Pre Christmas Fun

Since this is our last year in DC for Christmas, we did all the thing we have been talking about doing but have never actually done. As I am short on time this evening, this will be a story through pictures blog post :).

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theater (we had amazing seats)

Really bad phone picture of us at the Kennedy Center for The Nutcracker

First attempt at picture with Santa .... pretty happy with it considering the three little ones were afraid of him. It was so fun and magical to watch Jack interact with Santa.

Army Band Christmas Concert. Not the same without the Doyles, but lots of fun 

Santa came to visit

Hi Santa!

Have a Merry Christmas!!!!

Kate's 1st Birthday

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Kate who turned 1 year old last week. I still find myself looking at her all the time and thinking "I really have a baby girl!" I'm not sure that feeling will ever end because she has been a pure joy to raise. She wins me (and everyone) over with her sweet smiles. She loves to eat and get attention. Kate can already say mama, (J)ack, baby (while pointing to herself), avocado, hi, bye (while waving...and smiling).
I was excited to celebrate her first birthday with a tutu, girly balloons, and a super girly cake, None of the boys had any kind of dessert until their first birthday cake. We tried so hard to have that be true for Kate as well, but she managed to get it twice.

Swiped some frosting off her daddy's birthday cake while sitting on his lap

found a brownie in the trash ... very proud of herself

The birthday outfit

 

The "cake smash", or in her case the "princess-like delicate picking at the frosting".

and the proud parents :)