Thank you (????) Pinterest for the cake idea. It turned out good for my cake making abilities. It was so much better tasting than a cake made from a box. It took for-ev-er to make. The cake was baking until almost midnight (granted I started it pretty late) the total baking time (not measuring, mixing, etc...just baking!) was 85 minutes! The next morning I woke up early to make the butter-cream frosting (not my favorite) and that took another hour. Placing the sixlets around the cake probably should have taken the longest amount of time, but by then Brian and Jaxon were awake and they helped with the process.
I didn't take a picture until after church and by then some of the sixlets had started to fall off. Oh boy! 
Taylee has figured out how to get from crawling to standing without holding on to something.
She's a smart little thing :)
Opening presents
We had given Tay a super tiny piece of cake (approx the size of 2 quarters) to let her try it while we dished the cake and ice cream. Cousin Miles (he turns 2 this month) was sitting by Taylee. She decided she wanted some of his cake and started reaching for it. Miles would have none of this and starting crying. Taylee was upset that A) we wouldn't let her take his cake and B) that Miles was upset. That brought on much weeping.
Here she is after we'd given her some benadryl.
I swear, our family parties are going to start being BYOEP... Bring your own Epi-Pen. We have so many allergies on my side of the family. So far, 6 of the grandkids have food allergies (peanuts, eggs, and milk). My grandma has a lot of allergies, my dad, brother and I have bad seasonal allergies which also includes allergies to eating melons.
She didn't get any more cake (obviously) and will be going with Ryker to the allergist next week. My guess is she either reacted to the almond extract or the egg whites.
