Groom's Cake

I had decided on doing a groom's cake for our rehearsal dinner rather early in the planning stages. I decided to use Hock Cakes after reviews from Stlwed.

I did not know what I wanted the theme of the cake to be and believe me, it came down to the wire for me to decide. I have a serious problem with giving gifts that I am not sure if the receiver will like and this felt very close to something like that.

In the end, we love our cats Scout and Frankie. At the time, being summer and all, Scout would love to spend time in Chris' flip flops, with both from feet through one of the flip flops.

I know this post is rather out of order in the grand scheme of wedding recap, but I came across this recently on the Hock Cakes blog.

{via me}

The cake was such a hit at the part, some of our guests said it was the coolest cake they had seen! It looked really good, and tasted even better. Frankie, our siamese, looked pretty much like him, minus the occasionally crossed eyes. Scout was not as big or fluffy as he is in real like, but I am sure it is difficult to create fluffy hair with fondant. Other than the Scout critique, it was perfect. Most importantly, Chris love it!

Scout and Frankie

Who doesn't love a cuddle. Aren't they precious!

Sorry...

Well, I have been a bad blogger. I have been so focused on getting things ready at work that I have been neglecting my blog. I do have items to post about. One in particular I will post about on Sunday. I hopefully will be posting some invitation contenders soon too! Well, more on Sunday with pictures of something I created for a friend. But before I end this post, here is a picture of the boys!

The Boys...

It seems like only yesterday that Frankie came into our lives....well last week anyway. We have been adjusting pretty well, and when I say "we" I really mean Scout! Tonight Frankie decided Scout looked pretty comfy and wanted to snuggle with him. In previous attempts Scout would not allow this at all, but tonight...

I guess it was ok! Did not last for very long though, but they sure were cute while it lasted!

What a day!

I normally would not post about everyday things, but boy did I have a crazy day and it is only 3:15! I have to leave for class in 15 mins, so I better make this fast!

Vern Update
Well little kitty is still at the HSMO. He will be there until the 6th or 7th. He is still sneezing, so lets hope he is better soon! I created a list of potential names for Vern, no Jill, we will not keep his name Vern! Chris decided one day that this kitty should be named Frankie since he has blue eyes. Hmmm, Frankie (or Franklin) is on the list of potential names, and I am warming up to the idea since my hopes of naming him Finn have been all but crushed! I will definitely post pictures of Vern when he arrives.

Aligned?
So my day was to start out with dentist appointment to get my invisalign retainer! Woot! Woot! I cannot believe that I am finished with my trays already, that seemed like it went really fast. Don't get me wrong, there were days when I just wanted to rip my teeth out of my mouth just to be finished with the trays, fortunately I still have all of my teeth now they are perfect!

Emergency Room
Who would have thought that when I woke up this morning that I would spend some time in the ER? Interesting huh! Don't you hate it when something happens and it wasn't even your fault...grrr... Anyway. I got up to get ready for the dentist, got in the shower. I was washing my hair and all of the sudden out of the corner of my eye, I see the mirror that was hanging on the window in the bathroom fall. It was like it was falling in slow motion. I kept thinking, PLEASE do not break. So it did not break, but man did my toe hurt. Then comes the blood. I was so confused! Why was I bleeding when the mirror did not break. As I am getting myself together and fighting the excruciating pain, I realize there is something laying on the bottom of the tub. It is the handle to the soap holder. Interesting. So on the mirrors downward decent, it crashed into the porcelin soap holder in the shower, broke off the handle and the handle is what sliced my foot. Ouch. So I get ready, apply a few steri-strips a bandaid and go off to the dentist, taste some cake, and then head to the ER. Anyway, I was able to have it glued instead of having stitches since the bleeding pretty much stopped. So I have my three toes on my left foot taped together. It hurts when I walk which is a bummer. Oh well. Time for class!

It's A Boy! That's right Vern!

Scout turned 1 on June 21st. We just love our furbaby! Ask anyone who has met him and they will tell you that he is just about the coolest kitty in the world! So for his birthday I wanted to get him something really special...a little brother!

I stalk the Humane Society's adoption page and get emails each day letting me know about the kittens available for adoption. I decided not that long ago that I wanted to get a cream tabby. The most perfect little cream tabby was available at the Maryland Heights location. I kept looking at his picture and his cute little face. Needless to say, I did not act quickly enough and he was adopted. Rats! So the daily checking of adoptable kitties continued. Let's fast forward to Monday the 23rd or rather early morning the 24th. I have come accustomed to checking the page before I go to bed. They usually update it in the evening and then around 1:30 am I usually get an email. So I check the page, I happened to be up when I got the early email, and low and behold, they have 2 cream tabbies at Maryland Heights! Woohoo! I get up early on Tuesday morning and check the email again. Rats! They are not available. So I check the main page and do my own search. AND they are actually available. So I hurry up and leave the house ant 9:30 to get there when they open at 10am.

So I get there are they are not open so I have to wait! It is killing me! I go into the kitten room and they are no where to be found. I ask someone and they say that the kittens are all here. So I go on to explain that their names are Oscar and Ossie and they were still in the database this morning, blah, blah, blah! Then she says, "Oh, they must be in Puppy Parlor". Hmmm...why didn't I think to look for kittens with the puppies!?!!?

Well, there they were in Puppy Parlor. I look at little Oscar and Ossie and am thinking that it couldn't hurt to play with them for a little while. Then I look in the cage to the right and there is this little cream colored kitty all curled up in a cinnamon roll pose. I give him my best little "hey kitty, kitty" and he turns around and POW! What a cutie! I instantly fell in love with this little cream and chocolate point Siamese mix. His name is Vern, yes Vern. Well at least it will be his name for the next ten days.

Little Vern and I go into a room to get acquainted. He has a huge purr box and every time I picked him up his motor was going full force. It is about 10:10 at this point and I already knew that he was going home with me. When we adopted Scout, I had to watch him play for over an hour before I got to spend time with him because the HSMO was so busy that day.

Everything is going great, I fill out my paperwork and then a hear a little "ahhh-choooo"! Vern has sneezed. In my experience a sneezing cat is never a good thing. I let it go since it was just one sneeze. Vern goes to get microchipped and also gets his temperature taken. He has a fever. Not good! I have to wait ten minutes so they can take his temp again. It went up after ten minutes, so Vern had to stay the night there.

Around noon today I call the HSMO to ask how he is doing and have to leave a message. I finally get a call back and they tell me that he has an upper respiratory infection. I am no stranger to this; Scout has had 2 in the past year. Vern has to be on medicine for the next 10 days and has to stay there so he does not get Scout sick.

So while I have to wait I have gotten the "baby" room ready for him and am making a list of possible names. I wish I had a picture to post of him he is truly a cutie!