Have you ever seen a cake this cute???  Our celebration for little E was a quiet one this year – just Mimi and Poppy and the four of us – lots of red pom-poms and balloons and this stellar Elmo cake from Tart Pastry Boutique & Studio here in Dallas.  My sweet friend Michelle came through for me in a huge way – all I did was send her a picture from Pinterest and she completely took over from there.  And the best part??  The inside was vanilla cake with strawberry filling.  Uh, what?? Maybe someday my dream of making my own cake will be realized.  For now, I’ll just leave it to the experts. You’ll be happy to know that Ella is now caught up to other kiddos her age.  She still has some communication issues (as in, should have more words by this point and should be using more two word phrases) and will continue to receive early childhood intervention (ECI) services for those.  Cognitively and in every other way she is officially 2.  Pretty great progress for our little peanut since this time last year. Happy birthday to my sweet, spunky, and recently snuggly (yay for me!) 2 year old!!