Here are a few pics from my birthday yesterday.
I made this super yummy carrot cake from scratch, using my friend’s mom’s recipe. (It has pineapple between the layers.) It turned out sooooo tasty! The recipe made a lot of cream cheese frosting, but I decided not to put it all on the cake, since it was already so decadent, and tossed a fair amount.
Excuse my no make-up face. I had a headache for much of the day and didn’t even shower until about 5 p.m. Thankfully my headache cleared up and I was able to enjoy our takeout dinner from Old Chicago and the cake that I made. Also, I’m not sure what’s up with the weird shadowy things on my chest in these pics. I guess they were a reflection from the candles?
And yes, Ava is poking her finger fingerS into the cake and licking them off while the pics are being taken and Jody is singing “happy birthday” to me. ;) She usually loves to sing happy birthday, but apparently not when there’s a cake in front of her. LOL She and I split a piece of cake and she ate as much as I did. It’s amazing she slept last night.
Other than the headache, it was a nice birthday. Jody made breakfast and lunch, changed all of the diapers all day (woohoo!), I got to take a nap alone in the morning, Jody and I got some alone time in the afternoon while Ava napped, and I even got some presents. :) I can’t complain.
Thanks for all the birthday greetings. :)
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KleoPatra says:
Awwwwwwww! CUTE!!! Happy, happy birthday to you!
May 8th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Tiffiny says:
Um…hello?!! Where’s the recipe?! ;)
I’m glad you had a good birthday. It’s best when you’re surrounded by those you love. :)
May 8th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
Marla says:
Happy Happy!
And Ava’s dimple! Oy!
May 8th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
Nelly says:
Sorry about your headache, what a bummer! Glad to hear it didn’t ruin the whole day!
May 9th, 2006 at 3:25 am
Amy says:
Happy Happy Birthday to you! It looks like it was a great day, despite your headache. That cake looks delicious. :)
May 9th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Darlene says:
Omigawd, I can’t believe how cute Ava’s gotten. And she’s grown so much! Happy Birthday to you!
May 10th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
halloweenlover says:
Happy Birthday! That cake sounds unbelievable! Any chance we could sneak a peek at the recipe?
May 11th, 2006 at 11:41 am
amygeekgrl says:
Thank you all. :)
Let me see if I can get that cake recipe typed up one of these days. It’s hand-written on a recipe card right now.
May 11th, 2006 at 3:44 pm