Dinner Dance 2011

Every January, Jeff's firm throws a dinner for their attorneys.  It's great fun to dress up and have a special night out.  This picture was taken at my brother's house.  Andrew and Rachel were kind to watch the kids for us.

All my two year olds

Whenever anyone in our house turns two, I have a picture taken of them in a sailor suit.  My collection grew a bit more this morning.  One more to go after this.

Joost--July 2005

Grace--September 2007

Kate--January 2011

Kate

Most posts I put on our blog are to remember an event with the hopes that the pictures I took do it justice, but today's post is simply posted to show off a picture of Kate that I think is too cute not to share.

Kate's 2nd birthday

And we have a 2 year old! Can you believe it? We celebrated her birthday with macaroni and cheese, gifts and cake.

Both Kate and Joost were a bit under the weather (poor Kate was sick on her first birthday, too.)

She enjoyed opening gifts (her unwrapping skills improved during Christmas and were fully shown off on her birthday.)

I was pleased by how much she enjoyed her gifts.  Having to come up with a new set of gifts so close to Christmas is a bit daunting, but she enjoyed the gifts so much that she found a way to play with them all at once--which is impressive when you consider it was a crib for her baby, a tea set and binoculars.

And then Saturday morning arrived with all the family coming for brunch to celebrate Kate. 

Instead of cake (it seems weird to eat that before 2 o'clock) she blew her candles out on top of monkey bread (which, in my opinion, is tastier than cake any day).

Gifts were opened with the whole slew of cousins aiding her.

Kate, who is no doubt fully girl, loved some of her gifts so much that she had to try them on immediately.  That included a lovely navy blue dress and red patten leather shoes.

We are so thankful that God has given us another year with our dear, sweet Kate.  There was a time that we wondered if we'd be able to have a third child and so she is a wonderful blessing from God.  We pray that He will save her at an early age and that she might walk with Him for all her days.

Happy, happy 2nd birthday, Katie-bird!