The Shower

Been a while since I posted, so I will catch everyone up to date.

Starting with the shower.  My sister hosted a shower for me and Hazel on October 7 at a nearby Asian restaurant (the food was fabulous), decorated for the day with Chinese lanterns,  cherry blossoms and orchids.  It was absolutely lovely attended by about 30 friends and relatives.  We requested that attendees bring their favorite childhood storybooks...Hazel received a wonderful library of books!  I can't wait to start reading with her.

We also requested that attendees consider an orphanage donation instead of a traditional shower gift and we had a great response to this...more about this in another post.

One of our friends who is starting up a custom cake business made the cake, it was both beautiful and delicious.  My sister came up with these custom  shower favors...chopsticks decorated with cherry blossoms and custom fortune cookies that read "Happiness is finding your forever family - Hazel ZiRui Curley 01-11-10".  

The quilt was brought out for all to see...many of the contributors were there.

My sister (with help from my Dad and my niece, Sarah) completely outdid herself...it was a lovely party.  Afterwards, we only wished we had more time to mingle and chat.