Sunday, October 18, 2009

Hanna's Baby Shower

Hanna is a friend from church whose baby is due in early November. Missy Howell and I decided to get together and throw a baby shower for her on the 17th of this month. Missy (on right) opened her home for the occasion.


Because Hanna had already had another shower hosted for her, she decided that she'd like this one to be a diaper and wipe shower. It worked out pretty well! She ended up with quite a few packs of diapers and wipes to get her started off once the baby arrives. Here's a shot of the diaper cake that I made. She has chosen pink and green to decorate little Faith's room with, so this will match with that if she decides that she wants to leave it as a decoration for a while, before disassembling it and using the diapers.

Among the food at the shower was this chocolate hazelnut mousse, which was so yummy and so easy and quick to make. I piped it into small cups and sprinkled it with shaved chocolate. (I'll include the recipe at the end of this post.)



Here's our pregnant mommy, Hanna. She's checking out some sweet little burp cloths trimmed in pink and green ricrac and made from cloth diapers.

We had a nice time and it was a great reason to get friends together on a Saturday morning. Girl time is awesome!


Chocolate Hazlenut Mousse
1-13 oz. jar Nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread--look with the peanut butter to
find this)
1-16 oz. tub of Cool Whip, thawed in refrigerator
Spoon Cool Whip into a large mixing bowl and follow with the Nutella. Using a wisk, mix the Cool Whip and Nutella together until well incorporated. Leaving some streaks of white and chocolate is pretty, but optional.
It's ready to eat immediately, though I prefer it chilled for a few hours. It's pretty spooned or piped into small serving dishes for a pretty impression. Enjoy!