So last month I agreed to meet with a soon to be married couple and discuss making them a wedding cake (due to a medical complication the person that was originally going to make their cake, couldn't). My mom knew them and use to help advocate for the soon to be groom. They both have disabilities and have a limited income so I agreed to help them have a good wedding by saying I'd make the cake... (Because everyone should have a cake if they want one!)
Their colors were neon/florescent shades of green, pink and orange. I REFUSE to make a florescent cake. Just sayin. But they were having a midevil theme so I proposed doing a castle cake... You know because it fit the theme and I could do florescent flags to fit the colors but not try to make florescent frosting!
So, can I mention that I NOW know why wedding cakes are so EXPENSIVE!?! I seriously spent around $200 on supplies for this cake (of course it would have been a bit cheaper if I would have made instead of bought fondant - but there was something to be said for my sanity!) Then there was the time that I put into it... I decided that making wedding cakes is something that I should not do until AFTER my children are in school. Unless I really, really love you - then I may consider making a wedding cake for you before then. Oh, Daniel also said that if someone was willing to pay $1,000 for a cake I could do it again. Oh and I have to say that if someone I knew was really in need of a cake, I'm willing to do one like this. Because apparently I'm not such a good mommy or wife while I'm making a cake... or even really good at making sure I'm eating...
So here's the cake after assembly:
Marc just turned 9 months at the end of April. I figured since I'm months behind, I should start with the most recent photos first so you all can see what he looks like now instead of 3 months ago!
At his 9 month appointment he was 17 lbs and 14 oz, and 27 inches. He lost weight during the month of April as he had been sick pretty much every weekend! The first Sunday he had a stomach bug and on Monday I called the doctors office to see what we should do and then he stopped vomiting. Then he had an ear infection the next weekend and we took him to urgent care on Friday (his dr was out of the office) then again on Saturday because the medicine he was on made him throw up!
I also got some fun things in April that I used to take these pictures:
At 9 months, Marc is crawling like a pro (has been crawling since 7.5 months) and he's also pulling himself up to standing as well as standing while being supported.)
A wireless shutter release. Which means I can help the kiddos stay in place until a second before I take the picture!
And a tripod. So with the two of them, I decided to try to take some group shots... with me!
Of course I realized that I need to do better at posing and taking the picture too!
