six month celebration!

{Cupcakes from The Cup, always.}

{Her face as soon as I gave her a piece of the cupcake. I laugh every time I see this picture.} 

{Best. Ever? Maybe. She looks terrifying. The cake looks like snaggly fangs.}

Yesterday Tatum turned six months old. We'd been talking about it for days, so excited. And then, if I'm being totally honest, Josh and I both forgot about it. He left to work at his store, and Tatum and I laid down for a nap. As soon as I woke up, I remembered, so to wake her up I sang her "Happy Birthday." She was like, "About time, Mom!" She said it with her eyes.

So we texted Josh with a picture of us being fake pouty, saying something like, "It's rude to work on my half birthday." Whatever. And he came home! 

When he got here we were still being lazy girls and he said, "Get your zoo pants on!" (He meant jeans. I do not actually own designated zoo pants.) 

We had a really nice time at the zoo! (It was Tatum's first time.)

After that, we ran by the The Cup to grab a couple cupcakes: One for me, 1/4 for Tatum, 3/4 for Josh. I wasn't so sure that she would be into eating her piece, but I was totally wrong. She was all about that. As soon as I put it on the tray, she picked it up and got a maniacal look on her face (as pictured above). 

I'm crossing my fingers that she will make that face about cake for the rest of her life.

Good for me, potentially embarrassing for her.

I really loved yesterday. It was one of the best family days we've had so far. : )

Wedding Business #1-Cake Stress.

A couple of weeks ago Josh and I were at Wal-Mart late one night, as usual, and we passed the Bakery section.

Out of the corner of my eye I spotted something that I thought just might be the yummiest thing I'd ever lain eyes on.

"A chocolate ganache cake with custard and mousse fillings, and a pink ganache swirl on top."

So pretty!

I had to try a piece.

And I was correct: Definitely one of the yummiest things.

Then I thought to myself...

"This is the perfect wedding cake! With a few alterations of course."

It turned out that Wal-Mart doesn't make that cake; they only order it into the store.

So I went to the most popular (and really only) bakery in town to consult with their wedding cake specialist.

"Hi, I'm here to see about having a wedding cake made for May 29th."

"What are you looking for?"

"Well, a white cake, white icing, with mousse and custard fillings."

"We don't do fillings here."

What to do, what to do...

After a lot of thought, I maybe possibly sort of have an idea.

I'd just like opinions, please and thank you very much.

A couple of nights ago Josh and I were at Wal-Mart (what did I tell you?) and we passed the Bakery Section.

I jokingly said, "I'm about to just serve a bunch of different cakes."

But what if we really did?

I'd have my traditional wedding cake of course, too.

But not everyone is going to like the same thing, anyways.

A cake buffet might be fun!

What do you guys think?

Also, ideas on how to pull this off in a non-tacky and inexpensive way would be much appreciated. :)

Or if you have other ideas on how this matter of cake can be handled...do share!