Katelyn's Birthday Party

I can't believe how fast this past year has gone by! I am amazed at how much Katelyn has grown since her birth.  It is hard to believe she came into the world weighing only 3lbs and now she is a large 16 lbs.  It is crazy to look at the difference from those first few days in the hospital to now.  I am so grateful that she is healthy and sometimes happy little baby.  She has been such a great addition to our family!  It has been such fun to watch Alyssa and Blake step up and be a good big sister and brother to her.

Katelyn born 9-9-09

 So the Sunday after we were back from Park City we had a little party for Katelyn.  We invited Doug's parents, my parents and my sister Camille and her family. The theme for the party was monkey's since Kate is our little monkey! So I made BBQ chicken on the grill, and we had fruit and salad.  I also made a mango drink to go with the festive theme.  It was beautiful weather and we had a fun night!  My mom made a cute birthday cake with monkeys and palm trees.

As you can tell from the above picture Katelyn freaked out after we sang happy birthday.  She did have a few bites of the cake, but I think she was a little overwhelmed.  She was helped by all the kids to unwrap all her presents, she had lots of fun with the paper and the ribbon.  I am grateful for the clothes my parents gave her, so cute.  The Larsen's gave her a fun toy with animals and lots of music.  Camille and Brett gave her a cute purple monkey!! Thank you all for the fun night!!

I thought in celebrating Katelyn's birthday I would write down a few things about her so I will remember them.
- Katelyn is a great sleeper, and has been sleeping threw the night since about 4 months(one of her best qualities).
- She loves to crawl and has been moving since around 10 months, and she has no desire to walk.
- She loves to climb up and down the stairs, great and safe place to play!
- She loves listening and dancing to music!
- Katelyn hates milk and any-other liquids, she wont drink out of a bottle, cup or a straw or anything else.
- First words, da da , ma ma, and hi!! She loves to say nama nama na! She has such a cute little voice.
- She loves most every food I put in her mouth, she especially loves fruit.
- Kate loves to play with anything I don't want her too, things in drawers, plastic bags, loves the dishwasher, and helping with laundry.
- She adores her brother and sister, she loves to play with them.
- A total mama's girl, it drives me crazy!