Baby C's Gender Reveal Party!

I was so honored when Sami Jo asked me to be her 'event planner' for Baby C's Gender Reveal Party! SJ and I were busy planning for a couple months. The invitations, food, decor, and cake turned out perfect. Most of the decor, actually 97% was handmade :) Enjoy the following pics from the party!

Here's a pic of the super cute invites created by a local stationary shop in town. When SJ and I went to order them, it was really special because the same family who owns this shop did ALL of SJ's wedding invites, bridal shower invites, etc and NOW they were able to share in another chapter of SamiJo's life! We are already thinking about 1st Birthday invites!

This bottle door sign was one of the few special things I made for SJ! It's made out of burlap and is stuffed to give it some 'oomph'..however this isn't the best pic of it, so much cuter in person! The top was scrunched and not ready for pics ;)

The following banner i've seen on Etsy and pinterest and decided I'd try my hand at making my own with the cricut...and that's just what I did!

Here's some more of the decor and also some of the food! Notice the fruit watermelon holder?? Its a BABY CARRIAGE! Another one of those Pinterest ideas I decided to try!

The menu was low key and had mini foods like mini cheeseballs, chik-fil-a chicken nuggets, spinach dip in a bread bowl, and veggies!

These are my FAVORITE!! Personalized water bottle labels from TheDIGIButterflyPRTY on ETSY!

 I LOVE THIS PIC!!

The guests were asked to wear the pink or blue based on their thoughts of what they hoped Baby C would be! When they arrived, they also had to wear lips (for a girl) or a mustache (for a boy)! Inbetween chatting and eatting guests were asked to fill out ADVICE cards for the parents to be and a WISHES card for Baby C. These were like fill-in-the blank/mad-lib type cards. Totally didn't take a pic of that! :(

It's a BOY!!!

Here's the FIRST PICS of when Baby C's grandparents found out their FIRST grandchild is a baby BOY!

Family Pics!

                                         

I AM SO THRILLED for this sweet family and the arrival of Baby Rob! I can't wait to be his 'Aunt' Lindsay and spoil him like crazy!!!

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The guests left with a 'sweet' treat for sharing this "sweet" moment the this precious family! The baby carriage is actually a family heirloom! Makes things super special!

Have a blessed and fabulous week!

-Lindsay

Athens Trip!

This past football season some friends and I decided to have a ROAD TRIP to Athens, Georgia to watch the Auburn Tigers take on the Georgia Bulldogs. We had such a fun time hanging out in downtown Athens and enjoying the company of great friends. Here's some pics of the 'crew' that went down to Georgia!

All the hotels were booked, and we even booked ours like a month and a half before the game. Well, one of the showers was 'ghetto' and CJ and I played the FixIts's and fixed it :) No need to call room service!

It's gameday!!! The campus was gorgeous with all the fall scenery! The weather was fantastic and the changing of the leaves was beautiful!

I had a splendid time riding in the backseat with these two craxy guys! People called Jason and I "Hank and Dolly" all weekend...see any similarities?

We went to a local hotspot downtown one night for a famous "General's Sweet Tea". They were so yummy!! Sorry this is a bad cell phone pic!

We didn't come out on top and take home the win but I still support the Auburn Tigers!

War Eagle!
-Lindsay

Christmas Day!

Christmas morning started off like every other, the opening of stockings, some yummy Christmas breakfast, and then opening of gifts from 'HoHo'! The weather Christmas day in L.A. (lower Alabama) was around 72 degrees!! Apparently I was a very good girl this year :)

I was so good that I received my FIRST Tory Burch piece!! I was so excited to open this super fabulous fashionista-must have up on Christmas morning! I think TheCobiaFamily started my new Tory Burch addiction, thanks! She always has the cutest and most FAB Tory pieces!

A Keurig coffee maker for my new coffee addiction...this thing is AMAZING!

A new lens for my camera :) My sister-in-law had this awesome camera lens when they were visiting during Thanksgiving and I just had to have it! It's a distance lens with 70-300mm. Maybe the blog will have more pics now ;)

I have been SO into football lately and have really enjoyed watching it and cheering on the SEC, especially my Auburn Tigers this year as well as the NFL Denver Broncos! Tim Tebow is amazing to say the least! He has a huge heart and his faith in God is so great! I am so glad that young men and boys have him to look up to! I would love to go to Denver to watch him play and cheer him on in person next season! Anywho, I got this FABULOUS book that I have already started reading! It's such a great read for us Southern Belles and a must-have for any football lovin' gal!

Check out all about GRIDIRON BELLES HERE!

I also received another pair of Ugg boots, some cute gray ruffle wedge boots, lots of clothes, Clinique make-up, and other surprises :)

Have a FABULOUS day and a blessed week!!
-Lindsay

Christmas Eve Recap!

December 24th is one of my favorite days of the year! Christmas Eve night my entire mom's side of the family comes over for my momma's special lasagna! This year we missed my brother and sister-in-law, as they celebrated Christmas in England this year. We also missed my family that lives in Tuscaloosa this year. Things just weren't the same without 'everyone' in the house, but it was still a wonderful time! My cousin Kade came over Christmas Eve to open his gifts from us and we forgot how FABULOUS it is having a young kid in the house on Christmas!!! Mom collects the Department 56 villages, North Pole series and he was FASCINATED!!! I'm talking about he sit and stared at the villages looking for santa's house, reindeer barns, gumdrop shop, and cookie bakery for a good hour and a half!

 Kade is such a sweetheart, he made sure to hug everyone after opening gifts from them!

 Kade received a marshmallow gun from me and we had such a blast playing outside with it! Chloe had fun chasing the marshmallows and eating them :) She only had a few..

 This was Kade's big gift, he was so excited!!...Can you guess what it is?

 A Wii! He also recieved some Wii games and a toy truck that my dad built ramps and stuff for...I think my dad had more fun with that than Kade did!!

After dinner and gifts everyone went home and Momma, Dad, and I went to a Christmas Eve celebration at a family friend's home. We had such a nice time drinking Mrs.Paige's famous eggnog and chatting with friends! When we came back home, Mom, Dad, and I opened/exchanged gifts to each other.

Here's some lovely things I received:

Next up....Christmas! :)

Hope everyone is having a FABULOUS new year so far!

-Lindsay

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2012!!

I am beyond blessed to have loving family and friends who have helped make 2011 a fabulous year! God has truly blessed my family and myself this past year and I am so excited to see what 2012 has in store for me! As I have done pretty much every other year, I have some New Year's resolutions that I've made.

1. Make sure I read my daily devotional EVERY day

..no skipping!

2. Work-out for at LEAST 3 days a week!

..gotta get in shape!

3. Save more money than I do now

...I wanna be able to just pack up and go on a short vacay anytime I want!

Have you made any resolutions?

-Lindsay

*Happy New Year! Hope it's a blessed one!*