I don't know about you, but fall is my favorite season!  Sweaters, boots, sweatshirts, fall flavors, and an excuse to drink warm beverages (like coffee!) all day long...sign me up!  Fall is also when I have the most weddings.  It is definitely the new summer as far as weddings go.  But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of summer weddings!  Here's a peak at the end of summer Steph's Sweet Treats weddings.

August 27- 200 cupcakes at the fairgrounds in Lancaster- french toast, Choco-mallow, raspberry cheesecake, and butterscotch.  I had never been to this venue before and was shocked at how perfect it was!  It's the newest building at the fairgrounds and is the perfect space for a wedding.  This setup used my crates and I added their sunflower and tulle decor as I went.  They also got a larger rosette style cutting cake to match their wedding colors.

September 3- 150 cupcakes at Folklore Village- crazy pig, strawberry shortcake and mint brownie. This was another first time venue for me and I was again amazed by how perfect the space was.  The setup was provided by the couple and I loved being able to use multiple heights and platters...plus they had such fun flavors!  

September 10- 150 cupcakes Wisconsin Riverside Resort vanilla raspberry and chocolate peanut butter with a vanilla two tiered cake.  This was a fun wedding in so many ways!  I loved the display (provided by the couple) and I loved making a cake I had never made before!  It is definitely nerve wracking when someone asks for something new, but so fun at the same time.  I loved the end result of this two tier cascading rose cake!

September 17-  This was a double wedding weekend!  The first wedding, delivered and set up by me was: 350 cupcakes at Wisconsin Riverside Resort - s'more , strawberry cheesecake, chocolate peanut butter craving, and cookies n cream.  So many fun flavors, display rented from me (one of my favorite ways to set up) and the room was set up beautifully!  

The second wedding of the night was delivered and set up by my husband.  It was 250 cupcakes at The Barn At Harvest Moon Pond - cookies n cream , vanilla raspberry, chocolate peanut butter, red velvet and apple pie cupcakes.  The fun rustic setup was provided by the couple.  I must say I'm very jealous that he got to see this amazing Poynette venue!  I have never been there before and from the pictures he brought back, it looks beautiful!  Thankfully, I have another wedding here next year so I'll still get to see it!  

Thanks for another week of orders!  These next couple of weeks are going to be crazy busy with weddings- check me out on snapchat for behind the scenes peaks!  (stephsweetreats)  

This year should be called the crazy year with a million changes (a good crazy of course!).  Not only did my husband and I just have a baby, but we are also moving!  Why do things one at a time right???  Go big or go home!  If you follow the blog or facebook page regularly, you probably already know this.  However, I need to post about a little limbo time period where it might be a little harder to reach me.  

After the first week of October to sometime in November, I will not have regular cell phone service.  We will be having to live at my parents house for a short time before we are able to move to our new home.  They live in the boonies with little to no cell service....which makes things a bit complicated for my business huh?!  Solution?  Be patient with me-please!  If you call or text my phone please allot a grace period for response due to not having service and needing to get service in order to receive calls and messages.  That means, depending on when you contact me, it could be over a day before you hear back from me.  

The easiest way to contact me with be via Facebook or email.  I will try my best to have my computer near me and on so that I can respond to messages and emails quickly.  I will be sure to check them regularly.  Since it is a whole lot easier and faster for me to check online that it is to drive up the road to see if I have voicemails and texts, please use this method to contact me.  Especially if you need to hear back from me quickly.

This temporary move is farther away than our new home will be....this is very important because it means (as I continue to stress) showing up on time for pickups and meetings is very important.  I cannot get to the bakery in two minutes anymore and if I have to return for you because of lateness, it could be awhile..even longer if you try calling me and I have no service for you to rearrange a pickup.  So please make the extra effort to be timely. (I hate when I have to enforce the late fee!)

Thanks for another week of orders!

I have heard and said it a million times...but seriously...where does time go?!  It does NOT seem possible that a month ago I was in the hospital having a baby.  Because time is going so quickly (and maybe a bit because I'm just a big sap) I cry a lot over the passing of time.

I think the real reason behind all the tears is the overwhelming joy and love of having this little boy in my life.  There's more to the story of Wyatt than I have told people.  Some people know, but I could count on two hands the number of people who know/I've talked about it with.  So why tell the story now?  Because my husband and I didn't want people to feel the need to express any sympathies (and still don't), and now that Wyatt is is here I feel like sometimes things happen for a reason...something I could not fathom at the time.

When I originally posted about being pregnant, I wrote that we had tried to plan for not having my labor being during the "busy wedding time," but things don't always go as planned.  Many people took this as meaning that the pregnancy wasn't planned or that it was a surprise.  That wasn't the case.  What it meant was that I was originally due in February of this year, not August...but things didn't go as planned.

Last May I went into the emergency room thinking I had a kidney stone.  While there I learned that I was pregnant (we had been trying) and that the pain was from an ruptured ovarian cyst.  After running some tests, the next day I found out that the pregnancy was not okay.  It was ectopic  (stuck in my fallopian tube).  The only option for this type of pregnancy is to remove it.  Needless to say, we were devastated.  My husband is good at looking on the bright side and reminded me many times that things happen for a reason.  If I had not had the ruptured cyst I would not have gone in until later...meaning the pregnancy would not have been discovered (or the problem with it until later; I would have been even more attached and in more danger.  When not discovered, an ectopic pregnancy can rupture a fallopian tube and/or result in major damage and surgeries.  Even knowing this, I could not come to terms with there being a "reason" behind why this had happened to us.  As I'm sure anyone who miscarries feels.  

​There's a radio show I use to listen to where the host (who was a doctor) always told callers that "you get the baby you are meant to have."  Whether that means through carrying a baby, using a surrogate, adopting, etc.  This is easier to say than it is to accept.  At least it was until Wyatt came into our lives.  

A few days after being home from the hospital my husband and I were just staring at our precious new baby when he asked me if I ever wonder what it would have been like with the other baby.  This was a shock to me because it is something he doesn't really bring up or talk about.  He was always said the ectopic happened for a reason...even if we don't know what the reason is.  Well I think it's safe to say we found our reason.  Wyatt was meant to be in our lives.  It's not that the other baby wasn't meant to be in our lives, because it still is.  Our angel baby brought this rainbow baby into our lives for a reason.  We will never forget the hurt, but we can celebrate the joy of Wyatt every single day.  

So as I shed tears writing this post I want people to know that there is no reason to express sympathies; we are celebrating the little life we now have.  I am writing about our experience because like myself, I think it's something people often keep to themselves.  It's therapeutic to talk about and part of the story of Wyatt and what makes him more special to us.​ 

The love and joy I have for Wyatt is something I can't express.  So what do I do?  Cry!  I find myself constantly just staring at him and crying, holding him and crying, or just crying.  They are tears of mixed emotion....love, wanting time to slow down, fear that I won't remember the details of him being so little, just wanting to take it all in and hold onto every moment, and/or just pure joy.  I'm sure it's like this for all parents, especially first timers.  But I can't help but think I'm so emotional and trying even harder to take it all in because of what happened.  Every second feels so precious to me and like it was just meant to be....

Thanks for another week of orders guys!