Catie is 1 year old!

It's hard to believe that a full year has passed since Catie was born.  While it doesn't seem like just yesterday, it certainly does not seem like a year has gone by since she was born!  She is certainly an over-achiever!  She got her first tooth before the boys did and started walking before the boys did.  She took her first steps March 11th, 15 days before her birthday.  The boys both took their first steps on their first birthday.  In a way I wish she had waited, but she is already taking several steps and shows no sign of slowing down.

We started Catie's birthday off with pancakes, but no sprinkles this time. :)  She loves pancakes!  Matthew had to be at work early, so we had to wait to do presents.  Catie wore her birthday dress, so I had to take her out to show it off!

Hanging out in Robbie and Alex's room

We dropped Alex off at school, I did a short class at the gym and then had to go to Publix to pick up a few things (which turned into several things!).  This time I let Catie get a cookie at the bakery.  She loved it!  She couldn't get it in her mouth fast enough!  I remember breaking off pieces to give to Robbie and Alex when they first started getting cookies...and I may have had a bite or two, but Catie ate her whole cookie before I even realized it!

Get in my mouth!!

What is this deliciousness??

After naps and work, Catie finally got to open her birthday presents.  My parents got Catie a cute princess car that makes noises and plays songs.  It's similar to a firetruck that Robbie got for Christmas one year, that's why he called it a firetruck.



She loves it!



We got her a Klip Klop Stable with Rapunzel and Aurora, plus 3 more princesses (Cinderella, Snow White and Ariel) to go with it.  All of the kids love playing with it, so it's a good thing we have enough princesses to go around. :)  The funny thing is, it was actually supposed to be Catie's Christmas present.  It was on sale around Thanksgiving, so I bought it when we came down to my parents' for the holiday.  Unfortunately, we left it at their house and we weren't going to see them until after Christmas, so we bought Catie different Christmas presents and didn't have to worry about what to get her for her birthday.  I don't think she minded. :)



After opening presents, we went to Mama Fu's for dinner and then Sweet Frog for ice cream.  It was another first for Catie...ice cream!  She liked it, but, not only did we get too much for her, I don't know if she was as excited about it as she was about the cookie because it was so cold.  But she still liked it!



YUM!

We let the kids stay up a little bit later to let the sugar wear off.  Hopefully Catie enjoyed her birthday.

Today I took Catie to her 1 year check up.  She did not want to cooperate for the nurse, so we guestimated her weight at 20 lbs (she wouldn't sit still long enough for the scale to accurately get her weight) and 29 inches long (50% for both).  Unfortunately she had to get 3 shots, but she did great under the circumstances.  We are looking forward to celebrating with family this weekend!