Kate's 3rd Birthday

At the end of February, we celebrated Katelyn's 3rd Birthday. I feel so blessed to have this little one in our home. We had a miscarriage the year prior to her birth, and it was hard on us. I had never had any problems with my pregnancies or getting pregnant so it was a shock. But the best thing that we got out of it was realizing how miraculous it is when these precious little one come to us from our Heavenly Father. A few weeks before I was due, I was taking Madison to the bus stop and got out of the car to talk to a friend and tripped on a rope that was tying down a tree. I fell flat on my stomach. It scared me to death. We had recently had someone in our ward fall down the stairs when she was pregnant and the baby almost died. I'm sure that made my fears worse. I did make Jordan come home from work and give me a blessing before we went to the doctor. Everything ended up being great!

Katie was born a few weeks later, she was healthy and such a good baby. She had jaundice, so they had us watching her and bringing her in for blood tests when we got home from the hospital. Also, the day she came home, Jordan went to play basketball and dislocated his knee-cap and tore some ligaments. Then Katie ended up being admitted to Primary Children's for her jaundice. The first few weeks of her life she was poked and prodded a lot. (I know that it could have been worse, but this was the worst I had ever had it after having a baby. It was tough for me!) When she was a few weeks old, I was holding her and she started having what seemed like little seizures. A doctor visit and a CT scan later, we found out all was well. Thank heaven.

After that, everything started to be normal. She was a great baby. Slept through the night at around 6 weeks, thanks to thumb sucking!! (Which we are done with now!!! ) She is such a cute little girl and I love just to sit and listen to her talk. She has a fun sense of humor and is always cracking us up! I think that's why my Grandpa would always say that she is the apple of his eye! I just love this little girl and know how lucky I am to be her mom!

Opening gifts
She loves clothes! She always remembers that she got this shirt from Beckham!

Here is Beck with the bow on his head!!

More clothes! And look at all those presents!

Katie and my Aunt Heidi share a birthday, so we always have a double party. Lucky Heidi gets to have Dora, Princess and Winnie the Pooh cakes!!

Cash register from Grandma

Play food for her playhouse!