An Adoption Baby Shower

by Denyse P.
(Morton Grove, IL)

We're hosting a shower for my sister in law and her husband who are adopting a chinese boy; hence, we are having a Chinese theme shower.

We chose the theme colors light blue (for a boy) and red (to chinese, it is a color symbolizing celebration). We will send out custom invitations in these colors with the chinese symbol for "son" prominently displayed on it.

We used the following chinese nursery rhyme on our invitations as well:

My little baby, little boy blue,
Is as sweet as sugar and cinnamon too;
Isn't this precious darling of ours
Sweeter than dates and cinnamon flowers?

We're holding the celebration in a private clubhouse and serving (what else??) chinese food with chop sticks!

In China, it's customary to throw a "red egg & ginger party" to celebrate a new arrival in the family. As such, we will scatter small bowls of red hard-boiled eggs and candied ginger for our guests to enjoy.

The expectant mother's corsage will consist of an exotic chinese flower and lucky bamboo.

In place of flowers on the table we will scatter lucky bamboo in clear vases.

As favors we will fill light blue colored chinese take out boxes with fortune cookies and tie it with a red bow for all guests.