Celebrity Celebrity Family Celebrity Pregnancy LeAnn Rimes: 'We're Ready' for Baby But first, the singer and husband Dean Sheremet celebrated their seventh anniversary (early!) with a Napa Valley bash By Michelle Tauber Michelle Tauber Michelle Tauber is an Executive Editorial Director at PEOPLE, overseeing Lifestyle (Parents, Health, Home, Travel, Food, Pets), Style & Beauty, Royals, Weddings and Politics. She was previously the founding Senior Editor of Royals at PEOPLE and PEOPLE's first and only Head Writer. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 1, 2008 06:00PM EDT Photo: Joe Buissink With their anniversary fast approaching, LeAnn Rimes and Dean Sheremet knew just how to scratch their “seven-year itch”: with a party – and soon, perhaps, a baby. The country star and her husband invited 30 of their closest friends to celebrate their upcoming seventh wedding anniversary – and Rimes’s 26th birthday on Aug. 28 – at the Calistoga Ranch in California’s Napa Valley. “We wanted to remember how blessed we are, and how excited we still are about each other,” says Rimes, who was just 19 when she wed Sheremet, now 27, on Feb. 23, 2002. (They decided to celebrate early to take advantage of the warm weather and Rimes’s birthday.) The three-day festivities culminated with a seven-course dinner and an evening of dancing on Saturday night. “My ankles and my feet hurt because I was jumping around on the dance floor so much!” she says. Looking ahead, the couple say they are eager to begin a new chapter of their lives together: parenthood. “We’re ready, definitely,” says Rimes, adding that they’ve gotten some friendly nudging from their pal and new dad Keith Urban. Says Rimes: “He’s encouraging us to start gettin’ on it!” RELATED ARTICLES:• 2003: LeAnn Rimes finds happiness as a newlywed• 2002: With Reese & Kate, LeAnn makes PEOPLE’s Young Brides cover1996: At 14, LeAnn Rimes has a hit album with Blue Close