Nova's First Birthday

Nova's birthday was this Saturday, and despite the chaos of roommates moving out and in, and the kitchen being in complete disarray, I was determined to make Nova a cake.  

It is an orange chiffon (sponge) cake with chocolate ganache between the layers and huge amounts of ridiculously sweet white chocolate buttercream icing all over.  We took it to Mike's mother's house for a small birthday party that night, and a good time was had by all.  

At one year old, Nova is never still except when she's asleep.  She walks at breakneck speed, honing in on anything sharp, dangerous, or electronic.  Her favorite teethers are mobile phones.  She enjoys exploring the far reaches of her range.  In the library, she will stay and play in the children's section for a while, but then she'll get restless and wander over to the computers in the reference room.  She can make my computer do things I didn't know it was capable of. 

She's a very sociable baby, but with all the moving around lately she's starting to show signs of occasional clinginess.  Her hair has gotten long enough that it gets little dreadlocks in it if it's not combed often enough, and she still hates baths.


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Unknown said…
She is so cute! Look at her sweet little smile! It looks like she had a very happy birthday, and the cake looks delicious.

Kiko still hates baths too, and he's three. To this day, I cannot get him to sit down in the water so he ends up having something more like a shower!
December 4, 2008 at 9:28 PM
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