four year pictures

these took me so much longer to get up than i originally planned.  i think i have really bad timing when it comes to scheduling pictures and weather.  thankfully, i have a husband who is helpful whenever i need him and a daughter who was excited no matter when we took the pictures.  although the excitement certainly wore off around picture number 2 when she kept asking if we were done yet.

i think i have a major problem with over and under editing.  i'm sure i'll look at these tomorrow and wonder why i posted them already.

anyway, we love this girl.  she sure is a joy to have in our home with her sweet smile and her happy, bubbly personality.

our little munchkin turned four

our katelyn dear turned a whopping four years old in may.  definitely the highlight of our month.  katelyn was looking forward to this for ages.  we are so glad to have this sweetheart in our home.

of course every year i tell myself i am not going to spend time making those crazy decorations that look oh so cute but aren't necessary. but darn you internet, i got sucked in again by all the pretty pictures and made them.

katelyn's birthday party theme request was snow white, otherwise i probably wouldn't have chosen red, blue and yellow together for a girl.

we have early morning church, so we didn't have a lot of time to play together. but the kids were being silly, so i decided to snap some pictures. 

i don't think tanner heard me right when i told him to put his face through the bars of the chair.  i'm pretty sure he thought i said: tanner, make the fattest face you possibly can.

after church katelyn couldn't wait another minute for presents.  we let her pick a couple of presents to open then made her wait until tanner woke up to open the rest.

dress up from mom and dad

clothes from grandma and grandpa bastian

round two of opening presents.  katelyn decided she needed a new dress on.

camera from grandma and grandpa hedin

purse filled with goodies from grandma and grandpa hedin

thank you, thank you, thank you everyone for your generous gifts.  katelyn was thrilled with everything.

i think we ended the day with a bang when we finally had katelyn blow out her candles and eat her cake.  she was practically drooling over her cake when she saw it for the first time in the store. 

she was waiting very patiently for the cake.

we took both kiddos out that afternoon for a picture of them on katelyn's birthday (and mother's day).

i think katelyn's fourth year will be a wonderful year.  thanks to everyone for making her day so special.