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<p style="text-align: center;">Last week, I had another opportunity to bake for Icing Smiles.  This time, I was asked to create a dream cake for a little boy named Josiah celebrating his 2nd birthday.  Josiah was born with congenital heart defects, which meant that he had to have open heart surgery shortly after he was born.  And, while he is growing and developing just like everybody else, he is not completely out of the woods. Due to his condition, he will have to have a few more heart surgeries.  Having met Josiah, I can tell you that heart surgery or anything else, for that matter, isn't going to slow down this super happy kid.  I arrived at their house a few minutes before they got home from church.  As soon as I got the cake out of the car, Josiah was right there at my feet yelling "happy cake!!!".  He was thrilled, and for  that, so was I.  Josiah couldn't wait to touch it, smell it, eat it.  I even dropped a fondant football on the floor and after having explained to his family that the fondant is pretty but not very yummy, I turned around to see Josiah chowing down on his football!  It was an absolute pleasure meeting and baking for this wonderful family.  I wish Josiah many more happy, healthy birthdays and fun with his loving parents, his adorable sister, and his baby brother (coming next year!).</p>
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