Addison turned the big #8 on Sun. Feb. 21st! I can't believe how big she is now! This is the 2nd year in a row that she has not been sick on her birthday-hooray! Unfortunately, the rest of us have been battling colds, so maybe it's just that she's already caught everything. Addie started out her birthday with a special breakfast of pancakes, sausage, and bacon. Leftover pizza that she had picked out the night before was for lunch. Dinner was a special request of her favorite meal which was chicken and dumpling soup.
I let the kids pick out a special cake they want me to make for their birthday. This year Addie liked 2 cakes, a purse and flip flops. I went ahead and made them both, since I wasn't sure how much cake the end result would make. It ended up being just about right with a little leftover.
Our cousins Sara, Rachel, Peter, and friend Emily were able to join us for the festivities. Also, my brother Glen, his wife Rachel, and more cousins Jaron and Noah were able to come. We had a fun time eating all that cake and icecream and visiting.
Addie loved all the gifts she received as well. She got her special card and birthday money from Grandma and Grandad Black, a very pretty sparkly, blue CTR ring from Grandma and Grandpa Fox, a princess dress, necklace, baptism book, & twirly doo-hickey from Grandma and Grandpa Beebe, and a stuffed dog, little pet shops, pet shop socks, & a doll named "Addison" from Mom & Dad.
We love Addie very much and are so blessed to have her as part of our family! She is a very sweet and special girl, Happy Birthday Addie!!!
Addie attempting to blow out all the candles.
Special Birthday Cakes
Purse cake, looking a little saggy.
Flip Flops Cake
Addie excitedly opening her first gift.
Addie and her Addison doll.
Addie and her new dog "Brownie" and pet shop stuff.
Princess dress and twirly doo-hickey. 
You always do such amazing cakes! Were they your creations or inspired from somewhere? Did you have molds, or just cut a sheet cake? Inquiring minds want to know. Happy birthday to Addie. She is getting to be such a big, beautiful girl.
ReplyDeleteJenn...those cakes are too darling! What a mom. It's so fun for the kids to have their own special cake. I love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd, it sounds like you have a new baby in the family. Congratulations. Can't wait to hear more.
Steph, I usually get my cakes off of Kraft Food or Betty Crocker websites. The purse was 2 round cakes and the flip flops were a sheet cake. No, they're not my creations, I wish, but I usually have to borrow from more creative people other than myself.
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