Kathryn Emily: The Big Uno!

Can't believe Katy is one! I love how big she's getting and how strong her little personality is. (most of the time) She can definitely hold her own with her older siblings, and knows what she wants at all times. She's not interested in walking yet, but she's crawls like mad and I can't imagine her getting around much faster on her feet. She's such a good sleeper 95% of the time, and takes good naps. She has like 5 1/2 teeth, and is working on more, I think. She still loves her bottles, but I'm not ready to go there yet with a long day of traveling to VA (and all that adjustment to a new place thing) right ahead of us. We'll work on that in a month or so. Her hair is -starting- to come in, but mostly just in back. My poor little baldy!  I appreciate that she still leaves her bows on pretty well. (I try to be nice back, and only make her wear them when we're going out or sometimes taking pictures.) She says mama, dada, ball, and "hi" (she pretends many things are a phone, so we hear this often). She LOVES balls right now, and gets very exciting about them, no matter the size. She is starting to give kisses (when she's in the mood) and wants to try anything she sees others eating. She's doing a thing where she doesn't want it in her mouth unless it's in her hand first. Pretty silly, but she's adamant about it. She loves her grandmas, and prefers them over almost anyone (except Daddy, and Mommy, if she hasn't seen me in a while).  She loves people and parties, and hers was no exception. She was completely in her element, and loved all the attention, cooed cutely about all her presents, and thoroughly enjoyed her cake. (Thanks, Grandma Kerrigan for cleaning her up!) Good times were had by all, and then today we got to go down and celebrate her cousin, Kinzi's, birthday. A long day, but worth it to be there with her!

For more pictures of her birthday party, see HERE.