Thursday, June 22, 2006

Sweet celebration

We celebrated Katie's birthday a few days early with a small tea party. (Cooper's first birthday was a beach party in his grandparents' back yard with about 50 people. It was great fun but a little overwhelming, and I have trouble remembering everything that happened!)

Melissa often creates cakes for Damm birthdays, but she wasn't able to attend this year, so Steve & I tackled the cakes. I did the easy part -- baking. He did an amazing job decorating a teapot cake and a coordinating small square cake just for his girl.


Katie played with her friends Adam and Conor and brother Cooper before eating cake for the first time. We expected her to dive in with both fists like Cooper, but she was much too dainty for that. She politely waited for me to cut a piece of cake and serve it to her before taking tiny bites.

She was less interested in opening gifts, though she has enjoyed all her toys and books since.

A few photos are below. As usual, you'll find even more here.


She looks so full of mischief here.


Julie created beautiful floral arrangements for the party.

Andy, Adam & Julie helped Katie celebrate.

Katie loves Liz's jewelry. (We missed Noe, who was home sick.)

Katie loves her Papa and Grandma.
One of their gifts for her was this beautiful dress.

Grandma also sewed a darling dress for Katie, which will appear in a future post.

Katie is fascinated by Conor, here with his daddy, Will (Katie's godfather). Godmother Holly was at a work conference out of town.

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