The Baby Shower

The Baby Shower could not have been more perfect. Cynthia, Lora, and Holly did an amazing job of organizing a brunch at a local French Restaurant, Le Central. It was like going to breakfast with all of your favorite girlfriends.

We had our own private room where mimosas, coffee and juice were served as people arrived. After sitting down, they brought large plates of fruit to the table along with plates of warm brie, baked garlic, and toasted bread. The special brunch menu consisted of four entrees. Let me induce the mouth watering by listing them here:

Pain Perdu - French toast made with cinnamon-battered brioche served with pure maple syrup and fresh fruit

Crepes de Poulet - Shredded chicken with carrots, sauteed spinach, and onions, finished with a light curry cream sauce, wrapped in house-made crepes, gratineed with swiss cheese

Omelette aux Champignons - Three-egg omelette filled with portobello and button mushrooms, garlic and swiss cheese

Oeufs Sardou - Two poached eggs served on a mound of sauteed artichoke hearts, spinach, topped with Bearnaise sauce and served over toasted brioche


And if that is not enough to tempt your taste buds, for dessert the Gateau au Chocolat was a rich decadent chocolate cake topped with dark chocolate ganache served over raspberry coulis. As seen above, it was decorated with green and pink and topped with gold dust.

During brunch, there were several games that we played. Each person wore a diaper pin, and no one was allowed to say the word Baby. If you said the word Baby, the person that caught you got to take your pin. In the end, the game tied at 5 to 5 as my mother lost her stash of pins to Erin. In another game, the ladies had to cut out a ribbon that they thought would fit perfectly around my middle. I modeled the middle for all to see, including my belly button which looks like a cat butt, but as always, objects may appear bigger than what is seen. All of the ribbons could have been tied around my waist 2 or 3 times. Erin was the closest with a mere 3 inches extra.



After the gourmandizing, I opened gifts. I have to say that I have the most generous girlfriends and family a girl could dream of. The little outfits made me a bit verclempt and I'm going to be the hottest mama on the block with my new fancy diaper bag. But that alone deserves it's own post.