Kate's birthday party

Yesterday we celebrated Kate's first birthday with a party full of friends and family (24+ people). It was a fun and special day! Our theme for the party was a cupcake theme...the invitations, balloons and cake were all decorated with cupcakes. I found an awesome cake pan that was a giant cupcake for Kate's special cake. I think it turned out pretty good!
In addition to the large cupcake, I bought some cake from Nugget Market to make sure we had plenty of cake for everyone.

Kate and Will hanging out before guests arrive.

Kate received a whole bunch of wonderful presents! Thank you to all for your generosity!

One of Kate's favorite presents is a baby doll she received from Dedushka and Grammalene. She hugs it and cuddles it all day long.

After presents it was Kate's turn to try some cake....

"You want me to eat this?"

"Hmmm, I guess the frosting isn't that bad!"

Unfortunately that was the extent of Kate's cake eating experience. She wasn't too interested in diving into the cake and making a big mess. I will blame some of it on my frosting...it hardened up a bit overnight so it wasn't very easy to smear around.

Here are a few pictures of Kate's friends. They all had a fun time helping Kate play with her new toys. Zoey was having fun munching on the shovel. Abby enjoyed playing with my mom's skirt. It was adorable to watch her tug on it.

Hazel was a big help during the party and helped us clean up all the wrapping. Tomorrow is Hazel's 2nd birthday!

We had a such a great time celebrating Kate's first birthday. Thank you to all who joined us in the festivities!