One.

A certain second-born turned a year old today.  One year ago today, Colette Therese made her way into the world in a beautifully normal way.  She has brought joy, new challenges, new successes, and a whole lot less sleep.  We love our little Lettie bug.  While we are throwing a party this weekend (which, we all know that first birthday parties are as much for the parents as for the birthday girl), we had a great family day of celebration. We met up at Daniel's office for Mass and lunch, and then both girls took awesome naps after... which was both unusual and great!

Then, we cleaned, made cupcakes, and got ready to celebrate some more!

While our pasta sauce simmered (because I'm pretty sure the messier the meal is, the more Colette loves it), we opened a few presents.  Anni picked out this adorable little pull toy several weeks ago.

Anni was a big fan of opening her sister's presents for her... not as big of a fan of having to share those presents afterwards.

Then came dinner and cupcake time.  Colette was fascinated (and needed a little help to not grab that pretty flame)!

The whipped cream confused her for a minute (who doesn't like fresh whipped cream?!)  

A little more examining and some help getting a bite, and she was quickly over that fear.

Yep, a very happy, well-fed toddler!  (Did I mention she started walking a few days ago?!)

Happy Birthday, sweet Colette!