Birthday Party!

Nate and I were officially initiated in the yearly birthday party celebrations. Who knew how much work goes into these grand parties for our children. The good news is that it was perfect. Nate's family came down on Friday to help get ready for the big event on Saturday. I baked a cake.... It was suppose to represent a train.... Do you agree?

After some discussion with my sister-in-law... we have refined my cake making skills and have a new plan for next years cake. Stay tuned until next August for the next installation of Kaitlyn's b-day cake surprise.

We had family and friends over to celebrate Kaitlyn's 1st birthday on Saturday. She got lots of nice clothes, fun (noisy) toys, and a new fishing pole. I would like to mention that it is very hard to keep track of what gift goes to what card when you have 5 children under 3 helping with the gift opening. It was fun and chaotic all at the same time.

Kaitlyn and her cousin Hailey playing on Sunday after our big birthday weekend.

Kaitlyn loved all the attention and was so tired by the end of the present opening that we decided to wait on the birthday cake. Sunday, my sister and her friend Niki came over and we sang Kaitlyn happy birthday and watched her enjoy her cake.

After cake she went straight into the bathtub. Mommy is not a big fan of big messes, but with help of her auntie - we got everything cleaned up.

Next year... It will be even bigger. The good news is that she has enough presents to last until next year.