A Birthday Celebration!

Our baby girl is officially THREE years old.  It really seems like yesterday that Jonathan and I were very impatiently waiting the arrival of Miss Katelynn, who kept us waiting an entire week after her due date, and now we have had three whole years with her by our side.  Amazing how fast it goes.  It's so fun watching her get older and understand more and more, but it's bittersweet because I want her to stay my little girl forever.

This year we decided to do her birthday party on her actual birthday.  As usual, her party consisted of a million 2-3 year olds.  There were 20 to be exact (well, 21 including her).  I decided to avoid the craziness at our house this year so we had it at Chuck E. Cheese.  My parents came down for the weekend, and my mom helped me make Katelynn's cake and make her birthday outfit.  I am pretty ridiculous when it comes to our birthday themes, and I always have to make sure that her outfit matches the theme so I tend to make the outfit each year to make sure that is the case.  This year she had picked a flower theme at first, but as the party got closer and she seen her friend's party was a butterfly party, she decided that was what she wanted too so butterflys it was!

In addition to all her friends, both sets of grandparents and Uncle Matt attended the party.  It was lots of fun!

Katelynn got so many neat gifts this year that she has really been enjoying this week!

It's funny how quickly she has jumped into opening gifts- so much moreso than last year.  One of her friends attempted to help her open this gift, and she wouldn't have it.