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Hamid Moslehi Photography & Ruben Magos Jr., Signature Look Photography
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Pulling Out All the Stops
Their bash was held in Laguna Beach, California, at event spaceSeven 7 Seven, which was decked to the nines.
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Best Dressed
Smiley, 50, kept it classic in a charcoal suit and pink shirt, styled with an open collar.
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No Expense Spared
“Gretchen’s clearly outdone herself again,” Rossi’s formerRHOCcostar Lizzie Rovsek said in her Instagram Story. “Wow!”
“This is over-the-top,” remarked her formerRHOCcostar Peggy 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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Just Add Nuptials (or Not!)
If it felt like a wedding, that’s because it nearly could have been. 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?’ "
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Gourmet Goodies
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Nibbles Ahoy
To quench their thirst, partygoers sipped on beverages includingIce Age Glacial Water.
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Public Display of Confection
There was a huge variety of desserts, too — the centerpiece of which was a six-tier wedding-style cake fromMaison De La Forkin shades of pale pink and white, with a gold-detailed crown on top.
Towers of chocolate strawberries and macarons fromRegal Delightsoffered other edible treats.
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I Scream, You Scream
The latter 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).
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Bravo Gang’s All Here
Guests at the star-studded event includedReal Housewives of Dallasstar D’Andra Simmons,Vanderpump Rulesstar Scheana Shay and a slew of Bravo alums like Phaedra Parks (Real Housewives of Atlanta), Patti Stanger (The Millionaire Matchmaker) and Rossi’s formerRHOCcostars Rovsek and Tanous.
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.
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Proud Parents-to-Be
“I have to say thank you to each and every one of you for being here today,” Rossi said in an emotional speech during the event.
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A Road Best Traveled
The mom-to-be 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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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 thislittle life that [Slade] and I createdout of love,” Rossi added.
source: people.com
