Yes. There were balloons to celebrate Bailey Sophia. Because they look cute in the hospital room and I knew her big sisters would wholly enjoy getting to play with them.
And of course there were tulips (coral-colored), because a bouquet of lovely spring flowers gladdens the mommy’s heart – after all her hard labor (so deserving).
But this time, I decided to make the new daddy a little something, too. Cigars! Yep, rolled ’em myself.
No, just kidding. I saw the idea on Pinterest for Father’s Day and personalized them for Rocky to distribute to visitors at the hospital.
By the way – did I mention we just had our 8th *grandbebe* born on April 5? Did I fail to tell you our exquisite and so-sweet little April-Angel is named **Bailey Sophia** and we are head-over-heels? Well, in case I forgot to mention it, here she is. This photo was when she was 10 hours old, fresh from her first bath. Please note the sparkle of angel-dust as it gently falls all around her…
Ok, I digress.
The cigars
So, where were we? I got the idea off Pinterest {click here}. and I personalized the free down-loadable cigar labels to fit our occasion. Oh, but wait – the cigars are not actual cigars – did I say that already? Ok – they are just those pretzel rods. I cut about 1/3 of them off (my husband and dog ate the un-useable 1/3) and dipped the 2/3 length part into chocolate candy melts (melted, of course). Cooled them, cut out the printed labels and used a tiny bit of tape on the back to hold them in place.
I was going to use an empty cigar box from Walgreens to place them in, but the smell of actual cigars would have infused the chocolate-covered pretzels. No bueno. So, I thought and I thought and I thought, and then by sheer accident, I happened across a little endcap display at Target with these plastic boxes for making “home made lunch-ables” and voila! Perfect.
How fortuitous, don’t you agree, that I had already cut them the exact-perfect length??? :)
Chocolate-covered Pretzel Cigars, enjoyed by young and old alike.
