Happy Birthday Kaitlyn!

Happy Birthday big girl! We love you very much and we are very happy that you came into our lives. You make us smile everyday and you fill our lives with laughter. We are so proud to have cute little adorable you as our daughter. Happy Birthday sweetheart! I know you don't understand all of the singing and fuss now but someday you will be able to see how special you are and have been since the say we first saw your little face. You have grown so much but no matter what you will always be my little baby! I love you from the bottoms of your pudgy little feet to the top of your head (where the hair is starting to curl)!

June 27th - thinking back

A year ago today I was going to bed with my bags packed, in the morning I would be waiting for a call from the hospital to let me know if I could come in to be induced...we all know what happened that day! Kaitlyn Raegan was born and turned our lives upside down...how did we ever live without her? She has been here a whole year already. She was so tiny when she was born, and has really only gained 11 pounds since then but she is SO big! My little baby has turned into a full fledged toddler, she gets into everything, has a temper and a mind of her own. She is my little munchkin and I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world!

Happy 1st Birthday Kaitlyn! I love you so much!

Kaitlyn's First Birthday Party

We had Kaitlyn's First Birthday Party today! She was such a good girl! We had her party at Bellevue State Park, which was both a blessing a curse. On one had I didn't have to clean the house and worry about messes and clean up. On the other hand I had to pack EVERYTHING and take it to the park!

We had about 60 people there all family and friends. It was so nice to see everyone and hang out. Kaitlyn stayed awake the whole time until the very end when she passed out in her Grammy's arms.

Kaitlyn was really fun to watch as she went about her business hanging out with everyone, we had fun visiting with Eva, Leah and Baylee. Shannon made us some wonderful cupcakes. Award for farthest travel goes to the newly engaged Karen & Neil. It was a fantastic but very hot day. Special thanks to everyone who came out and joined in the fun.

Kaitlyn had so many presents, clothes and toys galore. She is a very lucky girl to be loved by so many people!

Big Bug Graduation

Kaitlyn graduated from her Bugs class at the little gym today! She is now officially a Bird. She has been so cute in these classes and it's great to see her playing with kids her own age and younger. She is really funny. Poppop even came to class today to see her running around and playing. Shaun came to take pictures. They sing a song at the end of every class that says "Bye - Bye Big Bugs it's time to go on home" and I almost started to cry. She's not a Big Bug anymore!

I am very thankful for this class. I have been able to get to know some of the other mom's in the class and watching their girls grow as well. I am sad that Olivia is still going to be a Bug this summer, I will miss her curious eyes as she watches Kaitlyn and the other babies. Natalie will be going to the Friday class which means we won't see her as much anymore, I will miss her funny faces as she tries to keep up with the bigger kids.

Kaitlyn still has her Eva for class on Monday's! Other then daycare Eva really is Kaitlyn's first friend!

Big Girl

We spent a few hours packing up some of Kaitlyn's baby stuff and putting it away in the attic this weekend. She isn't a little baby anymore! We put away the swing, play yard, car seat carrier and bases, bouncy seat, bumbo and her jumperoo. All stuff she could still use but you really have to watch her because she tries to climb out of and off of everything and I am just so afraid she is going to hurt herself on something. Not to mention we need to spread out her toys a bit and put some stuff in her room that will keep her entertained!

26 more days and my baby will be a one year old!