Spring Seoul Shower

Today I enjoyed a Baby Shower hosted by my good friends Dorie, Susan and Katja and attended by several of the friends I have made during my time in Seoul.

Events like this are especially fun because of the differences in our cultures. At least three of the guests had never been to a baby shower in their lives. It's just fun to learn all the little nuances.  The English call diapers nappies, strollers are prams and pacifiers are dumb-dumbs. In Sweden there is a special place (a petting zoo, if I recall) that has a tree that kids visit to hang up--literally and figuratively--their pacifiers and start life as a big boy or girl.  Then there is the gender guessing. The Kiwis think I am having a boy because I want fruit all the time. The Americans think it's a girl for the same reason.  I could go on and on.

It was so fun and I feel so loved.

Stork Cake
Made of expertly placed and decorated cupcakes--Genius!

Dorie, Susan, Shelby, Katja

My cupcake-cake and my nappie-cake

Delicious!
(I took the cupcake with the baby's face)

                

L to R: Paula, Nikki, Frances, Karin, Terri, Sue and Jesica

Jesica and Dorie

Paula and Frances

Jesica and Susan

Stephanie and Julianne

A very generous Spa Package from the group makes a girl smile :)

Year of the Rabbit:  Custom drawing on rice paper. Really cool.

I was very impressed by everyone's creativity. Shopping gender neutral is hard enough, but shopping gender neutral in Korea for western items must have been really challenging!

Thanks to all my lovely expat friends who help make Seoul feel just a little closer to home.

:)sbc