Daisies Make Anything Cute : )
This cakes was for my ward's Relief Society Birthday Celebration. It's a pineapple orange cake. YUM! This wasn't my original design, but you can't go wrong when you throw some cute little flowers on there. My plan was to make two flavors of mini cakes with fondant ribbons and bows to look like little Birthday presents. Well, that's a lot to take on when your baby has two ear infections that keep him up all night. Poor thing. I ended up making the cakes the day before, and this is what I threw together. It was cute, yummy, and I had more time to snuggle with Danny.

This is one of my favorite cakes, so I thought I would share the recipe : )

Orange Pineapple Cake

One yellow cake mix

4 eggs

1/2 cup oil

One can mandarin oranges with juice

~Bake according to cake mix directions

Frosting:

One container cool whip

One can crushed pine apple

One large packet vanilla pudding mix

Happy Birthday Mom : )

I saw this gum in the store and it made me think of you : ). I hope you are having a GREAT Birthday! You deserve it. Love you!

Lover Boy

I love this picture. I just feel like it captures his personality. Sweet, loving, and silly.

Danny is becoming VERY affectionate lately : ). He constantly gives me hugs and kisses (really really wet ones), and is happiest when I'm holding him on my lap. Nick had to keep him in the office while I was working out today, because he kept trying to come hug me. A couple weeks ago at church, he walked right up to his little friend Sienna, gave her a big hug, and kissed her right on the cheek! I'm a little nervous for when he's a teenager, but I sure love my little Lover Boy.

We Gone an' Done It...
Nick convinced me that it was time to tame this wild hair, so we gave Danny a hair cut over the weekend. Even though it almost ALWAYS looked messy, and stuck straight out like a clown, I miss those curls.

New Hair!

I'm still not used to it but I think he looks really cute with his big boy hair cut. Nick did a great job!

Goodbye cute little curls. I hope you come back someday!

A Little On Valentine's Day

My gift to Nick

Nick's gifts to me!

I felt like my gift was kinda puny in comparison, until I saw Nick's reaction to the yummy bars : ). Phew! They sure were yummy. We exchanged gifts on the Friday before, because Nick didn't want to wait to give me mine. We have a hard time keeping these kind of things from each other.

My two Valentines

I let Danny play with my Valentine cookie cutters, and now they are nowhere to be found! I've checked under and behind beds and couches, inside blanket baskets and closets. Let me know if you have any other ideas. It's driving me crazy!

And here is a note from Danny:

"Thank you to my grandmas for my Valentine jammies and story book!"

Girls Rock!

These are for a little girl named Avery. Isn't that a cute name? She's having a "Girls Rock" Birthday party. I had so much fun making these for her!

The birthday girl gets a little more on her cupcake : ).

This is my first time using stamps on fondant, and I think I'm hooked! Any kind of scrap-booking stamp that makes an impression can be used on fondant! I can't wait to try more. The "a" is for "Avery," just incase you didn't know : ). I love these cupcakes!

To Cut, Or Not To Cut?

I don't think I'm ready to say good bye to these crazy curls.

I think I'll wait until strangers start asking how old "she" is ; ).