Best Birthday Cake Ever!

Oh, how I've been waiting to share this news!!  Social media and blogs are awesome, but they create an interesting challenge.  While I wanted to shout from the rooftops that I'M HAVING ANOTHER GRANDBABY, I certainly didn't want to steal the thunder from my daughter and her husband.  Once they let the cat out of the bag, however, I was happy to do the same on Facebook.

The next surprise was the gender.  I believe it was Karen's idea that we do a gender-reveal cake for my birthday since she was having an ultrasound on that very day that would likely tell them if they were having a girl or a boy.  I had to think about this for a bit...  If Mike were going to make my birthday cake, that means that he would have to know the news a few hours longer than I did. Adam would also get to know. Could I endure that?  Although the short time they knew the gender was excruciating for me, especially since I was banished to my bedroom while they were baking, the surprise could not have been more fun.

They did a good job.  I couldn't see a speck of cake peeking through.

Karen and Andrew "skyped in"

Check the crumbs on the knife. . .

IT'S A BOY!!!

Our smurf cake

Adam's kinda excited to have a little nephew.  A future sports
addict that he can brainwash. . .?

Just one little birdie left in the nest. . . He will most likely be
on his mission for my next b-day--WOW!!

Thanks, Karen, Adam, and Mike for engineering this surprise.  It was my best birthday cake EVER, and I'm so excited to welcome this little boy to the family in about five months!!