Dan'ts birthday week

Well, my baby is officially a toddler I guess. Unbelievable! Monday was her birthday and we celebrated by eating pizza and eating cake. Kerry and Nanny got up before me and baked a cake, I thought that was nice. It was up to me to think of something clever to do with this cake. I cut a big circle out of the middle and gave the circle ears and a snout. It kind of turned out looking like a care bear. Almost enough that she guessed what it was. We had grandpa come over and eat pizza and cake with us. We gave Dant a (you guessed it) another care bear. After all, who can have too many carebears? We'll have a family party for her where we will give her a gift that will actually be Dora themed! That will be a few weeks away because Kerry's brother is on a long cruise to the Hawaiian Islands, ugghh. I hold my breath when people go on cruises now. Not worth it! Anyway, Dant was pretty cute on her birthday, every time I told her "Happy Birthday" she said it right back to me. She is talking so much. It was kind of like she knew she was supposed to be terrible the day she turned two, she was kind of a little stinker. She even broke her favorite elmo bowl when she threw it on the floor in a fit of rage. I guess she'll learn eh?
The festivities continued on friday when my sweet cousin Amy offered her house for a little cousin party. She is aware of my changing states of wellness and thought it would be easier on me if I didn't have to host a party. You never know when I'm going to get over stimulated and have a panic attack, so at least if I got that way I wouldn't have to kick everyone out of my house. It was fun I brought a cake for Dant along with plastic bowls and utensils and we had a little party with Amy and girls, Sherri and kids, Lisa and kids, and Chris and kid! Instead of shaping the cake like a carebear this time I printed carebears off the internet and made little picks out of them and stuck them all over the cake. Dant was cute, she saw it and said "Happy cake". In case you didn't know, she calls care bears happys. Amy and Lisa both gave her carebear toys, Chris gave her a darling frog blanked and Sherri gave her a cute panda bear w/bubbles. It was really fun for Dant and Nanny to be with all their cousins. It's amazing how many little girls my cousins and I have made and there are two more on the way! What a blessing for all of our kids to have so many fun cousins their ages!