My Baby is Two!

Savannah's birthday was yesterday. I can't believe my baby is 2! She is so much fun right now. Her little voice just melts my heart and she says the cutest things. Some of my favorites include "ah peem" for ice cream, "wub you" for love you and "danna" for Savannah.

We had a little party with family. For some reason, when my girls turn 2 they do not enjoy having "Happy Birthday" sung to them and Savannah proved to be no different. She had a little pout on her face and looked like she might cry. But she thoroughly enjoyed the rest of her party, especially getting to be outside!


Here she is riding her new tricycle from Grandma and Grandpa Maxfield. I'm hoping she'll get the pedaling concept down one day as well as steering. Right now she just sits and enjoys a good coast down the gentle slope of the driveway.

Here she is actually smiling (a fairly major accomplishment when it comes to picture taking) with her birthday balloons.

Here is her birthday cake. She loves monkeys and Nemo so I opted to make the monkey cake. It was Neapolitan with layers of white and chocolate cake and a strawberry mousse filling. I nearly lost it when party attendees started saying they didn't want any cake. WARNING: If you come to a birthday party at my house and I've spent 6 hours making the cake, you will be having a piece! ;)

Another event these past couple of weeks was Savannah's hernia repair. She had a ventral hernia just above her belly button. It was very small and didn't really bother her so the surgery was elective. But the surgeon told me that if it was his daughter he would have it repaired now in case it became a problem when she got older and young children heal so much faster. We decided to go ahead and have it done now before it would be too traumatic for her. Things went really well. We had it done at the new Primary Children's wing of Riverton Hospital. They were so good with her. She got to play with lots of new toys and they gave her a mild sedative before they even took her back in the wagon to the operating room. I had envisioned something much more dramatic like her screaming and crying and reaching for me as they walked away down the hall. I'm so glad things went well. The nurses were amazed at how well she came out of the anesthesia. She as actually pretty happy when she woke up, which is more than I can say for her waking up from her nap every day!

Here she is in her hospital jammies with Daddy. They were a little big for her and she looked so stinkin' cute!

And finally, I thought I would post a picture of another cake I did last week. This was for my friend Lindsay's little boy who was also turning 2. It turned out okay, although a little crooked and bumpy for my liking. If you know anyone in the market for a cake I'm trying to start up a little biz so spread the word. I'm doing two-tiers like this for $40 or shaped cakes for $50. (Sorry for the shameless self-promotion. I've got to get started somehow, right?)