Here are some pictures of Katie playing around the house with some of her new birthday toys.
Katie and Brady
She loves to climb in and out of her "Cozy Coop!"
"I'm getting sleepy..."
"... but I have to keep playing!"
Decisions, Decisions (I think it's time to clean out her toybox!)
This is her new fascination. She loves to open and close the washing maching and pull out the laundry in there.
For her birthday, Katie got this great "snack trap" so she can eat her snack independently. She hasn't masatered it yet, but she's getting better at it. After we get home from school, I give her a sippy cup and a snack while I feed the dogs, get things ready for dinner, etc. One of the 1st days I did this I was really impressed with how quiet and content Katie was. I went in the living room to see her and this is what I found. Apparently I didn't put the lid all the way on her snack trap so she had just dumped the whole thing on the floor and was eating her goldfish off the floor. :)
Finally worn out and taking a short katnap before dinner.
This was our 1st time to go trick or treating with Katie and we had so much fun. Last year we dressed her up but stayed home and answered the door for trick or treaters. At her daycare party this year she got a cute little pumpkin bag she took with her for trick or treating. It was fun to watch her walk door to door. She had so much fun she was squealing along the way.
Memaw and Aunt Mindy came with us too.
"Hmmm, this house looks like fun. I think I'll go in!"
Her bedtime is usually 7:00 or 7:30 so we came back home at 7:30 to sit out front and hand out candy. Katie wasn't acting sleepy so we decided to let her stay up as long as she was having fun. She played in the candy bowl taking pieces out of the bowl and making her own pile in her lap. And she walked and walked and walked on our walkway to our front door and to the sidewalk. I think she was just happy to be otuside... with no boundaries. I finally put her pjs on at 9:00 and she finally started rubbing her eyes and stuff. When I put her down, she was out before I even left her room! 
OK. So technically this was not Katie's 1st pumpkin patch. I insisted we take her last year for pictures and she slept most of the time we were there. She was only 6 weeks old at the time. This year was a lot of fun. Now that Katie's walking, we were able to let her walk around and "explore." This is still my favorite pumpkin patch I've been to. It's worth the 45 minute drive. We didn't do the hayride because it had rained earlier in the week so it was muddy and the hayrides kept getting stuck. We DID ride the little kiddy train though. I think Katie liked it. They have lots of cute photo ops at this pumpkin patch, face painting, and several bounce houses that Katie will be able to get into next year. The only think it's missing is a petting zoo. (The one we went to last year had that.)
I love this picture of Katie walking with her daddy. 
I had a cold but luckily Katie had been fine all week long... until she woke up at 1:30. She looked terrible. Poor baby. Her eyes were so red. She wasn't fussy, but was very cuddly. She clearly did not feel good. She was such a good sport though. She enjoyed her cake and made a pretty big mess with it.
She got lots of great gifts and helped me open most of them in her new rocking chair.
Her Aunt Mary made the adorable dress and birthday bloomers. She made her a birthday bib to match the bloomers too but I don't know if I got a picture with that.
She had fun playing with her new toys for a little while,
then cuddled and slept for a while with Daddy, Memaw, and Mimi.
After her party, I took her temperature and it was 100.2. She took a nap and woke up looking and feeling totally fine. Little stinker. Literally sick for her party and that's it. Ha! Despite her not feeling great I'm pretty sure she had a good time. And after her nap she stayed up late playing with her new toys. 
Wow! I can't believe it's already been a year! One year ago on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 4:46pm our precious baby girl was born. She was 7 lbs 14 oz and 20 inches long. Today she is 19 lbs 3.5 oz and 29 inches tall. 
At school they gave Katie a birthday hat with all her classmates names on it. They sang Happy Birthday to her and gave her a little birthday goody bag.
After school we took her to Baskin Robbins for some birthday ice cream. She got cotton candy flavor and loved it!
