The Lioness and Her Cub: July 2015

I am blessed with a loving family, so imagine the delight when everybody found out that I was pregnant! She would’ve been the first granddaughter, the first niece and basically now that everyone’s grown up, she would’ve been the first baby in the family!

I believe that baby showers weren't a trend before, I mean locally. And since, it isn't really a tradition, I read through articles online because I liked the idea of having a baby shower. I’d love to organize one someday for a close friend. Anyways, I found out that baby showers are usually organize by someone not related to family to avoid giving the impression that the mother or family is asking for gifts. But when I was preggo, I openly told my sister that I want a “surprise” baby shower. (hahaha) Oh well, she happily complied. My boyfriend was quite supportive to this endeavor and though I know that I wanted one, I was still surprised with what they came up.

It was an ordinary day for me when the boyfriend asked me if we can drop by The Henry Hotel coz he wanted to let me see their rooms for the baby shower party that we’re planning. He asked receptionist if we can check their rooms and the receptionist casually said that they didn't have the room type that we wanted to check out but instead she offered to let us see a bigger room. She walked us into the room and poof! When she opened the door, everyone was there-- with party hats, balloons and party poppers!