Sunday, Elegante Mother and I went to a family baby shower. I had some serious reservations about the wisdom of going out. It was ZERO degrees here, and there was wind, so I know the windchill was worse. We weathered it like troopers. This particular shower was held after the baby was born, so all her "aunties" got to hold her. I have never seen so many women planting their feet, holding out their arms for this little tiny bundle, and then rocking side to side. Everybody has their own style, but the baby wasn't fussy. She enjoyed them all!
My nieces did an incredible job organizing this shower. Since it was for a girl, all the decorations were in shades of pink. I lucked out, and wore my pink turtleneck, so I fit right in! I wish I had taken a picture of the chocolate dipped strawberries, so you could see the work that went into them. Imagine strawberries dipped in pink icing and laid on a platter in perfectly lined up rows. Then, imagine that someone had come along after the icing had set, and added little dots of white icing on the sides of the strawberries. They looked so luscious that they pulled you to them!
This was mostly a family gathering, and my family is never at a loss for words. It was nice to catch up with nieces I hadn't seen since Christmas, and hear all the family news. We'll get the chance to do this again in a month or so, when the next of the girls has her baby. That will be the fourth baby shower since September. I'm SURE there's something in the water!
On Sunday, as we left the shower, we were invited to choose a picture of the baby in a silver frame. What a lovely thing to do! You can bet I made sure I had one....this baby shares my name! *G* (NO....her name isn't "Buffy!")
Thank you, ladies, for a lovely time!