Kate's Birthday Celebration!

Let me tell you that Kate's first year flew by! To celebrate our bundle of joy we threw her one heck of a birthday party. She had a three-tiered cake with different flavors, which I didn't even get to taste - but heard it was really good. This was one fancy cake and it was worth every penny!




Kate had "monkey" cookies shipped from out of town for her big day.



She had a monkey pinata which was three to four times her size (well, maybe only twice her size), which looked more like a rodent than a monkey. I can go on and on about her birthday but I will let the pictures do the "talking."




It was a GREAT day. The day started off a little windy which worried us since the party was going to be outside, and neurotic me wants everything to be pretty and perfectly placed. But everything turned out really well! Kate had so many guests at her party including her loyal blog readers (and parents) Molly and Grayson. Her great-grandmother came in honor of the birthday girl from Mexico. Of course all of her family members were there including all of her cousins. We really enjoyed seeing all of our friends and family celebrate Kate's big day- so THANKS to everybody!







The kids had a FANTASTIC time. The little ones played with Kate's new birthday ride, whereas the older kiddos had a blast choosing from the assortment of goodies I spread out for them at the kid's table.





Everybody had so much fun watching the kids, including one adult, beat the s%!@ out of the pinata...poor thing was shredded to bits. But soon after the candy fell out from it nobody cared about the pinata anymore.



What was really great was seeing Kate smile and clap in delight when EVERYBODY was staring at her while singing Happy Birthday to her. I thought she was going to have a meltdown and start crying...(1) because who are all of these people? and (2) it was so close to bedtime. However, she was in a great mood! Sadly nobody got to see her open her presents because she was ready for bed after her birthday cake (and who wants to watch a one year old "open" their gifts?). So overall I would say the party was a big success! We all had so much fun and I am already thinking of the 2nd birthday party...