The Monkey Club

You know you want to join!! Being in the Monkey Club is a special status you earn at Elli's gymnastics center when you can climb to the top of the gym rope and ring the bell. The rope is really high, and I get scared looking at the little 5 year olds trying to do it, but Elli has been determined. Well, she DID IT! (see her way up there!) And now her teacher can't keep her off of it! We are so proud of our monkey.

The Impossible Truth

Our little Kate turned one this weekend! It seems impossible that a year has gone by. It's truly been a full year, and so in that light as I think about all the experiences we've had in her first year of life it makes sense that time has flown by....but if I close my eyes I can feel myself going right back to holding her in that hospital room as if no time has passed at all. Life is funny that way...and I love it.

We celebrated sweet Kate's birthday with a Spring theme...bug and butterfly cupcakes, bunny ears, jelly bean jewelry and bird nest crafts. Topped off with chocolate cake, fun friends, and lots of smiles....oh, and a splash of pink...always!

I couldn't stop kissing her little cheeks....




Cake Time!




(Obviously, the crafts were for the older kids...but we just had fun being together! Plus Kate was very helpful eating the jelly beans....)




Pictures of her first year....





We love you so much, Kate!!!