My mom threw Tom & I a lovely baby shower some weeks back. We had it at a local Italian restaurant that's very old school. The place always reminds Tom & I of Goodfellas. The staff is very attentive and they served up lots of Italian standards like chicken parm & rum cake (YUMMO!) & the not so Italiano standard Sangria. I just had to add some beautiful blue cupcakes, too from this fab place. It's not a party without cupcakes.

The moms (mine from NC & Tom's from VA) came in the day before to help put together centerpieces. We even had a few car fulls of Rhode Islanders in attendance. Included in one of those cars was my dearest friend Mary Lou who made us the cutest diaper cake ever. She did a jungle theme with a monkey on top. Guess what was in the center of the cake? The one thing I've been craving from the beginning of this pregnancy - a bottle of champagne!!!! My cousin Lea, who was so very pregnant, also made the journey. She was such a good sport walking all over NYC with swollen piggies all weekend long. Someone did take a belly pic of the 2 of us, but I haven't received it yet. She didn't have to suffer for too long because a few weeks later Ethan Mathew was born.

I must also mention that my TAO co-workers threw Tom & I a surprise shower some months back. It was just so beautiful & I wish I had pictures of it to share. Food, cake, champagne & lots of laughter filled the air. Their generosity was overwhelming. They took such good care of baby Awesome.