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The Scandal star’s party was held in the backyard of Shonda Rhimes’s Hancock Park home Sunday, with about 50 guests in attendance, including Washington’s celeb pals Jane Fonda and Scandal costar Darby Stanchfield.
According to an eyewitness, guests with gifts in tow started arriving to the ladies-only shower at 11 a.m. and were greeted by valets and security guards with a guest list. The presents were wrapped in pastel colors including blue, yellow, green and pink, and there were a ton of baby clothes, stuffed plush animals, potted flowers and gift baskets in the mix.
The mom-to-be arrived around 11:15 a.m. in her black Mercedes, wearing a light blue dress with a tie at the waist.
“She looked beautiful and had very little makeup on,” the source continued. “She was with her mom Valerie and was met by several family members inside.”
Inside of the festive bash, there was a beautiful garden party on the sprawling back lawn set up under a tent next to the pool.
While the ladies chatted about work and life on the set of Scandal, bartenders served up drinks, including lemonade and wine, and guests clapped and cheered for Washington as people gave toasts and talked about the excitement of welcoming a new baby.
“Kerry looked ecstatic to be surrounded by so many family members and friends,” the source said. “She loved mixing her work friends with her family and having everyone get to know each other. Shonda was very gracious to host everyone and Kerry was very appreciative.”
The party wrapped up around 3 p.m., but Washington stuck around and chatted with Rhimes and her extended family.
“She felt so loved she didn’t want the day to end,” the source continued. “She gave Shonda a huge hug and kiss before thanking her and leaving with her mom.”
Washington was later joined by several other family members and continued the afternoon together.
The following excerpt is from Jane Fonda’s blog on her website:
“Today I was at Kerry Washington’s baby shower. She’s 7 months pregnant and looking radiant. Here’s a group of us. From left to right: Kerry’s sister-in-law Chisara Asomugha, me, Cicely Tyson, Kerry’s other sister-in-law, Udo Asomugha (in red), Kerry, Diahann Carroll and Kerry’s mother-in-law, Dr. Lilian Asomugha. It was a wonderful party with guests being asked to go into a photo booth and take 6 different poses that were then mounted on a black paper where we could write a message; signing a diaper (I wrote “I hope everything comes out alright!”), putting signed thumb prints onto a drawing of a tree—I had no idea there could be so many nice ways to commemorate the up-coming event and leave loving memories for mom and baby.
I hadn’t seen Kerry since she was pregnant and as soon as I saw her with her gorgeous belly I starting crying. Then Kerry’s mother spoke, giving words of wisdom to Kerry and the rest of us about how to raise a baby to be a happy, fully realized, person. I started crying again (and it wasn’t because I wanted to go back and do my own raising of my own kids all over again with more wisdom, though that did press in on me) . . . it was because her words moved me.”
Read Jane’s blog post here: CRYING
Just Jared also posted some pictures of Kerry as she was arriving.
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