This past weekend was a pretty special one. Firstly, it was my baby shower on Saturday, and secondly, my good friend Priscilla flew over on Friday to spend the weekend, with the intention of joining in my baby shower. Months ago, Gabby asked me about my thoughts of a baby shower, and that she would be honoured to organise one for me. She said all I needed to do was to give her a list of names, and come up with a baby shower gift list which she could pass on to the guests. She also asked me to pick a date, and I came up with 18th November, a Saturday. That was ages ago. Then as time drew nearer, my excitement increased, and I suddenly had the thought of asking if Pris wanted to fly in for a weekend in London and be part of my celebration.
I took last Friday off, and waited at home for her to turn up. It was a bit of an adventure for her, in terms of getting to mine from Gatwick Airport, in that she took the wrong train and ended up further out in Kent! Thankfully at least she was in Kent; it could have been worse ;) We settled down, and then we left the house. We went into Central London with the intention of doing a bit of shopping, and then we were to meet a group of friends for dinner at her request - Chinese food in Chinatown please! It was a relatively big group: 8 of us and we ordered a feast that night. When we stepped out of the restaurant it was close to 10pm and I was surprised at K's suggestion to go for a drink at one of our fav haunts - The Savoy. (We love the location because it is close enough to our train station.) Friday nights are always good because of the live jazz band playing, and that particular Friday night it was more crowded than usual. Nonetheless we could get good couch seats in the Thames Foyer. It was close to midnight when we made our way to the train station. I realised that our lives would be a stark contrast to this night once the baby arrives. No more late nights such as this, so we should make the most out of it! I mean, I've been sleeping past 1am for the past two nights!
Saturday was the 'big day'. I ordered a platter of sandwiches and a rainbow layered cake from M&S, and we picked it up in the late morning, just before Gabby arrived closed to 1pm to start decorating the place. Her instruction for me was to leave everything in the kitchen, and she would start decorating the place. She asked K to drive me out somewhere, however because it was cold and rainy, and we didn't really know where to go. Pris was helping out in the kitchen, and so did Rachel who arrived just after 1pm. It ended up with K and I hiding out in our study room upstairs for more than an hour while we heard the girls talking and laughing in our kitchen downstairs, in between the sounds of balloons bursting. K left after a while to get his hair cut and I almost dozed off on our bed. We had a couple of last minute drop outs that morning according to Gabby and so it was to be a cosy 8 girls that afternoon. Gabby came upstairs at 2.30pm and put a 'Mummy to be' sash on me and led me to the kitchen.
WOW I was shocked. Was that my kitchen?? The decor and everything was so beautiful! And the guests have arrived by then. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
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| This looks like it's out of a Pinterest board! |
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| With me and my huge belly |
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| And with everyone else + Rachel as our photographer |
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| Gabby baked these cupcakes with my personalised toppers till midnight the night before, bless her |
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| Party essentials thanks to Amazon |
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| How cute is this string of baby clothes? Guess you know the gender by now! |
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| Ooh we all love this very instagrammable cake |
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| Close up of the food including rainbow cake |
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| She's one of the greatest blessings in my life here |
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| Mingling about, just before we opened our bottles of bubbly |
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| We played some games - this was where the girls are meant to cut a string which measures to the size of my belly |
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| And Pris won this round! |
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| Opening some presents |
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| I have to say I received many books during this pregnancy. This one, according to Gabby, was like her bible when her baby girl was first born. |
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| The morning after was calm and quiet. I love the balloons and pom poms and decided to take one more shot before taking them down. |
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| I bought some 'Advice cards' for the lovely aunts to fill out |
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| And a frame to put in little messages on wooden clouds for baby |
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| Parting shot with Pris before she left today with two full suitcases of goodies from London. I'm sure her boys have missed her much! |
All in all, this was a pretty awesome weekend, with me and baby feeling all the love we could get. Special mention to Gabby as usual, who is always there for me, and to two special guests who travelled far and wide: Pris who flew in from Stuttgart Germany, and to Phillipa for driving 3h down from Oxford to be part of this celebration.
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