She also thanked the “amazing people” atSouthern California Reproductive Center, who guided her through her in vitro fertilization journey. “It literally took five men to get me pregnant,” she joked. “They truly have become family there. They helped make our wish of Skylar Gray come true.”
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Their bash was held in Laguna Beach, California, at event spaceSeven 7 Seven, which was decked to the nines.
“Gretchen’s clearly outdone herself again,” Rovsek said in her Instagram Story. “Wow!”
“This is over-the-top,” remarked Tanous on her Instagram Story. “This is beautiful. Lookat all the flowers… and the detail … I feel like I’m at a wedding. Lots of love for this little girl.”
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There was a huge variety of desserts, too — the centerpiece of which was a six-tier wedding-style cake in shades of pale pink and white, with a gold-detailed crown on top.
ASub Zero Ice Creambooth provided custom frozen desserts — including Skylar’s Shower Cake (cake-batter ice cream with cookie dough and rainbow sprinkles), Rossi’s “Rocking” Road (chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and almond slices), Slade’s “Sleepy” Salted Caramel (salted-caramel ice cream with pretzels) and Family Fruity Fusion (raspberry and marshmallow ice cream with mixed berries).
Meanwhile, a whiskey bar fromDistillery 291kept the party going, cigars fromMaster Roller Cigarswere passed out to attendees and Kiss FM’s DJ Chunk kept the dance floor packed.
As Rossi teased the crowd, there was an ordained pastor at the event, and she and Smiley thought about turning it into a wedding.
“We’re not getting married, I hate to burst your bubble,” she said. “Yes, my dress is white. And we thought about it for a very small second and then I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to have another big party?’ ”
Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley.Lizzie Rovsek/Instagram
Back in April,Rossi told PEOPLE thatshe’s looking forward to becoming a parent for the first time.
“It’s just so special when you love your partner so much and see this little life that you both created together and see a part of you and a part of him in this little life,” she raved. “I just think there’s going tobe no feeling in the world like that.”
“I think that’s what I’m most excited about, is to see her personality come out and see this little life that [Slade] and I created out of love,” Rossi added.
source: people.com
