Snow Day!

Today we were hit with our 1st major snow storm of the year!!! We had fun playing in the snow with Kathryn. She loved being pulled in her sled!

A short video clip of Kate sledding!

Happy 1st Birthday Kathryn!

Today is Kathryn's 1st birthday!
Sometimes it's hard to believe its been a year. Other times,
I can't imagine what life was like without her.
It's been an amazing year. Last year at this time, we were filled with so much uncertainty. Especially in regards to her special heart! We thought we would have had 2 open heart surgeries by now... we have had NONE! In all honesty we weren't even sure we would make it to this day!
We did and Kate and her special heart are doing FANTASTIC! We had a cardio check up on Thrursday...her cardiolgist was remembering with us where we were last year at Christmas and where we are today. He is very pleased with how well Kathryn is doing both babywise and heart wise!
So much so he doesn't want to see us for 6MONTHS!!!!!
Kathryn is an amazing little girl. She brings a smile to our face each and every day (multiple times a day) We waited a long time for her, and she is worth every minute. We are blessed to be her parents!

Kathryn December 20, 2007

Kathryn December 20, 2008

Birthday Girl!

Today was Kathryn's official Birth day! Even though we had her party earlier in the month in an effort to keep it from getting lost in the Christmas Madness. Today was still her special day to be celebrated with Mommy & Daddy. ( We plan to do this for her every year... party early in the month and mini celebration on her actual day!) So she woke up to her Birthday Balloon, and Birthday Blueberry muffins! She really seemed to enjoy the muffins! Then it was on to Birthday Presents from Mommy & Daddy! She has quickly learned the concept of unwraping presents.

Her birthday also fell on the 1st major snow storm of the year...so we were snowbound and loving it!

Kate's New Sled

Nana got Kathryn a new sled for her birthday! Here we are trying it out before the Huge Snow storm is expected to hit us tomorrow!

Someone has a Sweet Tooth!

Kathryn loves her sweets!!! She really hasn't had much of anything sweet until this magic Month of December...she is a fan!!! We say anthing to fatten her up a bit!

Visit with Santa!

Our visit with Santa, went about as well as we expected! Kathryn loved Santa from the line was waving and smiling! Once it came time to sit on his lap... that was another story. So we have the typical 1 year old photo with Santa! Santa said he would still bring her lots of presents!

Maybe next year will be better!

Decorating the Christmas Tree!

Last year we didn't even put up our tree... we were a little busy having a baby! I forgot how much I love to see all our ornaments and decorations. Kathryn loved playing with all the tissue paper. She then helped Daddy put the angel on top. I'm still looking for an angel I love so for now this one has to do!!!

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Christmas Lights & Candy Canes!

Just some cute pictures too cute not to share!

Christmas has a whole new meaning now that Kathryn is here!

Oh Christmas Tree

Well I think we picked the coldest night we have had so far this winter, to go get our Christmas tree. We bundled Kate up in her new snowsuit! (Thanks Auntie Kris) So she was toasty warm and headed to the local tree stand in search of the perfect tree!