Our Little Monkey

The past few weeks have been crazy, as usual. So much going on! The biggest event was Kaitlyn's first birthday, of course.
Everyone is doing well. We had an interesting weekend last weekend after Kaitlyn ate her birthday cupcake. Something didn't agree with her, and let's just say that it wasn't very pretty. She's finally back to her old self, so we are very happy about that.
We could not be enjoying our little girl any more. She is so much fun, and is constantly keeping us laughing and amazed at how much she soaks in so quickly. Her current list of words is: fish, baby, doggy, uh-oh, hi, bye-bye, ba-ba (bottle), mama/dada/papa, some form of Riley that I can make out :), bunny, bird, and a few others. She loves to give her stuffed animals "loves," and thinks it's pretty funny. She's not walking yet, but continues to enjoy walking with help. :) She is such a happy girl, and we are so proud of her.
Here are a ton of pictures...

All bundled up for a walk:

Walking with the recycle bin:

Happy girl :)

She is climbing onto and into everything...

And she's just learned how to feed Riley her snack. He doesn't always get it out of her hand, but licks it before she puts it in her mouth. Lovely.

She loves cupboards!

Making Mama's heart rate go up:

Yes, I took her down and was right there...

We took her to the aquarium on her birthday. She loved it!

Her first Ivar's :) We didn't give her any ish; we didn't want to traumatize her.

One of her new babies from Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Roger:

Reading her card from Nana Debbie and Papa Dave:

Just some of the craziness at her partyThe evil cupcake - no more sugar for her for a while:

Helping Dada sort his mail:

B-day party at my parents' for the extended family (it was Uncle Mike's birthday, too):

Happy Monday!