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Celebrity Baby Showers
Parenthood must be the biggest trend in Hollywood, as there seems to be a celebrity baby boom. This has kept party planners to the stars mighty busy, organizing celebrations to welcome the privileged little ones. If you are planning a baby shower for an expectant friend or family member, a look at the baby showers of the rich and famous might give you some ideas and inspiration. If you are a Mom-to-be looking forward to your own upcoming baby shower, well, unless you or your friends are on the Hollywood A-list, try not to get your hopes up too much.
A recent trend in baby showers has been to do something a little different from the traditional pink or blue, bear or baby bottle theme. Before giving birth to her first son, Sean Preston, Britney Spears had a Moroccan-themed baby shower at her home in Malibu. The guests received silk invitations and enjoyed a Moroccan feast in a candle lit bamboo tent.
When rapper P. Diddy and his girlfriend Kim Porter were expecting twin girls, they held a pink themed baby shower. The rosy hue not only dominated the decorating scheme, but also influenced the menu, which included shrimp, pink M&M’s and pink champagne. P. Diddy, also know as Sean Combs, followed the common trend of having a coed shower. His celebrity guests included Denzel Washington and fellow rappers, Jay-Z and LL Cool J. The gifts, as one would expect, were on the high end, and included a pricey chandelier and custom baby furniture.
You may remember Jennifer Garner famously spilling the beans about her baby’s gender during an interview with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. For her baby shower, instead of traditional girly pink, the theme was purple. Dessert was reportedly lavender frosted cupcakes. We later found out that she and hubby Ben Affleck were planning to name their baby girl Violet. The guests already knew the name, as they presented the Mom-to-be with personalized baby gifts.
Tori Spelling attended a blue themed baby shower to celebrate the impending arrival of a baby boy. Her husband, Dean McDermott, attended the coed shower. Other guests included her Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Jennie Garth and Loni Anderson, who plays Tori’s mother on her show, So noTORIous. Tori’s real life mom, Candy, was not in attendance, not surprising considering their very public squabbles following the death of Tori’s TV producer father, Aaron Spelling. What is surprising is that Tupperware sponsored the party.
Jennifer Meyer, fiancée of Spiderman Tobey Maguire, had what sounds like a fairly normal baby shower. She and her friends gathered around the pool at her father’s house to sip lemonade and munch on hors d’oeuvres. Of course, Jennifer’s dad just happens to be the president of Universal Studios. And his house is a mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean. And her friends include Jennifer Aniston, Nicky Hilton and Kate Hudson. Otherwise, it seems like a pretty typical baby shower. According to an anonymous guest quoted in People magazine, there were no shower games and no present opening. Sounds like no fun to me.
Celebrities hold baby showers just like the rest of us. Sure, their parties may be held in more exotic locales, and feature fancier foods, extravagant decorations and a guest list full of famous names, but the purpose is the same. The birth of any new baby deserves to be celebrated, whether its parents are Hollywood A-listers or mere mortals watching the rich and famous from afar. A baby shower should be a joyous and fun occasion, even for those of more modest means.
About the Author
Donna Morin writes for the baby gifts and baby shower ideas website babygiftsandshowers.com.
