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My big birthday plans for Miss Lydi Mei didn’t turn out quite as I had planned when Mark had to work late, we didn’t arrive at the restaurant in Chinatown until 7:30, the torrential downpour negated the plan to walk around Chinatown, the Chinese bakery for dessert was closed, and we didn’t get home until about 9:30 which meant our gifts remained unopened. (sigh) So, I announced to Mark late that night that I was declaring a do-over, and we would celebrate again on Friday night. I ordered a cookie cake (no complaints from the fam on that) and ordered pizza (in that order) and opened the remaining gifts from us (a baby doll set complete with a bike that Lydia thinks she can fit her little 22-lbs on and a tutu –can’t not give a 2 year old a tutu).

On March 9th of last year, the day before her first birthday, I asked our social worker to contact Lydia’s orphanage and request a picture of her taken on her actual birthday. I just wanted one. The next day, on her birthday, we got a handful of pictures of her and not just her—her and a ginormous cake. And, they were dressing her and treating her like a little princess which included the icing smears on the face which I learned was a tradition in China.

I had the clever idea of doing the tradition again, so after we had already attacked our cake, I decided to try to get a similar shot. Come on, it’s tradition, right?