Little Lamb Baby Shower Luncheon

My-oh-my did I attend the best baby shower of all time or what!??

It was hosted by my mother-in-law for my sister-in-law.

I am so happy to (finally) have a moment to share it with you!

It was held at the beautiful historic Tudor-style home
 called The O'Neil House
which is now a Bed and Breakfast!

It was built by the early rubber magnate William O'Neil,

 who started the General Tire Company in 1915.

I encourage you to read up on these histories above

after you finish reading my post, of course.  : - )


(This lovely B and B host tea parties, too!)

Sweet soft fuzzy lambs were everywhere - such a cute theme!

I am embarrassed - I forgot my camera and had to use my phone,

and the lighting was difficult to work around.

I just needed to share it regardless, it was such a lovely event!

See what I mean?

 Isn't this little lamb plushie adorable??!!

We dined in what they refer to as

The Garden Room - which is light and airy and lovely!
(It was once perhaps the conservatory? Not sure.)

The tablescapes were gorgeous and sat 8 gals at each.

Here was mine and where I sat,
 along with my two daughters and my mother in law.

Gorgeous matching antique chairs, fresh garden roses, 

silk pin-tuck tablecloths, crystal, carved wooden chargers....

silver-plate sugar and creamer, every nice thing.

Close up of the adorable favors my MIL made:

Little milk chocolate lambs

made specially for her by a family favorite chocolatier

from my in-law's hometown of Erie, PA

called Stephanelli Candy Company.

It's soooooo good,

 and Ginny always gets some for us on Easter and Christmas.

The food was so good and so beautifully presented!

We started with a palate cleanser;

I had this clever frozen orange sorbet

using a hollowed-out orange as the dish holding it!

Next was Italian Wedding Soup -

 a favorite of my husband's

very Italian family.

I was halfway through mine before I remember to get a pic.

Our main dish was grilled chicken breast with reduction sauce

 over brown rice with veggies

and a small salad with fresh berries.

You will notice no strawberries as my sister-in-law is allergic

(as is my husband!)

This food was totally scrumptious!

 YUM!

We finished with a decorated  Tiffany Bakery party cake!

(Another family favorite for all important occasions!)

Originally the baby shower was scheduled

 weeks before the baby was due...

and they didn't know the gender of the baby....

However, she came very early and Momma and baby 

were in the hospital during the shower!!!!

So Angela participated virtually on Skype

 while Papa unwrapped all the baby gifts.

He was such a trooper - even wore a pink shirt
in celebration of his newborn baby girl!

He really got into it after a bit of time
and warmed up to the whole shower thing
(his best mate was there too, for moral support!)

Action shot taken by MIL's phone used with permission




I have a few pics to share of the historic Tudor home
in a post tomorrow so be sure to come back!

This post is getting too long.

I close with a picture of my little baby niece's
gorgeous birth announcement I received yesterday.

And to my other two sisters-in-law: 
I am so sorry I never posted about your wonderful baby showers.
I do the best I can with the time that I have is all.
There's just never enough time, is there?

Hugs and love to all!  

♥

As always, thank you for your visit!

Linking:

Tablescape Thursday   *   Foodie Friday