Baby Shower

Saturday arrived and with it, the chance to attend a celebration at the house of Yusuf (my boss, and chair of Biochemistry) and Lina. The occasion was for Chiara and Maurizio (they of the great parties) who are expecting their first child in a month or so. Thus, a baby shower was arranged - somewhat akin to a small gathering where the soon-to-be parents are given a whole lot of advice by other parents, as well as being given the necessary items required.

Chiara and Maurizio were somewhat happy to be partaking as they, by their own admission, completely unprepared for the arrival of their bambino (they are having a son). Once the nibbles had been eaten, and the champagne drunk, everyone gathered round as they went through all their gifts and, all in all, it was quite overwhelming for them - with both getting a little teary overall. The highlight of the afternoon, though, was the game we played whereby we were given a list of attributes (height, weight, hair, eyes etc) and had to guess who it was that Chiara and Maurizio wanted their baby to take after. Suffice to say, the biggest argument was as to which soccer team they wanted their baby to support. I think they're still 'discussing' it.