Gender Reveal Party

Kyle and Kristin not only decided to reveal their gender at an adorable party with all their family and friends.....but they also decided to reveal it to themselves on the same night!! I was honored to be the only person that knew for a whole day and a half! I was shocked myself when I opened the envelope as I was sure that I had a feeling and like everyone else..I was wrong.

The fun part was gathering all the pink and blue decor. I love the candy in jars of all shapes and sizes...anyone that knows me knows that is no surprising statement.

 Lots of ways to choose which team you were rooting for. One was choosing either mustache or bow to carry around and the other was placing a penny in the large pink or blue baby bottles.

 Or you could be like Cohen here and just choose which color Oreo you would like to eat....

More cute decor....

When trying to decide how to technically "theme" the party....we found the gender reveal party online done by Giuliana and Bill
So we ran with it, and put together a box for the gender revealing balloons to come out of.....

 And BOY oh BOY were they surprised! All the girl "bows" were taken with in the first 5 minutes of people arriving. Most everyone thought it was going to be a girl and I think that's why it was such a great surprise! Couldn't be happier they are having a little boy!!

 And here are a few of Kristin just because I love maternity photos SOOOOOO much!

Congrats again you guys!

The Build: Beach Transition

Rocks, rocks, and more rocks. Honestly, you can't have enough. Not only that, but they aren't cheap either. Maybe I should open up a rock business.....ok not really. But really!? A funny thing to have to buy.

 The black tarp separates where we would like the grass to come up to.

 They finally start to take some shape. We are fortunate enough that we have a big scenery of homes to look at and compare beach transitions....we are not so fortunate in the millions of dollars department. But, that doesn't mean that a little blood, sweat, and tears from the good ole' hubby can't help stretch the budget.

I love the flat steps. Hopefully I don't hate them when one of the kiddos stubs their big toe.

 We are planning to put mulch behind all the rocks and then randomly place some grasses within the mulch.

The poor little tree in the far right hand side of the photo below had to be moved from the front to the back. Our association has rules about diameters of trees (don't ask me, I just moved in!) and this tree was too puny....so out it came and into the back it went. I will still love you little skinny tree.

The headache continues along with the landscaping. Seems like when you book one landscaper to help with the sand, then they book a different job on top of yours. Or when you book another landscaper to place hydroseed, they convince you to go with sod. Who knows!? Hopefully we can make a decision on hydroseed versus sod and just go with it.