Birthday Party!

Although her birthday isn't until Wednesday, we had Hannah's birthday party this afternoon. We thought it would be nice to have it on a longer weekend, so our extended family would be able to make it. Unfortunately, only Jon's side of our family was able to come to the party, so even though it was planned as a small party, it ended up being even smaller than planned...But we still had a good time!

Hannah LOVED her cake, as you'll see from the pictures. It didn't take her long to figure out what to do. She picked up the butterfly decoration, tried it but wasn't thrilled with the taste, so I took it and pointed to the icing, and away she went...

Mom, I don't know why I'm wearing this hat, but I'm ready
Mmmmm...this is pretty good.
Yep, likin' it a lot. Why have I not been given sugar before?

Yes, the icing is up my nose and is dangerously

close to my eye. What's it to you?

This cake is SO GOOD, I can't help myself.

In case you're wondering, Hannah didn't eat the whole cake that was sitting on her highchair. But, she did pick at part of it for the better part of 30 minutes and probably ate 1/4 of the cake. She MAY have had a bigger piece than me!

Prior to the cake eating extravaganza, we opened a few presents and played with some new toys. We had the party right after Hannah woke up from her afternoon nap, so she was ready to play AND get a snack, so the timing ended up being perfect.

In case you're wondering, the cake was made by "Cake Dot" - the same lady that made our wedding cake, and the cake we used to announce/celebrate being pregnant (See the Oct. '07 post for the picture). We really like her cakes - the adult one was chocolate - and she actually designed the cake herself. The only instruction I gave her was that I didn't want the cake covered in pink, because having a little girl there is PLENTY of pink in my life, and I suggested butterflies or flowers as a decoration, since Hannah isn't really into a "character" or anything. The butterflies are all fondant, and because she'd already made some for a wedding cake, I wasn't charged extra! As my sister-in-law told me, the sign of a good cake is no leftovers, and there were only 10 adults at the house to have cake (and they finished off the rest of Hannah's smash cake too!).