Sip and See

Today my friends hosted a Sip and See to introduce Baby Boy to the "world."  A "Sip and See" is a tea party where friends drop in and out to meet the baby.  I have not attended a Sip and See before, but I understand it is traditional in some states to have a party like this for new babies.

The party was great fun!  My friend organized some delicious goodies and tea and coffee and decorated with cute boy-baby themed items.  Friends from Aberdeen dropped in and admired Baby Boy.  Baby Boy wore a new outfit and behaved beautifully.  It is so nice to have a lovely group of friends to organize and attend a party like this.  It made me feel like we are part of a community here in Aberdeen even though we are so far from home.

Here are some photos:

My very talented gardener friend made this lovely flower arrangement with fresh garden flowers.

Another very talented friend baked these delicious snickerdoodle cupcakes and
decorated them with baby-themed sugar candies. 

  

These are the party favours.
Each guest took away a cute teapot-shaped tea infuser and a tin box of looseleaf tea.  Adorable!

This is a bouquet of flowers that I received as a gift.
Here in the UK, they really know how to package cut flowers to make them attractive! 

The man of the hour in his nifty new duds.