Dan and I with all the food

Dan and I felt like the luckiest couple in the world yesterday, having the pleasure of several of our friends in the Bay Area come together to celebrate the upcoming arrival of our baby girl. A huge thank you to Megumi and Sam who hosted and organized such a wonderful West Coast baby shower, along with other friends who helped them decorate, cook, and put together what was one of the most beautiful showers I’ve ever attended. ♥

 

Classic Pooh print!
The theme was cherry blossoms and Classic Pooh!

 

Guess the Baby's Arrival
Guess the Baby's Arrival

 

Cherry blossoms with cookies
Real cherry blossoms decorated the tables - this one featured sugar cookies and espresso brownies!

 

They each had our names on them!
Megumi's signature sugar cookies! They each had our names iced on them with bears and cherry blossoms.

 

Can't wait to dig in!
The hors d'oeuvres were amazing!

 

grilled cheese sandwiches atop tomato soup
Shot glasses of tomato soup, topped with grilled cheese sandwiches

 

Sam's orzo salad... so good!
Sam's orzo salad... so good!

 

spam musubi... gotta love the stuff!
Spam musubi... gotta love the stuff!

 

Tarrin's hot crab dib!
Tarrin's awesome hot crab dip!

 

Graig's somen salad
Graig couldn't make it, but he sent his awesome somen salad.

 

bruschetta!
Bruschetta!

 

sliders
Sliders... so cute!

 

water and strawberry lemonade
water and strawberry lemonade

 

cutely wrapped utensils
Cutely wrapped utensils!

 

too pretty to eat!
Everything was almost too pretty to eat... but at the same time, I couldn't wait to dig in!

 

lovely desserts
But wait... there's more! Can't forget the dessert table.

 

layered gelatin
Layered gelatin!

 

hummingbird cake!
Megumi's hummingbird cake... yum!

 

matcha cupcakes
Matcha cupcakes from Aileen

 

melon balls
Melon balls!

 

strawberry cupcakes
Amazing strawberry cupcakes, also made by Aileen!

 

Dan & I with Yumi & Mark
It was so nice seeing Yumi & Mark, since we hadn't seen them since their wedding in Hawaii!

 

Thanks for coming!
Thanks for coming, Yumi!

 

The Wax team!
With my boss and some of my coworkers - who also happen to be amazing friends!

 

Guessing the baby's arrival
Let the baby shower games begin - we started off with guessing the baby's arrival.

 

Sam and I
Guessing the belly measurements!

 

Aileen guessing
Everyone overshot... do I look that big? lol

 

drinking from baby bottles
An entertaining game of drinking from baby bottles.

 

Ready, set, go!
Ready, set, go!

 

sucking down the juice
Sucking down the juice.

 

Apparently, it's a lot harder than it looks!
Apparently, it's a lot harder than it looks! Kudos to those babies for their suction power.

 

comparing bottles
Comparing how much everyone was able to drink in one minute.

 

The baby bottle contenders
The baby bottle contenders. It was a close race...

 

me with the winner! :)
...but it was Tea who came out on top as the winner! 🙂

 

Poor Jason spilled the juice all over himself
Poor Jason spilled the juice all over himself...

 

Guessing which candy bars are in the diapers
Guessing which candy bars are in the diapers.

 

candy bar diaper game
Everyone writing down their guesses.

 

Pin the Baby on the Belly!
Pin the Baby on the Belly!

 

Dan spinning Matt
Dan blindfolding and spinning Matt.

 

"Where is it?"
"Where's the wall?"

 

Go Sam!
Go Sam!

 

the hubby's turn
The hubby's turn.

 

the babies on the wall
The results!

 

Good job everyone!
Good job everyone!

 

time to open gifts
Thank you everyone for the generous, thoughtful gifts!

 

quilt that Megumi made for the baby!
Megumi HANDMADE this quilt for the baby. We still can't get over how beautiful it is, and the fact that Megumi made it herself amazes me! (It's folded up here, but I'll have to post a photo later of it in its full magnificent glory some other time.) I don't think I've ever received anything that had so much time and effort put into it...

 

Dan & I with Aileen & Haruka
Thanks Aileen & Haruka for coming - we always love seeing you guys!

 

Brent & Estella with Dan & I
With our favorite Oaklanders - Brent and Estella!

 

with lovely Katie!
With lovely Katie!

 

Jason acting pregnant
Jason pretending he's pregnant too.

 

They worked so hard!
And finally... thank you ever so much to Megumi and Sam, who really went above and beyond, and worked so hard to put everything together for us. (Megumi planned it all the way from LA!)

 

gift basket favors for the guests
Gift basket favors for the guests, containing strawberries and cherry blossom-shaped cookies!

 

such pretty favors!
Such beautifully assembled favors!

 

lovely tags on the favors
...complete with lovely tags to remember the event.

 

(See more photos from the baby shower!)

We were so humbled and moved by everyone’s thoughtfulness and generosity, and for the time and effort invested by our friends in putting such a lovely baby shower together for us. We’ll remember it for the rest of our lives, and we can’t wait to show these pictures to our daughter in the future, to show her how much she is loved. 🙂