Saturday, July 10, 2010

Baba's Birthday!


Today we celebrated Martin's 38th Birthday... but his very 1st with Khloe home!  Martin and Dawson left for an afternoon of fishing, while the girls stayed home to make the cake.  Martin's favorite cakes are German chocolate and carrot cake.  Since we made the German choclate one from scratch last year, we opted for the carrot cake this year... less labor intensive!! ;) 

Khloe was such a trooper and LOVED every minute in the kitchen.  She didn't get bored or tire of it at all.  She wanted to help with every step!  Then she practiced singing the "Happy Birthday" song a few times, but it came out more like this:  "A-B-C-D to youuuuu..."  It was SO cute!



Khloe and Breanna get ready to bake,
sporting their lovely matching Scarlet Threads aprons!


   
Khloe loves her JieJie!   


   Our little helper stirring the carrot mixture!


This is her "cheeeeese" pose!  ;)


  
Silly girl!


  
Khloe helps Breanna pour in the carrots.


  
The mixer is too loud for Khloe! 


 
Is it done yet? 


 
Time to lick the beater!


...and the fingers!


  
...AND the bowl! 
  Baking sure is fun!!  :) 


  
Khloe helps mama clean up!


Martin poses with his kiddos! 


   
Khloe helped her baba blow out the candles!


 
Then she gave him a special card that Breanna helped her to make.
She was SO proud!


 
Time to eat cake!


  
YUMMY!
Khloe liked it so much, she asked for seconds!!  
...so did Baba!!   ;)



Happy 38th Birthday, Martin!
Thanks for being such an amazing dad (baba!)
and husband. 
We are all SO blessed to have you!!

18 comments:

living4him5 said...

Happy Birthday Martin!!!

Love the pics Tanya!!

Hugs,
Amy <><

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday:)

Blessings to you all! Ashley

Lexilooo said...

Happy birthday Martin! The cake looks delicious!

Love the photos! As soon as I saw the first picture of the girls, I said to myself "Scarlett Threads aprons!" I did a giveaway on my blog earlier this spring with one of them, and think I will do another later this summer!

Sophie said...

Happy birthday!! That little princess looks like she's doing great, what a darling!

Andrea said...

Happy Birthday Martin! Love the pics! It's great to have 2 beautiful helpers! :o)

Ginny said...

It looks like she is doing great! I have known her face for so long (from all of your wonderful updates) but now it is really special to see that face in your kitchen. Glad to see that you are getting to use those aprons too. I am sure you wondered if that day would ever come!

Tara Anderson said...

Happy Birthday, Martin!!! The cake looks delicious, and the girls look TOO adorable in their matching Scarlet Threads aprons! Glad that Khloe is settling in so well...she looks like she's always been there! :)

melissa said...

Happy birthday to Martin! The photos are just precious. Khloe and Brianna are so sweet together!! Their cake is a masterpiece! :)

xo
p.s. I am finally getting a package off to Khloe this week :)

Jenna Lou said...

Happy Birthday to Martin. Looks like it was a fun day... especially for the girls in the kitchen!!

The Byrd's Nest said...

hee hee....LOVE how tiny she is with that HUGE mixing bowl and spoon!!! I'm sure you could eat her up every day my sweet friend!

Happy Birthday Martin!!!!!!!!! You are blessed with such an amazing Christ loving family:)

Mrs. Winn said...

How sweet!! Your cake is gorgeous and I so enjoyed seeing the creation process with your beautiful chefs!

Thanks for the birthday wishes on my blog, I had forgotten that Martin and I are "birthday buddies" (as my girlies would say).
Happy Birthday, Martin!

~Kelly

Vivian said...

Happy birthday Martin!
God bless you always!

Great pictures! So happy to see that little miss is doing so well.
Did you get the package?
Let me know.

Blessings,
Alycia

Jill said...

Awww.... too cute. I love the matching sister aprons! Even though I've been M.I.A from blogland I've been checking in on y'all. Khloe looks so happy!!! Every time I see her photo with y'all, I get a huge smile on my face.

Happy Birthday, Martin.

Kami said...

Happy Birthday Martin! Sorry we missed calling - but we do love you so much and hope the day was fabulous!!

And by the way, it's a good thing that you opted for the carrot cake this year ... the German Chocolate one was quite the extensive process last year!! :)

Love you!

Valerie and Jeff said...

Happy Birthday Martin! So glad he got to go fishing on HIS day ... and what a great opportunity for the girls to use their aprons! Speaking of which, I have a drawing to take care of this morning for a S.T. apron!

But your girls are adorable ... and the cake looks amazing! (Are you sure you didn't slip out to the grocery store and buy it?) hee-hee. Just kidding.

Mei Mei s and Mayhem said...

Happy birthday to your hubby!!

That carrot cake is making my mouth water!! I love carrot cake. The pics are so cute of the girls helping you!! Love the aprons too.

DiJo said...

Wow! They did a beautiful job on that cake!!!! Why am I picking one up at Byerly's today for Jeff, when I could have ordered one from your bakery?

LOVE the Wordless Wed pics too. She looks so happy!

Hugs,
Diana

Sarah said...

Soooo good to see precious Khloe at home where she belongs! So happy that she has settled well. Enjoy your perfect miracle!