Happy First Birthday Katie!

I can't believe a year has already gone by. We celebrated Katie's birthday with many friends and family. She had a great time though all the people overwhelmed her at first. As you will see, she LOVES cake!

I made a banner for Katie on my new Cricut. "happy birthday katie!" Grandpa getting the birthday "throne" ready.

Katie couldn't wait to start opening presents. She was very interested in all the paper.

More Birthday decorations. I made the tissue paper balls using an idea from Martha Stewart.

At first she took dainty little bites. We soon morphed to full on face stuffing.

Opening presents with Mommy and Daddy.

An entire cake to herself and she didn't wan't to have any leftovers!

More face stuffing.

At first she just took a tiny taste . . . hahaha.

Looking very satisfied with herself.

We love being a family of three!

I was tickling her to try to get her to smile.

The cake!

Katie playing in the dog bowls

Talking and stairs.

Katie loves babbling and crawling up the stairs. She hasn't mastered going down them yet and will just turn around and fall if I'm not there. We can't believe she will be one year old in a little over a week! The year has flown by, and yet we feel as if she has been a part of our family forever. She is just over 18 pounds which puts her in the 8 1/2 percentile for her age for weight. She is 4oth for height. She is so close to walking and has taken a few steps on her own but still prefers to crawl.

Playing outside in the 70 degree weather!

My Parents brought over this great play-set for Katie to use. She loves it. She learned to slide down and she also loves throwing rocks down it. She HATES grass on her feet but I am trying to get her over that. More videos to come!