Wow the donut thing is so cool.
It's cool 'cause it's a lot
of the things that I was gonna do
- [Stephen] Aw I'm so happy
- Wow.
- [Stephen] What do you wanna do?
- Wait so tell me what do we do?
- [Stephen] Well I was thinking 'cause there is a big
(laughs)
okay, I.
- What happened?
- [Stephen] I tried to do some baking and--
- Yeah these are the templates that I bought.
- [Stephen] Yes I thought I'd do this
because this is kinda like you helping plan the.
I wanna show you something else actually.
- Yeah.
- [Stephen] Before we continue.
- Wait this tiny teddy, I'm gonna have one
even though I'm full.
(laughs)
The cake!
And it says baby Parry-Valentine on it.
- [Stephen] There's another thing here
to help you feel more connected
I went and got baby predictions and also like advice
from all your family so it feels like they're here
and I also got a little baby shower book.
I can't share the baby shower book but yeah.
- I also love that.
Also it's the 16th of May on it.
- [Stephen] I know, I know.
- That's so cute Steve.
- So. - Oh my gosh.
- [Stephen] How would you like, let's do a present.
- Wait, I can get a tissue.
- Okay, go get a tissue?
(laughs)
I'll bring you one, you take a seat over there.
- Oh my gosh you're so lucky the baby hasn't come yet.
(laughs)
- [Stephen] I'm so glad you're happy.
I wanna let you open up a present.
All right just put that on.
- Oh my gosh what have you done?
Don't let me cry again okay?
- [Stephen] Okay, just hold my hand.
- Today we are releasing a road map phase two will
be introduced from Monday, May 18.
Indoor and outdoor non-work gatherings will be lifted
to a maximum of 20 people.
- I'm scared.
- [Stephen] You don't have to be scared.
I'm just gonna open the door.
(phone ringing)
Cleo did you see the exciting news,
I think I have a new plan for the baby shower.
I'm gonna push it back to two days and it involves you
and everybody.
Hold the hand, just come out here
just around here,
alrighty. - What is it?
I'm scared.
- [Stephen] Open your eyes.
- [Crowd] Surprise!
- Oh my gosh Stephen.
(giggles)
- Can't have a baby shower without any guests.
(talking over each other)
Oh my God!
I did not expect that.
I was like why's there so much food?
I did not expect that at all.
Wow!
- [Stephen] And we set up a picnic table for you.
- Wow!
- [Stephen] So you guys wanna come see the baby shower?
- Do you wanna come see the house?
- [Stephen] Oh yeah. (laughs)
- No one's seen the house or anything.
- Oh my gosh, it's so cute. (laughs)
- It's so cute 'cause.
♪ I'm singing like a hummingbird ♪
- Yeah.
- You won't be able to tell anyone.
- Yeah, I can tell who all my family are.
- 'Cause I had a full newborn--
- One, two.
♪ Springs in bloom ♪
- Baby!
♪ When you ♪
- [Stephen] Welcome to the baby shower grandma.
- Cheese
♪ Colors like I haven't seen ♪
♪ Because I'm with you ♪
- Yeah there we go, another 11.
- Did I win my own prize? - Did Jess? You won. (laughs)
- Aw, that's not fair.
- This is my one!
- Who wants my baby?
- This is my one!
- What.
(talking over each other) - Can I get a new one?
- Sam's close?
- I think Sam's beating you now.
- [Crowd] Oooh Sam! (laughs)
- Stephen. (laughs)
- [Stephen] Did I just guess right?
(talking over each other)
- Stephen's got it exactly.
- [Stephen] Time to bring out this amazing cake.
- Yes. - Watch your step.
- Can we sing her happy birthday?(laughs)
- Yeah I suppose it was a couple of days ago.
- Ready?
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday dear Jess ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
(laughs)
- Hip hip. - Hooray!
- Hip hip. - Hooray.
(talking over each other)
- That's a lot of layers.
♪ Ohh, ohh, ohh, ooh ♪
♪ It took a while but hope got it right ♪
♪ Ohh, ohh, ohh ♪