Kate is a year old????

It's been a VERY busy few weeks. Kate had her fist birthday, we had house guests, and now we are in Seattle for two weeks. Most of the birthday party photos are on the other camera at home but here are a few from the last few weeks. A bit about Kate for her birthday:

One of Kate's favorite things to do is take a bath. And after a bath(or anytime really) she also LOVES to play on our bed. She rolls around and snuggles every inch of the bed over and over. Leah really enjoys it too but can get a little wound up!

Kate relaxing and enjoying some snacks. She likes to have one foot on the table. I figure there is plenty of time for manners later.

Kates favorite foods right now are Broccoli(she will eat it until you cut her off),  asparagus(makes for some smelly pee diapers), and rice bread toast. I have tried a couple of times to give her something sweet and she just shakes her head no at it. Would not even try her birthday cake! Crazy girl! If I didn't give birth to her I would think she wasn't  mine!

Sandbox days

I am so happy the sandbox days are here again! On this particular day Leah and her friends spent much of the afternoon in the sandbox. They are taking a snack break here. So fun!

Happy Easter!

We hosted a great Easter egg hunt this year with lots of friends! The turn out was around 35-40 kids. Leah was very overwhelmed by all the festivities and did not participate in the actual hunt but had a great time afterwards with friends and family. Kate slept through the hunt but woke excited to see everyone. Thanks to all that helped! I believe this may be a new annual event at our place. I will be watching for fun egg stuffers all year!

The Easter Bunny also payed us a visit leaving Teddy Bears and books for the girls. They were very happy. He was a bit stingy on the candy this year.....we have so many sweets in the house form the egg hunt yesterday. Everyone is suffering from fuzzy sugar-brain. I guess I figure the faster I eat it all the sooner it will be gone and I don't have to feel guilty about eating it. Right?

Many of the youngsters would not join the crowd for the group picture but here are the older kids ready to go!

Piggy- backing

Some days I just can't get enough of the noise in our house. Makes me so happy!

First steps!

Kate spent a lot of time practicing walking with Dave yesterday afternoon. This was followed by a horrible night sleep. But today she took her first few steps!!! She has been standing her own for increasing lengths of time the past few weeks and today after standing for quite some time she took a few steps into my arms. Let's just hope she is not one of those kids that just starts running. Here is a video of her practicing with dave yesterday.

Deck smashing

Well it's that time of year again! Project time! The sun was out today and Dave did't waste any time tearing down the old deck to build a new one. And of course Leah was in on the action and excitement. So sorry for the sideways video of yet again more hammering. I will try to give a better view tomorrow of the chaos and destruction!

Just a little Kate