happy 2nd birthday dottie!

today was dottie's second birthday and it couldn't have been a more perfect day! the sun was shining and dottie got spoiled rotten with love and attention (and perhaps some gifts). she started the day with a serenade by the baristas and a heart shaped banana cake they had made at our local coffee shop and ended the day with a chocolate cake and more happy birthdays from friends and family. she also got to spend most of the day with kiki and grandpa which couldn't be beat and looks forward to her other grandparents coming this weekend. hooray for birthdays!

on a silly note, dottie is very into ice cream at the moment! she honestly can't get enough of it. until yesterday, she has been carrying around this pink foam ice cream cone that she end in milo's toys i think. anyway, in the past 2 weeks, she has gotten 3 different sets of ice cream toys and she is in heaven. funny enough, she has 2 pink plastic cones (pictured below) that she will not let go of. if you ask her for a lick, she says no. even if you pretend to cry, she is happy to give you a vanilla, chocolate, or even mint chip, but not the strawberry one. today she even took her nap with one of them and my parents went to get her when she woke up and she had the cone stuffed down her shirt "in her tummy". silly dottie!