March madness pt.1

Thanks to simple suggestions from Logan I came back and tried again. I didn't get it all on here but this part is cuter anyway so here you go ;)

Our March madness doesn't have anything to do with sports. It started in March of 2010, on the 12th specifically around 2am or so and by morning it, or rather she was in full swing. Her name is Katie and she is quite adorably mad, in that wonderful small child sort of way that often incites peals of infectious laughter.






Following quite closely in her big brother's shoes actually

Rowan's new favorite thing is to run, specifically he enjoys having "races" against himself up and down the sidewalk.

Accordingly one of Katie's favorite things to do is join in his "solo" races.

Provided she isn't distracted of course...

It takes a bit more to distract Ro-Ro

A bit later Katie decided she'd had enough racing and would like to sit down and be cute for a while. She's quite good at it you see.

March 12th: The day the madness began...

Two years later our baby girl seems quite grown up... even though she hasn't quite mastered such things as manners concerning utensil usage.

Cold cereal, a good birthday breakfast by all accounts!




Later on in the day is was time for gifts!!

Almost more fun than watching Katie's reactions to each gift was watching Rowan react to the opening ;)

Afterward, I tried my best to have her look at the camera and smile but I suppose it's a better testament to how good the gifts were that she wouldn't stop looking at them and playing with them long enough to be bothered :)

Thank you to everyone for the lovely gifts! She really does like every one.







After changing to a new outfit, as big girls do, she had a tea party with her new tortoise that she named Turtle.

Evie came to join in but since she can't sit up yet Katie kindly opted for some cuddle time instead. In fact she was quite upset when we took Evie away for "tummy time".

Even with encouragement from her big sister it wasn't long before Evie was tired of "tummy time".

Birthday dinner of choice: noodles! This was actually some stir fry and noodles because Mom's dinner of choice includes veggie

After dinner we sang happy birthday and Katie blew out the two candles on her ice cream cake.

Too soon actually... As soon as we had sung "Happy birthday dear Katie" she abruptly blew out the candles catching my aunt off guard. She was poised to get a photo of the moment Katie blew out the candles (at the END of the song) but this was the result of a toddler's impatience and excitement for ice cream cake.














That pretty much sums up our Kates. A blur of adorable, innocent, sweet hearted madness :)