Little blue bird, little red bird, perched within candy crusted cages set on counters, hanging from the ceiling. A hundred white roses covering each of several round tables. Pink ribbons draped to the glass from the crystal centerpiece, a chandelier hanging from the top of the salon. White chocolate cake pops, sprinkled with sugar spheres, drizzled with pink chocolate ribbons. Breakfast fruit, a beef brisket scramble stuffed into handmade corn tortillas. Cupcakes, countless like sweet confetti. A beautiful celebration of a newborn life, a Baby Welcome.
Tia Ana arranged for handmade cupcakes and cake pops to delight guests to the Baby Welcome for Amelia Sophie.
Mothers, sisters, grandmothers, grand aunts and good friends bring themselves into the room to catch up with us and each other (Saturday, March 10, 2012). They chat about framed photograph of the baby, bathing in a bucket of love with a monarch butterfly flourish. They listen to a speech from the baby’s mom, tearful and celebratory. The whole room on edge. Elia sings a solo with a perfect pitch. A humble prayer is shared by the baby’s father. Millie coos into the microphone. Seb repeats “Cutest, Cutest, Cutest”, grinning into the PA system. This is how we welcome a baby to this world.
With a healthy portion of Elia's family attending the Baby Welcome, Amelia Sophie received a lifetime supply of diapers and a dress for each day of the month.
Gifts, a lifetime supply of diapers, a little dress for each day of the month, and the blessings from many of our friends and family. For attending the Baby Welcome in a rented salon in Playas de Tijuana. Thank you, to our family for making this happen.
Instead of a Baby Shower, Elia requested that, if anything, a Baby Welcome would be arranged for her family to see and get to know the newborn up close and in person. Tio Marcelo took excellent photographs of the event. The photos shared on this blog are from my iPhone.
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