Baby Shower!

A wonderful and beautiful friend is expecting a son this July. Another friend and I were excited to throw her a baby shower.

For the comfort of the mother-to-be, we held the shower in her backyard.
On the menu:
Fresh Oregon strawberries
Fruit plate w/honeydew, grapes & pineapple
Vegetable platter
Cheese plate w/Roquefort, Champignon, Italian Truffle Cheese & Aged Gouda
Selection of crackers & Grand Central Seeded Pico
Chicken, cranberry & pecan finger sandwiches
Curried egg salad finger sandwiches
St Cupcake "dots"
Mini Pavlovas
Coconut chocolate bars
Rosé
Chardonnay
Champagne
A variety of sparkling lemonades & Perrier
Favors:
Gerber daisies wrapped in tissue paper
Games:
- The Rice & Safety Pin Game. Fill a bowl 3/4 of the way full with dry rice. Add a packet of small safety pins and mix them in well. Guests are blindfolded and given 1 minute to find as many safety pins as they can.
- Ribbon. Pass around a spool of ribbon. Each guest cuts off the length of ribbon she thinks will reach around the expectant mother's tummy. Once everyone has made a guess, the mom-to-be tests each length.
- Baby Photos. Each guest brings a baby photo of herself. The pictures are taped to a board and numbered. Guests attempt to match the pictures with the right guest.