Fancy Nancy Bday Party

We had a great time at Kate's 3rd birthday party. She chose a Fancy Nancy theme, and was overjoyed!

A HUGE thank you to Lindsey who did photos for us!! You can find her at http://www.lb3photo.blogspot.com/

Happy 3rd Birthday Kate!

It sounds so cliche, but I can't believe my baby is 3 years old today! She is so beautiful and such a wonderful little girl. As I was putting her to bed tonight I was thinking about how I was in labor 3 years ago at that same time. I could never have imagined the amazing little sweet voice that said "I love you Mommy" as I put her to bed. I am so blessed and so pleased to get to be her mom!

9/7/07 Birthday!

9/7/08 (1 year old)

9/7/09 (2 years old)

9/7/10 (3 years old)

2nd Birthday Party

We had Kate's 2nd birthday party on Sept. 19, it was a great time! We did a pasta bar, with several kinds of pasta and sauces to choose from. Beedoh was the fantastic cook and ran all 4 of our burners at the same time to get the pasta all ready at the same time. It was a big hit! We had chocolate cake with pink frosting and sprinkles, by request and ice cream and cookies- also by request. Kate had been talking about having cookies at her birthday party for weeks. The cake was much more of a success with Kate this year than last year! Kate had 5 other kids and their parents come, plus a few of our friends and neighbors. We did one game- fishing. It was so nice to have Aunt Beedoh in town to celebrate with us! Kate misses both Annie and Aunt Beedoh who were each with us for a week while Kate's babysitter was on vacation.

I love the action and personalities in this photo! Kate's friends left to right: Baylie, Sophia, Ryan, Kate , Irene

Happy 2nd Birthday Kate!

Yesterday was Kate's 2nd birthday! I can't believe my baby is 2. We took it easy yesterday, after our crazy weekend. We plan to have a party in a few weeks to celebrate again!

Birthday Video

Happy Birthday Kate!

I can't believe my little baby is 1 year old. She is walking and chattering in her own language and has been so happy the last few weeks. We were in CA for Val's wedding over Memorial Day and then we were in Seattle for Kate's first birthday on 9.7.08 (ignore the date stamp on the photos). Kate and I are quite the travelers! Kate has made 23 individual flights, nearly all of them we have done alone-without Daddy. I'm exhausted! Kate spent her first birthday with Nana, Great Nana, Papa Craig, Great Grandpa, GiGi, Great Uncle Mark, Great Aunt Judy, Brent, Ella and Lilly. She spent almost an hour climbing in and out of her stroller and laughing over and over again.

Today we had a party for Kate. Her friends Ryan, Addison, Mimi, Irene and Anthony and their moms and dads all came to our house.

Kate wasn't too interested in her first cake, but she loved the pizza!