Natalie's Birthday

Natalie had a wonderful second birthday. When Laura asked Natalie what kind of cake she wanted, Natalie replied "a happy cake." We weren't sure what flavor of cake is happy, but the cake Laura made (the smiling butterfly made of white cake and yellow buttercream frosting in the picture below) seems pretty happy. Laura apparently got it right because Natalie endorsed it as "happy!" the first time she saw it.

Natalie practiced blowing out the candle a few times the day before her birthday and was able to blow it out on her first try. Shortly after we took the picture below she leaned her face right up to the cake and started saying "yum yum yummy..."

All of Natalie's grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins in Seattle came to her party. She has figured out how a birthday party works: she dived right into the presents and the moment they were all opened she ran out of the room, leaving us all behind, saying "Cake!"