a cake

for Dean's actual birthday, we spent the day with family. Tom's mom made Dean a delicious chocolate-cherry cake and we sang to him and encouraged him to dig in. we let him 'cut' the cake, even though he mostly just slapped at it. he didn't exactly know what to do with his slice, and sort of shoved his face right into it. he also really enjoyed all the attention he was getting. my sweet Mom sent us a package with some birthday toys for Dean (and a shirt for me!) and he's been enjoying them too.