Big News!!!

Danny and I are very excited to announce we are expecting our first child!!!! We are beside ourselves and cannot wait to met our bundle of joy!! I look forward to blogging more about it, it's been a rough pregnancy, but totally worth it!! Molly

Pink Swap

Hopsy over at Monograms and Manicures always hosts the best swaps and this year's Pink Swap did not disappoint. I got teamed up with the fabulous Andy from A Mile in Mom's Manolos, she was the best swap partner ever and her blog is so cute!! Love that she is as shoe obsessed as me! She really spoiled me! Check it out...


Even the box she mailed everything in was pink pink pink! Gotta Love Victoria's Secret Boxes!


She had everything so nicely wrapped and pink! I love all the bows and pretty touches!


Look at all my goodies! Even Treats for the puppies!


A Gift organizer, pink cupcake papers and decorating dots, pink Lindor truffles, pink Swiss chocolate bar, Pink Favorites package, pink note card set, and a cute little Penelope Pig "when pigs fly" statue.


Here is her pink favorites package that I just loved!! Pink Sands Yankee Candle, Pink OPI nail polish, Crystal Lite pink lemonade packet, and a mix CD of who else...Pink! So creative and thoughtful!


One of my favorite things about this package was all the sweet and pink little details, look how cute these little note cards she had throughout the package, so cute!!

And here is what I made for her...


A vintage shoe inspire hat box to hold everything.


Shoe fund jar, chocolate covered pretzel rods, a fashionista coffee tumbler, two pink hair bows for her adorable little girls, a pink scarf, pink cupcake lip gloss, pink pen and cards, pink eye mask, pink cupcake papers, and a shoe themed three notepad/post it stack.

What a great swap! Thank you Andy!! and Hopsy for hosting it!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!! Hope you all have a joyous day!! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Lilly Pulitzer's 80th Birthday Celebration

Yesterday I had an amazing opportunity to join fellow blogger, Jennifer from Southern Living: Preppy Styleand her lovely friends, including blogger Amy from Forever 29 at Lilly Pulitzer's 80th Birthday Celebration!!

It was even better than I had expected! Jennifer and her friends were so sweet, I felt like I have known them for years, and the brunch was just magical. I had no idea how much access we would have to Lilly, she was so sweet and funny! and of course everyone was so nice and happy to be there in their beautiful Lilly attire.



We each got a great gift bag at our seat filled with goodies including a bracelet from Kiel James Patrick. There was a signature rum drink, a coffee bar and an amazing brunch with quiche, cheese blintzes with blueberry sauce, french toast, yum!



We all got to hang out with Lilly like she was a friend of the family, but she really is isnt she ;)




After the brunch there was a silent auction where I won Beth Dunn's
book and then we ate yummy cupcakes. After that Dan picked me up and surprised me, he had gone to Lilly in Palm Beach and changed into a Lilly Polo and got me lots of little Lilly goodies to celebrate the day. It was a day I will never forget!


Thank you Jennifer and Dan for such an amazing day and Thank you Lilly for everything you have done!

By Far the Worst Week of My Life

Last Saturday was suppose to be a huge 90th birthday party for my amazing Grandma. My mom had been planning it for months and months, people from all over that we hadn't seen in years were coming down and everyone was so excited. My Grandma is amazing, she is the perfect combination of sweet and sassy. She would stuff you full of yummy food, and then tell you like it is! My Grandma was so spunky for her age and I think I took advantage of that forgetting sometimes that she was actually 90. She had no health problems what-so-ever and did more than your average 70 year old. I think that is why I have been blindsided.

Last Tuesday while at work my dad called me and told me the worst news I have ever gotten...my Grandma had had a cerebral hemorrhage and the doctors don't think she will wake-up from it. I rushed to the hospital about 10 minutes away from my work to be by her side. She looked like a little newborn all swaddled up in blankets, I have never cried so hard in my life. Just 4 days from her 90th birthday my Grandma was gone. Some people said she knew, or that it was a blessing it happened so fast for her, no pain, or that so many people could be their for her funeral since they were coming to the party anyways, but my heart was broken.

She was one of my best friends, always there for me even when others weren't, she taught me so much and spoiled me with all the love in the world. I know I was one of 13 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren, but she made me feel like I was the only one, the best, her favorite. She will be deeply missed. I can't thank her enough for everything she did for me and the person I am because of her, all I can hope is she knows how much she was loved.

Happy Halloween!!

Panini Party!

My Birthday was back in September and one of my gifts from my parents was a panini maker. Dan and I love having paninis, we eat them almost every other day from a couple different places and we had been wanting one for a while. I asked for a single sandwich one and my mom and sister found an even better one at Target, thanks to Danny's Food Network favorite Giada DeLaurentiis!



To break it in a couple of weeks ago during a football game we had a panini party. I made up a panini buffet of all sorts of stuff to make pannins, jalapeno cheddar , ciabatta, and three cheese bread, ham, roast beef, and bacon, brie, cheddar, blue cheese, and mozzerella, roasted peppers, carmelized onions, apple butter, apples, pesto, basil, raspberry preserves...




The party was so easy, since everyone could just make there own meal I didnt have to do anything and they had fun doing it.



Now we are totally addicted to making paninis at home, great warm lunch for fall football days! Okay as much Fall as Florida gets.