Ordering Jake's Cake
Today, I finally bit the bullet, so to speak and ordered Jacob's first Birthday cake. I was fine walking into the bakery, fine standing there at the front counter asking who I needed to talk to about placing the order. Then, Fine ended. Then, I had to tell the sweet lady at the counter that I wanted one 8" round cake, with white fondant and that it needed baby blue and green polka dots around the edge, adorned with a fondant elephant on top, and I requested that the word "ONE" be spelled out in fondant around the edge as well. Maybe his cake will look like this one...obviously with different colors or hopefully it'll have more polka dots like this one.. I got teary eyed, my voice was wavering... I'm sure the cashier really wondered why I was crying ordering my son's birthday cake. I didn't offer an explanation. I didn't want to have to break down at the bakery counter, telling the lady that my sweet baby, wh...