Kaylee's Birthday

Kaylee's birthday was in June, but with the chaos of a new baby, her baptism, and the baby blessing I totally spaced blogging it. So, better late than never...

Her choice of cake this year was New York Cheesecake with strawberry or chocolate sauce. Yum! It's a favorite at our house. I loved that choice too because it meant no stress over decorating a cake this time. :-)

Here comes the cake... Can't you hear everyone singing "Happy Birthday?" The friend sitting beside Kaylee is Megan, who lives just down the street. She came over to celebrate Kaylee's special day with homemade pizza, and a late night with a movie.

Kaylee managed to blow out all the candles with one breath... Her wish will come true.

She lucked out with jewelry. This gift was jewelry from Rachel. Then, Aunt Michele made Kaylee some baptism jewelry and she also got some from Granny. She got to wear one at her baptism, and one the next day for Brooklyn's blessing. Lucky girl!

Ah yes, the new favorite toy at our house, Squinkies.

This was the big present from Mom and Dad...

Rollerblades! (Yes, the presents are starting to get more expensive. :-)

Yep, it's harder than it looks. She tried them out almost every day for the next several weeks and got the hang of them faster than I thought she would. Although we did have a few falls. Thank goodness for protective gear.




I still can't believe she turned 8 this year. Our kids are growing so fast! Kaylee loves to read, draw, and craft, and run. She is a great help with the little kids and babies and they absolutely love her! Sara almost always wants Kaylee to help her with things. Even instead of Mom sometimes. Kaylee likes to help fix dinners and organize things around the house. She beats all of us with memory match games and is awesome with math. We are so lucky to have her in our family. She really is such a blessing! We love you Kaylee! Keep being awesome!

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