Happy Birthday Finally

Maleen was soooo happy to see the baby doll Marcus picked out for her.

She was not amused by the amount of time it took to get him out of the box.

But it was worth the wait.

We finally celebrated Maleen's birthday on October 30 (only a month and 10 days after her actually birthday). We were super excited that Lynlee came down for the festivities. Maleen's birthday this year was just one of those things that doesn't go smoothly from the beginning. Everything that could go wrong did from setting a date to the cake. The date was hard to set because of a lot of family stuff going on. Then I decided to make a birthday banner using Melissa's Cricket (love it). The banner did not go as planned kept flipping over when I tried to hang it. The cake, well lets just say that my origional plan was to order a topsy-turvy cake from a bakery in Reno then I got the brith idea of making one myself. I did a trial cake which I must say turned out awesome. I didn't bother to take pictures because it was so easy that I figured to real one would be twice as awesome. Not so. Lets just leave it at that. Although not beautiful to look at it did taste awesome. Dinner also turned out great. I did Cornish Game Hens stuffed with a rice stuffing (awesome). Maleen loved her gifts and her tutu. So at the end of the day who cares. The food was good the company even better and the birthday girl was happy what else matters.