A week of firsts!!

Last week Addison turned 1. I know it's cliche and everyone says it but I really can't believe how fast this year has gone. Since Kelsey was in kindergarten most of Addison's first year, it made it go by even faster. Then the summer came and at least while we were at home it seemed to drag and then it was over. So while it seemed slow, it was over before we even knew it and now we're halfway through September already. Holy cow, where has this year gone?

We take "Birthday Week" to a whole new level. Three of the five members of our family have birthdays in September, all within a week. Addison's is the 12th, Katelyn's is the 14th and Dave's is the 18th. I know it's kinda crazy around here, it's worse than Christmas. To celebrate Addison's first year, since Dave has lots of meetings on Sunday, we did it all in the morning. We started with her favorite breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes (she couldn't tell us what she really wanted but she ate 1 1/2 so I don't think she cared what she had), then she opened her presents and has been so happy to play with all of them. The girls were so excited to help her open them and have had fun playing with her as well. It was also our scheduled family dinner and it just happened that we had dessert to bring. We made a chocolate cake with pink frosting and we all sang to Addison and Katelyn. Addison loved us singing to her and smiled the whole time. For Katelyn she doesn't really like cake, except for the frosting so we made homemade chocolate ice cream and peach ice cream too. Addison loved that she got to eat (destroy) her own piece of cake and stayed "way too clean" for someone who had just eaten her very own piece by herself.

The Presents

I love this look on her face

She just loves this ball. She throws it everywhere and chases it.

She also loves books. All kinds of books. Since both her sisters always have a book they are reading, she's picked up on the idea too.

A bag with princesses on it? That must be for me!!

Singing Happy Birthday to both Addison and Katelyn. I love that Katelyn doesn't mind sharing her birthday week with Addison and her dad. She thinks it's that much more special!! And it makes it a little easier on me with the cake situation. Although dad gets his own. I don't think he'd want a pink cake with princesses on it, do you?

Can you tell, Addison loves singing. And the fact that we were singing to her made it even better. Such a beautiful smile.

The eating of the Cake

Starting out, not sure what to do.

It didn't take her long to figure it out.

All finished.
Oops, forgot some. Gotta get every last crumb!!
I must say, she is the cleanest baby I've ever seen after eating her own piece of cake.
And of course Aunt Kaylene had to spoil two of her favorite nieces with clothes for their birthdays as well.

In our next line of firsts: Katelyn started preschool. She has been waiting, well really since Kelsey graduated from Miss Kris' preschool. All summer long we were on countdown. And then finally when the big day came, she said, "But I can't go yet, I'm not 4!" But she was excited to go anyway. She went the week before to orientation and met all her new friends that would be in her class. She is also so excited because she is the first "Leader" and she gets to celebrate her actual birthday in school with her friends too. So much fun.

And last but not least, Kelsey had a first too: She lost her first tooth on Addison's birthday. Her two front bottom teeth have been loose for a little more than a week and while brushing her teeth one of them just popped out. She came down stairs crying because she was scared, but after she rinsed out her mouth a few times, she was very excited. She now talks with a bit of lisp and can't keep her tongue from playing with it. Just waiting for the other one now and then she really won't be able to talk!!

Hooray for a week of milestones.