Baby L Gender Reveal

Three parties.

One week.

Yes, yes that did happen. 

Remember THIS post ? If not, just know that I LOVE throwing parties.

If you give me a reason to celebrate, I will give you a party. It's just that simple, folks.

Well it just so happened that we had THREE reasons to celebrate within one week, 

so party we must! Times three. It started with Bryan's Mom's surprise 50th (HERE),

and then my sweet Pampered Chef's mini Baby Shower and theeeennn, two other

girls and myself decided to host Kyle and Lyndsey's gender reveal party.

Lyndsey was my college roommate and one of my best girlfriends. 

A few months ago she shared the big news with me and

we immediately started talking about gender reveal options. 

Knowing that I had done reveal cakes in the past, she asked that I do the honors

for Baby Landmann. SO. EXCITED. 

SO... if you have ever seen a gender reveal cake done (or braved doing one yourself!) 

you know the drill, the unknowing parents go in for their gender ultrasound and 

one of the nurses will let you know BOY or GIRL.. or Pistols or Pearls in Baby L's case.

 Just plain ol Pink Lemonade for Momma!

Should anyone ever need a gift idea for me - THIS.

This beverage boat from Pottery Barn is everything. I need one.

 

 Lyndsey and her hostesses (tall and small)

It's a....

BOY! 

So excited to meet this sweet little boy in 4 short months! 

'Merica & Layered Lemon Cake

Don't know about y'all but if there is one day

 that I am proud to be an American, it's Memorial Day.

I mean I'm a very patriotic gal so I would say that I'm proud

to be an American EVERY day, but especially on Memorial Day.

Last weekend was spent being
1. Proud to be from this beautiful country and thankful
for all of those who have fought for our freedom
2. Surrounded by my amazing family and friends
3. Showered by this gorgeous Florida sunshine

Notttt to mention another fabulous weekend on the river.

Before I just start to throw pictures at you let me first share
a new little somethin' somethin' that I tried for our traditional Memorial Day weekend/
Grandma's Birthday BBQ.

Layered Lemon Cake mmmm mm mmmm!

Click riiighttt HERE for the BHG recipe that I used. So easy!

Obbbviously couldn't resist these napkins from Target.. 

The kiddos jumpin' in

My handsome Nephew! :)

Mom and I

Jakey Baby got to play in the pool too..

despite Grandma's efforts to keep him out

Claire and Grammy

Happy Birthday Granny!!!

Couldn't fit 83 candles on that baby.. 

Also, extremely proud to announce that we purchased

another boat! WEEEEEE!

AND Jake approves.

AND it doesn't feel like I'm driving a Carnival cruise line... 

which is a major bonus compared to our last one.

Happy official Summer!

More Tailgating & a BEAUTIFUL Lake Baby Shower!

Hello Sugars! =)

Hope everyone else's weekend was FAB- miiiine waaass.

I'm in Ocala for meetings today and although it's a cram packed day-
it's still good to be home. 
I still had time to stop at Starbucks and by 8AM this morning, I had seen it all.
Let me elaborate...
First I witnessed a normal looking man
(and when I say normal I actually mean not homeless)
be woken up by a police officer and then given a trespass warning
BECAUSE HE FELL ASLEEP.
Next! I eavesdropped overheard the person to my left
calling in regards to an apartment listed for rent to check on the animal policy.
They had 8 cats. Gross.
Thennnnnn (I'm not done yet...) I'm quite positive
the couple to my right has a "daily affirmation" routine.
They were both in their 40's and must have just gotten married.
For about 20 minutes I had to listen to
"I love you because...." Okay we get it.

So lemme me just throw a few pictures out there to wrap the weekend up:

1. 7:30 AM: Bryan, being a team player per usual.

2. 8:00 AM: Tailgate set up and I'm ready for some breakfast, please and thank you.

3. 8:30 AM: It appears that the boys are also ready for breakfast.

4. 8:45 AM: Couple Mimosas in & keeping it classy :):)

Also, did I mention I hate noon games?
It was hotter than ALL HELL and the boys were forced to
double fist while walking into the game:

We played Missouri (newly an SEC team) and it was a little

embarassing how empty the game was.

Perhaps the heat index and 110 degree weather had something to do with that?

Despite the ridiculous temperate- Love Love LOVE this Man! ;)

Note to self: Refrain from wearing bib necklaces
while sitting in the sun. Sincerely, your Tan-Lined Chest

Sunday I headed back to Ocala for April's Baby Shower!

And... You know you're in Ocala when you pass this:

(April has done my hair since I was in high school and my Mom

still gets her hair done at her salon)

Mom & I bought a play mat and I made this little beaut, which I anticipate being hung

on baby Sayde Grace's door:

Oh and then I got a little carried away with the wrapping. :)

So April's shower was hosted at Sandy's house, a family friend,

who lives on beautiful Lake Weir.

Are you ready to be blown away by pink cuteness?

Oookkaayy then!

1. ADORABLE garden flag and you all know how much I love tissue balls.

2. Cannolis!!!! I need to learn how to make these stat before I disappointing my

nationality :/

3. Loved this little dessert setup.

4. The "Betty Cake" Cake :) Most delicious cakes in the World

but Mom refuses to go back after ordering my UCF cake for graduation- which

came out Brown and Orange rather than Black and Gold.

Ohhhhh yes that happened.

1. It's not a party unless you have mason jars and Etsy straws. No, really.

2. Cutest favor idea! Bath & Body Works Mini Handy Sanis

3. Outside table setup on the beautiful back porch.

4. Diaper cakes are always a hit at a Baby Shower... but

there's just something about GIRL diaper cakes. :) Adorable..

Wrapped up the shower with our toes in the sand...

Then I spent the rest of the afternoon with my favorite Baby :)
My sweet, little niece Claire

Read Claire's story Here

Before we left my brother and sister-in-law's house,
Ashley had Claire model her Halloween costume on for us.
I won't share a pic of her full costume yet, but here's a sneak
peek of the little peanut:

Enjoy y'all's week! 

Golf Themed Cake

Well, I'm officially 24! 

It's going to take me forever to stop replying "23" 

when asked my age. Ugh.

Although I just might stick with that response for a while. ;)

So for my Birthday this past Saturday,

I wanted to do something different.

No party at the house.

No limo downtown.
No giant group of people out for dinner. 

I saw something super cute on Pinterest a while back--

a Golf Themed Bachelorette Party!

I loved the theme but no Bachelorette here so I decided on a 

Golf Themed Birthday at beautiful Stoneybrook in Orlando!

Pink, green, obnoxious golf outfits, and Mimosas yay!

Tiffany volunteered to tackle the cake, 

so unfortunately I can't take credit but I still wanted to share.

I gave her a snapshot of a very basic golf-themed cake and 

she kind of took the idea and ran with it.

She baked a standard 9 inch cake and 

allowed it to cool. Once cooled, she cut a wedge

out of the left side of the cake to serve as the sand pit.

She then used a #4 tip to pipe

out the "grassy" frosting, leaving the sand pit

area and the "green" on the right untouched.

Finally, she used a different shade of green frosting

for the green and filled in the sand pit with crushed

vanilla wafers. And the pink flag just made me smile! 

Thanks girl! Love you! 

*Birthday Weekend Post to Follow!*