Kate's Second Birthday

On July 23, our little baby girl turned 2 years old! It is hard to believe she is no longer a baby but a little girl. The first thing we did in the morning was to let Kate open up her gifts from us. We gave her a new baby doll that comes with several outfits, a bottle, teddy bear and diaper. She was very excited to receive a new doll and quickly got started dressing it all up and changing it's diaper. A very happy birthday girl! Later in the morning we headed to a local park to have a Winnie the Pooh birthday party with all of Kate's friends. We had 8 kids attend, ranging in ages from 15 months to 4 years old. The kids had a wonderful time running around and playing in the sand. Kate spent most of the time keeping her Dedushka very busy going up and down all the slides.

Cake time! I made Kate a Winnie the Pooh chocolate cake this year. It took several hours to pipe all of the frosting but it was well worth it since Kate was thrilled to see her cake.

Kate loved having everyone sing to her. She felt so special! Kate tried really hard to blow out her own candles, but Will had to give her some assistance.

I also made some gluten-free "honey bee" cupcakes and Kate loved diving into her blue frosting. What a messy face but a very happy girl!

On a completely unrelated note, below are some pictures that my parents took today while Kate visited Gramma and Papa's house while Will and I took a long date to Napa. Before we left we had to get a family picture taken before our family permanently expands. :-)

This is a picture of Kate refusing to put on sunscreen before heading to the pool. Pool time and goofy time...of course!