Birthday Party!

 Kaitlyn's birthday was on a Tuesday this year, so we decided to have her very first birthday party the Saturday before. We had quite a few guests, and luckily the weather was nice enough for us to have people in our beautiful backyard!

Kaitlyn did well for her first birthday party, considering her lack of a nap that morning. She got a little overwhelmed at times, with so many family and friend, and new traditions to take part in. But overall it was a success!

She was really excited to get a balloon! She points to balloons every time we are in a store. Mommy promised her she would get her own for her birthday, and Daddy went and bought it for her!

After everyone arrived, and had some snacks, we all gathered out back to sing Happy Birthday and give Kaitlyn her very first piece of cake! It had a Minnie Mouse shape to it, with pink frosting. Everyone else had cupcakes.

This being Kaitlyn's first encounter with cake AND frosting, she was a bit suspicious of this new treat. After some coaxing, she did eventually dig in. The next several pictures are of her attempts to enjoy it:

She's so ladylike....ya, right.

After cake we opened presents. At this point lack of sleep was getting to her, so we opened about 2/3 of the gifts before she descended into tears and needed a break.

After the party was over, we were able to get her to take a bit of a nap, and she was refreshed enough to finish opening gifts and go outside to play.

Of course, the tomboy in her meant she wanted to go play with the rocks in our pathway.

We were so happy to have all of our family and friends with us for her birthday celebration!