Sugar & Love Bakery

A Baby Shower Post

Sugar & Love Bakery — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:40:25 +0000

This past weekend my mom and best friend hosted a baby shower for me and the little one. It was amazing, anyone who has ever been to anything at my mom’s house knows that there will be food, and lots of it, and this was no different of an affair. Unfortunately, I was only able to grab some pictures before guests began to show up, and there were a lot of them. Here are a few little decor & dessert shots, really the most important things when you write a blog about baking….

My mom & best friend had the onesies above made for me and I just love them, for some reason I cannot resist funny onesies on babies! Here is a closer shot of some of them, the “Dear Dad” one is HIGHLY appropriate for my hubby, as I often make him go back upstairs and change, or pick out his clothes if we are going somewhere important:

Below is no where close to showing exactly how much food they made, they seriously outdid themselves and we probably could have fed twice the amount of guests that we had, but my mom has always made way more than needed because she would HATE it if someone left her house hungry. PS, my BFF Jennifer made all of the poofs & other decor items, some of them may be showing up in a nursery post soon!

These are just some of the gifts, I wasn’t even able to get everything home in one trip!

My mom made this cake, can you see where I learned how to bake? The little duck on top is 100% chocolate, my girl Angela owns a chocolate factory (yeah, I know) and made it for my mom to use as a cake topper.

Now, yes, this was my baby shower, but I DID make the favours for this! I had seen an idea on Sugarbelle’s website that I knew I had to try, so when my mom asked me if I would mind making cookies for my own party, I of course said yes!

Vintage Duck Toy Cookies!

Sunday was an amazing day, our baby was completely spoiled, and I got to see some people I don’t get to see very often. A huge thank you to everyone who attended, and an even bigger thank you to my Momma and best friend for hosting, and everyone who chipped in to help them get it all done in time! You know who you are!!!

Only 5 weeks and 5 days until my due date!

A Special Baby Girl

Sugar & Love Bakery — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:42:06 +0000

No no, not mine!

We chose not to find out what we are having….Well, I chose, my husband tried to find out at the 20 week ultrasound but baby cooperated with Mommy and crossed their legs and tucked up their knees so there was no chance of peeking at their “goods”.

The baby girl I am referring to is my good friend Katie’s baby girl who is due to arrive on May 4th. Her baby shower was on April 13th and her best friend commissioned me to make the shower favours, and what is better for a baby girl than the girliest, pinkest cookies I have ever created?! Oh, and why not add in some glitter for good measure!!

I can’t wait to meet Katie’s baby girl, it’s the first of MANY new babies that are expected in my life this year!

How’s my own pregnancy going you ask?

How Far Along Now:

32 weeks and 2 days (feels like much longer most days), which means we have a VERY busy 7 weeks to go until it’s time to meet this little one and find out what they are!!

How I Am Feeling:

Physically, it’s getting to be a little tough to be honest. Getting too and from work is the hard part, and day’s where I have to commute to the office seem to be days where my hips ache so bad that I need a Tylenol when I go to be to be able to fall asleep. Which wears on a girl mentally as well. There may have been a few “overly emotional” moments the last few days that have had my hubs looking at me like I am an alien and he doesn’t know how to fix me.

Stats:

Weight Gained: 12 lbs total so far

Food Cravings: English Cucumber, Apples & ice water.

Food Likes/Dislikes: Dislikes are anything that increases my heartburn!!

Baby Items Purchased This Week: Just some Ivory Snow so I can do some laundry for the babe after my Baby Showers in May.

Clothes For Me: Just a dress to wear to Baby Shower #1, and maybe Baby Shower #2 if it still fits at that point. I want to be done with buying myself maternity clothes, luckily, it’s a typical Canadian spring and the weather cannot decide what to do, most days it’s still jeans and a t-shirt to work (yay for casual being acceptable)

Workouts/Activity This Week: Ha! Walking too and from the office is the most exercise I seem to get. That and cleaning the house….

Sleep: Am I supposed to be sleeping??? Between the heartburn & hip pain I feel like I am awake more than I am asleep.

Movements: Sometimes I have to wonder what this child is up to in there, the movements are so big and HURT at times, I feel like I need to remind the baby that my spleen and other organs have just as much right to be in there as they do.

Appointments: My last appointment was April 17th, and at that point the baby was still in breech position, which obviously is not ideal. Baby has until my 35 week appointment to squirm into position before my OB sends us for a late ultrasound and we explore the possibility of a c-section during my 39th week. Since they have appeared to be breech this whole pregnancy (based on where my OB is finding the heartbeats) I am not optimistic . But I HAVE been doing everything I can to make the baby uncomfortable and hopefully flip, including washing all my floors on my hands & knees. I’ve also explored every suggestion on www.spinningbabies.com

Nursery: Is getting there, but I am not sharing pictures until it is complete!!

*** I modified this little “interview” from my friend Laura @ My Pink Thumb she’s at 36 weeks and we email compare our pregnancies quite often now! One of these days we’re going to have to actually talk through all this fun stuff!

A Farmtastic Birthday

Sugar & Love Bakery — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:37:44 +0000

Kelly emailed me a while ago about cookies for her twin daughters birthday and she sent me the invite she was using for their party. Kelly and I have worked together before, remember the time I made 70 gingerbread houses, yep, they were for Kelly. So I knew that this would turn out to be good as well. Not only was she interested in little animal cookies for the party, she also asked if I could make 1 big farm cookie with the girls name on it and the number ’6′.

Now, I have a LOT of cookie cutters, but it’s not like I have a large barn cutter on hand at all times, so I got creative and cut it out by hand, something that doesn’t bother me with simple shapes, but I won’t be tackling this for more complicated cookies. This turned out to be very fun to work on, I always turn super nerd and get excited when something turns out the way I imagined it in my head.

I hope the girls have a great birthday party, and that all those invited enjoy the treats.

Over the next few weeks there will be a LOT of baby shower cookies being posted. Besides having my own bundle of joy due in as little as 10 weeks, I have several friends who are expecting their own first babies very close to the same time as we are. It’s going to be a very exciting spring around here, with lots to ooh and ahh about!