Thursday, October 1, 2009

Kathryn's First Birthday

Kathryn turned one on September 6th. It's hard to believe that a whole year has gone by and we can't imagine life without her now. How did she go so quickly from this cute, quiet little baby...
...to this cute, energetic, sweet little girl?
We had a lot of fun celebrating. I didn't think she really needed any presents (besides the one I got on sale about 6 months ago--sorry Kat!), but Drew, being the sweet daddy he is, couldn't resist and went shopping for her. So she got lots of fun presents.
(She'll never remember that we wrapped them in Christmas wrapping paper, will she? :)
She loved unwrapping them, but was a little confused at first when we were giving her permission to tear paper. Here she is in her new stroller with all of her presents...
Besides the stroller, she got a new shirt for Halloween, new pj's (camo pattern with teddy bears-of course picked out by her dad), a little piano, a ball, a Winnie the Pooh honey jar w/finger puppets and a gift card to Old Navy (Drew said I can only help her use it--I got my own for my b-day :) She really likes all of her new toys and especially loved playing with the gift card. This girl is smart! :) After she opened her presents, we gave her her cake. I baked it, but Drew did the rest. This is what it looked before we gave it to her...
And this is what it looked like when she was done with it :)
She did a pretty good job demolishing it, huh :) We're glad she had a fun birthday.

My parents came for a couple of days a couple of weeks after her birthday, so we celebrated a little more with the presents they gave her.
Inside that box were a cute set of new pajamas (handmade by my mom) and this cute outfit:
Thanks mom and dad for the nice presents! They're perfect and so cute! My parents also brought with them the birthday present they had given me back in June (I didn't bring it home then b/c I was worried about checking it on the airplane)--A new sewing machine! Here's what it looks like...
I'm so excited to have my own sewing machine and keep thinking of all sorts of things I can make with it. I have a lot to learn, but my mom got me off to a great start with a lesson on how to use it. It's really nice and will be a lot of fun to have. Thanks mom and dad!!!

3 comments:

becca said...

Happy Birthday to Kat! I cannot believe she is a year old. I also can't believe that it slipped my mind :( I was in the middle of moving though. Looks like it was a great first birthday! She looks so grown up :)

Ha... my word verification is "bresti." The things they come up with sometimes...

Sarah and Mark said...

Yeah! Happy Birthday! I love the after cake picture. She did a better job than Adriana. She has changed a lot over the year!

Heather said...

She's so cute! I love the demolished birthday cake. We couldn't get Lauryn to touch hers on her 1st birthday. It was so great to see you guys a couple weeks ago!