Kissing and Cupcakes

Kissing is pretty much Kate's favorite thing these days. Unlike her kisses a couple of months ago that were really more like bites, these are the real thing -- complete with an open mouth and closed eyes.

We celebrated Colin Hastings' birthday with him a couple of weekends ago and this photo that Gwen took is simply a CLASSIC.

If there is anything Kate likes more than kissing, it is chocolate cupcakes. As you can see, it was a GOOD day.

Carey and I are saving this pic in the archives until Kate and Colin's wedding. I hope that Kate does not have a problem with arranged marriages.

Our girl is ONE!!!!

FINALLY. Only three weeks late. Here are some of my favorite photos from Kate's birthday. We had Robbie and Tish over for dinner on Tuesday the 8th (her actual birthday, and the day we got home from Pinetop) and then we had the rest of our family and a few friends over for a little pizza and cupcakes on Saturday the 12th. We were so lucky to have Grammy and Grandzilla (Marty and Rod) here for the weekend too!!

It was a fun week of celebrating our sweet little girl Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and for making her first year so wonderful.

Bad parenting caught on camera

All of you know that I like to take pictures. Sometimes, when Kate does something bad, I tend to grab my camera to take a photo of it, rather than taking care of the problem. Here are a couple of examples:

• Kate eating mud from the yard
• Kate putting a ping pong ball in her mouth
• Kate pushing Georgia in her wagon into the street.

One year photos

So it is already a couple of weeks past Kate's first birthday. I am not sure where the time went...and what I have been doing...but I seriously feel like I have not had a second to sit down at the computer and post anything on Kate's blog. Oh well. That is just how things go. I'll start with these photos.

We had Kate's 1 year photos taken and I think that there are some funny and cute ones of our family. Some are sweet and some are humorous...but all of them capture our lives perfectly!!

Pinetop

Pat, Kate, Elliott and I are in Pinetop for the long Labor Day weekend. We have really enjoyed hanging out up here this summer. Kate seems to LOVE the change of pace...and she really loves exploring new things, riding the bike, watching the birds & squirrels and just spending time with mom AND dad OUTDOORS! It is such a nice weekend escape from the heat.

There is a family of blue birds that keep visiting the corn that Kate put out on the feeder, so Kate is constantly opening the door and walking out on the porch saying "bir, bir, bir..." (bird).

She also loves digging in the flower pots with her spoon and playing on the golf course with her dog.

Kate is getting so big and is starting to talk so much. We just can't believe that she is going to be one in just a couple of days. This year has really flown by.

More from Pinetop soon! We miss everyone!!