Quinn’s POVEight months later… “Em, you have completely outdone yourself!” I saw as Dante and I walk through the Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. The Palm House is a huge, glass enclosure, usually a place where weddings are held, but with the guest list that the Lucianos invited to the shower full of politicians, millionaires, and other celebrities, we needed a big place. We have refused to find out the baby’s gender, so neutral colors in various shades of yellow, green, and brown are the color palette. Because of that, we went with a woodland theme: foxes, hedgehogs, birds, butterflies, bears, etc. And little touches are all over the place. The thing that I absolutely didn’t want, though, was wood and trees and that rustic hippy vibe that everyone seems to be all over. Instead, Emily went with bushes, balloon arches, and flowers. There are teddy bears, some as big as I am, scattered around the room, bassinets, swings
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