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 :)