Happy Birthday

Dani's cake was a chocolate bundt cake with a fudgy center and topping. I was a little nervous about making a bundt cake since I've never made one before, but it turned out just fine.

Here is a picture of her gifts as she greeted them the morning of her birthday. She didn't seem to notice that the bags and boxes were there, but she pushed the chairs and table all around apartment and played with the kitchen from Nana and Papa.

Dani enjoyed walking around the apartment with her tights in her hands.

" Boo! "

Dani does not like to rip paper. I can give her a pop up book to play with by herself and she will not tear it. She has only torn books (about 1cm each time) twice in her life and at least one was a complete accident. She tends to open presents like I always have, but breaking the tape.

We should have picked a different present to start with because the first present Dani opened, was the one present she could not put down. So, opening the rest of the presents became a chore.

New books from Mom and Dad.

New outfits from Mom and Dad.

Yes, she is after the phone again.

Uncle Jeffy did a great job picking out the princess pajamas!

We hid the Elmo phone behind me so that it would not distract her from opening the presents, but she just stood up, walked around the table and chairs and peeked behind me so that she could see it. She then indicated that she wanted the phone back. So then we tried to be creative and re wrap the phone under the other presents. She at least looked more interested in opening the present.




At first she wasn't too thrilled with the adorable outfits I was putting on her . . .
But, after a while she decided they would but fun to show off to Daddy too.