Kaitlyn's 1st Birthday Party

We had Kaitlyn's first birthday party on the 4th of July. We had a blast. My aunt Terri and uncle Lee and Grandpa flew in from Seattle and my cousins Shannon and Landon came out from San Diego. Terri and Lydia decorated the house and I frosted cakes in the morning. We had a BBQ including Mom's potato salad for a late lunch. After lunch we decided it was time to open presents. Kaitlyn was loving the paper and even tried to eat some of it but over all did very well at opening everything up. She received a ton of presents from a recorder and toy screw driver to money for her college fund and her first MP3 player. That's right my 1 year old has her own MP3 player, Jared was so proud. Thank you to all of you who contributed. After presents came the cake. Kaitlyn was thrilled with the sugary frosting that it took her a while to get to the cake part. With help from her big sister Kaitlyn broke into the cake and before long was taking huge chunks and shoving it in her mouth. By the time she slowed down she was covered and I had to strip her down before taking her off of the protective tarp. White carpet and chocolate cake with pink frosting do not work well together. She went immediately to the bath tub and pj's to follow.


Jared and Landon bought some fireworks earlier in the day so we spent the evening watching them light off fireworks. Lydia and I even played with sparklers and poppers. It was a great day!