Courtney Mazza and Gia Celebrate – Together!

Happy birthday Gia Francesa Lopez! The tiny tot celebrated her recent second birthday with Courtney Mazza at LeMont in Mom’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Penn.

“The party had a Minnie Mouse theme and was also my bridal shower,” the former Broadway babe — who will wed Mario Lopez on Dec. 1 — tells PEOPLE. “I opened lingerie with 20 kids around!”

The bash was filmed for the couple’s upcoming TLC reality show. Kids enjoyed fun and educational crafts from BabbaCo’s Babbabox and went home with Itzy Ritzy‘s reusable adorable snack backs filled with personalized labels from Mabel’s Labels.

Courtesy Courtney Mazza

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Comments

Robin on September 25th, 2012

Opened lingerie with 20 kids around? Oh yeah that is keeping it real classy…

Sarah S. on September 25th, 2012

Gia is a cutie pie–happy 2nd birthday!

Meela on September 25th, 2012

Sorry but that marriage will not last!

She is a total nag and does not appreciate how hard Mario works to take of his family. She always wants him home by her side!

Tiffany on September 25th, 2012

Cute lil Gia!!
Congratz on the engagement wish you &Mario the best of luck.
your a lucky mom & soon to be wife, Mario is such a hotty

Tee Tee on September 25th, 2012

I can honestly say that it would never cross my mind to combine a bridal shower and child’s birthday party! I wouldn’t want to be opening those kinds of gifts in front of a bunch of kids. I guess that’s one of those “to each their own” kind of things.

Gia is getting so big! I’m loving the pigtails with those big bows! Very cute!

sunnyzwei on September 25th, 2012

I thought that was Jasmine Guy for a minute.

Julie on September 25th, 2012

Gia’s a cutie!

Anonymous on September 26th, 2012

I wouldn’t want to open lingerie in front of a bunch of kids either (heck, I wouldn’t even want to open it in front of my friends, or have them give it to me! In my opinion, a woman should only be given lingerie by her husband, and it should be kept as something special and private for the two of tem!), but I don’t think it’s horrible that Courtney did.

If we were talking about, say, a group of eight-year-old girls, then I’d question her judgetment, but being Gia just turned two they were obviously toddlers. And toddlers almost certainly aren’t going to have a clue what lingerie is, or that it’s a “grown-up” thing.

I’m guessing they likely didn’t even notice it, and at any rate they certainly won’t remember having seen it in a few years’ time, nor will it scar them for life!

That being said, whatever happened to traditional bridal showers? By that I mean the ones where the bride recieves household items, and maybe a cute knick-knack or two. I’m sorry, but to me a bridal shower is about helping the couple feather their nest (even if they’ve lived together for awhile before the wedding and it’s only in the symbolic sense), not about giving the bride something that should be for her and her husband’s eyes only!

Kirsha on September 26th, 2012

Anonymous,
I am sorry I have never heard or been to a bridal shower that household gift were given. A bridal shower is about the bride, not the couple. Wedding gift are the household items, towels, toaster, blender, those kind of things. I remember going to a bridal shower that all the gifts were lingerie and yes the bride was blushing, but it was all in fun. To each their own on what they want to do and get.

Anonymous on September 27th, 2012

Kirsha- I guess it’s just a matter of different groups of people doing things differently, then, because I’ve never been to a bridal shower (all of which have been for family members and hosted by other family members) where household gifts WEREN’T given. But like you said, to each their own.

Dana on September 27th, 2012

Love the Minnie cake by Tammy of Faithfully Cakes out here in Pittsburgh! It looks fantastic (and delicious)!

Sue Hall on September 27th, 2012

Love the cake!