Happy Birthday, Katherine!

 Happy birthday to you,

 Happy to birthday to you,

 Happy birthday dear Katherine,

 Happy birthday to you!

We Love You!

Party!

It's hard to believe that the time has come to celebrate Katherine's 1st Birthday!  We had a party for her yesterday and thank everyone for the fun and spoiling our girl just a little more!

{There are a lot of pictures thanks to Leslie who grabbed the camera and let us enjoy Katherine's day and not worry about taking pictures!  By the end of the day, we had over 500 pictures on my camera alone.  Yes, you read that right . . . over 500!  Thanks, Leslie!}

Katherine started her party with some birthday hugs from Emma!

Katherine's cake was huge {really too big}, but you can never have too much cake, right?  It's not at all what I had envisioned, but I loved it!

Her smash cake

I had not planned on having Katherine a smash cake mainly since Jackson did not have one, but the bakery that made her birthday cake makes a complimentary smash cake for 1st birthdays!

Some decorations

Presents!!

Patiently waiting to get her hands on a gift!

Of course, Katherine was the center of attention!

Time to sing Happy Birthday and get into the cake

My favorite picture of the day!

{Even though the Birthday Girl is the least bit interested in her candle!}

Katherine has turned into quite a little piggy lately so I thought she was going to devour her cake, but she ended up eating only a handful of it!

More pictures with the Birthday Girl!

Sweet Emma excited about the party!

Some little boy couldn't keep his hands of off the cake!

Busted!

We had a fun day celebrating our sweet little lady with our family and friends!

One Year

One year ago today, Jackson had an Easter Egg Hunt at his school, and this is one of my favorite pictures from that day.

Katherine made her debut a mere 6 days following this . . . tomorrow we'll celebrate her 1st birthday with family and friends, and Zach and I constantly wonder how is it possible that our baby girl is already one?

Jump!

The weatherman predicted a rainy day for yesterday, so Leslie suggested we take these two to an indoor 'jump zone' to let them burn off some energy.

 Of course I wanted Jackson to go and have fun, but I was a little concerned whether or not he would actually get inside the houses since he's never cared for a moonwalk.  Thankfully, he proved me wrong and jumped right in!

Climbing up the ladder to the tallest slide

 What goes up must come down

 He showed no fear!

 All smiles at the bottom!

Leslie grabbed my camera and caught this freak going down a slide.

This little girl was a bit hesitant when we first arrived and went into a jump house, but she decided she liked the place when she discovered the balls!

And to say William loved the balls would be an understatement!

 Giving me the "Enough is enough!" look

Wow . . . this place just lets all the freaks in.

Maybe next time we shouldn't take our children here if this is their clientele.

I think she was letting me know that the ball was going home with her

Leslie and William having some fun

Once we got home from all of the excitement, I put Jackson in his room for a nap and while getting Katherine to sleep, I dozed off for a little while as well.  When I walked out of Katherine's room, I found this sweet little pile right outside of her door--completely wiped out. 

Needless to say, they enjoyed the jumping and sliding!

French Fries

Daddy thought playing in the freezer was a great idea,

and so did Katherine.

Flashback

8.12.07

3.22.11

Zach and I fondly remember the first time we put our 5 lb. 12 oz. baby in this swing and turned it on--the swing started going and it was so "fast" we were scared it was going to fling him across the room, so we quickly turned it off!  3.5 years later, Jackson sat in the same swing and I was scared he was going to break it!  Our baby sure has turned into an active little boy!

Snapshots

Some snapshots of our weekend . . . 

Zach is obsessed with grass and the sod that the builder of the house put down did not make it through the winter, so Zach spent this weekend laying new sod.  {Maybe good bbq is the only thing that makes him happier than soft, green grass.}

Jackson wanted to hold Katherine . . . a rarity

Playing in water . . . a favorite

Showing off her newest 2 teeth on top

Bonding

And Daddy thought this was going to be a sweet picture of the two of them . . .

and that was a quick glance at our short weekend!