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Baby Shower Tea Party.. keep 'em rollin

And the official baby shower season has started.  So many of my girl friends are pregnant at the moment and giving birth in successions.  The world is having a baby boom people!



Last Saturday I attended the baby shower of one of my closest friends, Gabby.  Gabby and I met when we were relatively new to London, and we attended the same Hillsong connect group.  The five of us international girls got one really well and became my main girly group here.  It was a great combo mix too: Scottish - Norwegian - Czech - Ecuadorian - Singaporean, a mini United Nations of friends!

When Gabby got married to Ben, I was honoured to be included as one of her bridesmaids.  When her grandma came over we hung out too even though she couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Spanish.  She loves Chinese food so I do invite her over for some homecooked food once in a while, or sometimes we meet in Leicester Square for our Asian food fix.  She always says she must have some Asian blood in her, or at least in her previous life haha.  Two years ago K and I even took a weekend trip to Gloucestershire to meet Ben's parents lol anyway what I mean is, the Ongs and the Geesons are close friends and Gabby is a special friend to me.  We both lost our mums and it's a special bond between us; we tell each other everything and we are hoping that our mums are also hanging out in heaven looking down on us, smiling :)


She's due to give birth on 14th February and last Saturday, a group of 9 ladies, 2 toddlers and 2 babies had an English tea party in one of the hotels in the heart of Soho.  I've attended a few baby showers here before and each time it's held at home, so this was something different.  Because of the big group, we had it in the library room of the hotel and when I arrived, I was pleasantly surprised by the entire setup.  Ooh I like!




Group shot before we start ladies!

Afternoon tea galore


Beautiful china

That's my girly group sans Marketa

We started with the afternoon tea, scones and cakes and all, with a trusty pot of Earl Grey tea for me.  Everyone was chatting and asking Gabby how she's feeling and prepping for the baby.  It's all very exciting, this being her first bub.

When we were about done it was present time and she opened all her presents each getting and "ooh!" or and "aahhh" from everyone simply because baby's clothes are all so tiny and cute!


That's my present for her :)

I bought her little girl a cute dress + cardi.. summer wardrobe already!

I bought her a little tutu outfit.  Awww!

A few more pics with the other girls

Gabby and Catherine, the organiser




And we all left with cute gingerbread cookies, courtesy of her sis in law Camilla.

Overall a very sweet (literally) afternoon.  Very girly and very English.  Bel likes!

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