Labor and delivery story

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Party! Party! Party Time. Baby Shower plans

Let's talk parties. Personally, I look for almost any reason to have a party. You got an A? Party! You made the squad? Party! You got a new car? Party! You get the idea. So when I found out that I was pregnant, I was eager to plan my baby shower. You are probably thinking..."shouldn't your hostess be planning that?" she should...but I'm too much of a control freak to ever let that happen. That and my BFF lives in another state, so it really wasn't going to work.
First, I needed a theme. After scouring Pinterest like a fiend, I came to quite a few conclusions. #1-I did not want a traditional baby shower, at least when it came to themes. I wanted something classy, sophisticated, timeless and something that represented me. The second thing I realized was that I have expensive tastes.
So, after searching for a hot minute, I stumbled across this picture:
































































And I knew that I had found my theme. It was perfect.
Next came the perfect place to have the party. Where else but my mother's backyard? After that, much of the details came together and this is what came about. The cake is from a local bakery, Daphne's Bakery here in Mint Hill, NC. It was delicious. A nice white cake with raspberry filling. I got a smaller cake because we also had cupcakes. The original plan was to have a dessert bar, but things came down to the wire and I had to make some sacrifices. I don't think people even notices, since I still had a good chunk of cake left at the end of the day. It took about 2 days to finish it.
Here is the setup for the catering. I had these wonderful plans of making little sandwiches and salad...but in the end, the catering option was much better and I had less to worry about. The lovely table set up that my sister and her kids helped put up. It was a perfect day. Not too hot, with a good breeze coming through.    Here we have the dessert table, with prizes for the games at one end. I really enjoyed the favors. Here's close up of the inspiration for the favors. We put kisses, hard candies and Jordan almonds in the ones we passed out.
The drinks table. My father makes his own wine, so we created a nice sangria with a red wine he made.

The gifts table. I am very blessed to have friends and family who gifted us many wonderful things. This shot was taken before the party started.

Myself and my boyfriend, opening gifts and being celebrated by our family and friends. He was a little shy, not quite knowing what he was supposed to do, but I think he had fun.

This was the photo booth that I put together. To be honest, I forgot about it until after everybody had left, but my family did not disappoint by taking turns using it and posing for some great photos that I can not wait to put in frames.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this recap of our baby shower. It was great party and I loved every minute of it. I can’t wait to plan my daughters 1st birthday.

Getting ready...or trying

So...if you've been watching my YouTube videos, then you know that I'm in my 29th week of pregnancy and I have been trying valiantly to get the nursery in order. This is the closet that I have been working on since...we found out I was pregnant. These pictures are just a hint at the chaos that I'm facing.

     . Most of this stuff (all of it really) does not belong to me. It is either the BF's or the roommate's. I'm not in the mood to deal with it. I've got a few ideas of what I want to with this closet, including taking out that bar the clothes are hanging on. I've been looking at Ikea for their closet systems, along with Home Depot and Lowes, but I think that I'm hooked on Ikea. Easy to customize, quick to pick up and go...plus I love Ikea. Now, I know that changing out a closet in an apartment might not seem the most cost conscious, but I plan to be in this unit for a minute, at least until I graduate, so it would be worth the money. Also, I can take the units with me when I move...so win win!

This is the other side of the closet, but it's going to be my work storage for crafts and stuff, so this won't count towards my mad rush to get ready.

So this is just a precursor to what is to come. I have an entire room to get into order.


Lord...I hope I'm up to it.

Pregnancy Update: Weeks 26-28

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Week 25 pregnancy update and pregnancy tag

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Side note: I really need to do more posts. I will get that on that...asap. Pinky swear!

Pregnancy Update: Week 23/24

I just uploaded the latest pregnancy update on my YouTube channel. I'm hoping to get a few blog post up as well about everything that is going as well getting my home and life ready for this new baby. Not to mention some fashion posts as well...and some makeup stuff...and other things. *lol* Enjooy the video and don't forget to share!

Pregnancy update: Week 22

My newest video just went live. I hope you enjoy and let me know what you liked and what you want to see more of.