Katiebug's Birthday Extravaganza

Our sweet little Kate turned 1 on August 18th. So much has happened this last year, and I feel like it just flew. She has been a surprise from the very start! What a spunky, spirited, sweet daughter we've been blessed with. She is determined, curious, vocal, and adventuresome. I LOVE the dimension she's brought to our family. She is such a happy little thing, toddling around and smiling most of the day. She is brave, and more often than not sports a big ole' forehead bruise to show for it. She still has no teeth, they're sitting there begging to come through, but her smile is adorable because of it. She wants to talk and tries out new words daily. She's certainly not short on personality. . . her facial expressions crack me up multiple times a day.

catching up

It was brought to my attention by a dedicated reader that I was behind with my posts. . . again. I have several excuses, really. I'm not going to go on telling you how busy we are. Everyone. Is. Busy. Part of me really wishes I had (made) more time to be introspective and that I could craft really thoughtful, meaningful posts, similar to the posts you all post every day. I'm working on this. I feel a little calloused lately (more on that another day). I'm also a little bit embarrassed of my boring blog. I admire those of you with your fancy little blogs, full of links and graphics and awesome pictures. I often think about posting, but by the time I get around to it I'm sitting in the overstuffed chair, laptop on my lap, chin on my chest, snoozing. Finally, after thinking a while I decided this is what it is. It's a place for me to give a shout out now and then to let you know that we're still kicking. It's a place for me to sort out my thoughts when I need it. Perhaps of more interest to you, its a place for me to throw up a snapshot of the kiddos, since we don't see everyone nearly as often as we'd like, and since they grow up way too fast and change every single day. I'll continue to do my best to highlight the big stuff (and sometimes the small stuff) that we encounter in our little corner of the world.