Kaitlyn's Birthday

Today my oldest is 10. I just can't get over it. She should still be a baby! It doesn't seem like 10 years have passed since i could hold her in my arms and rock her. Of course she still wants me to hold her and rock her. She tries really hard but she's so tall that i can't do it anymore. She just keeps her feet on the floor and lays back! I remember her first birthday. She got an ice cream cake. She made such a mess! Then she also got a Tigger and Pooh cake. She had a great time! I gave her a sippy cup of regular milk instead of formula. She took one sip and threw it at me. She still doesn't like milk. I cant blame her...i don't like it either. Her second birthday was also Tigger themed because the Tigger movie came out 2 days before her birthday so we took her to see it. Her 3rd birthday was Scooby themed. Her party that year ended up being a very small gathering because we had tornadoes hit our area just in time for the party! Let's see, her 4th birthday was Barbie. Nothing really memorable about it. We had cake and pizza and a party at home. Her 5th birthday was Powerpuff Girls. We had her party at a restaurant. Her first not at home party. It rained and rained and rained! For her 6th birthday she finally got to have her first really all out party with friends and not family. We went bowling with 10 of her friends. She got a bowling pin as a souvenier. Her 7th birthday was a lot of fun! She had a dress up party with 6 of her friends. We took them to this place where they got to dress up like rock stars and have their hair done and makeup on and their nails painted. Then we took pics of them as they danced and played. It was fun for all! For her 8th birthday we rented the party room at the movie theater and took 10 of her friends to see Nanny McPhee. That was the year that it snowed on her birthday! Then last year for her 9th birthday we went horse back riding. So this year we are having a spa night with her friends. We are going to do facials and paint our nails and watch movies and eat pizza. It's amazing to see how much she has grown now! She went from this goofy baby who made me laugh so hard every day to this goofy kid who is growing up so fast and knows how to push all my buttons but can still make me laugh every day. She has shown us so much personality and so much talent. I can't wait to see what she does with her life as she continues to grow! I can see her doing so many many things. But then if she does nothing but get married and have a family, i know she'll be great at that too. She has so much imagination. I hope she never forgets how to use and never develops a fear of it. So in honor of my baby girl here's a couple pics of her!

Kaitlyn at a year old eating dinner!
















Kaitlyn today!