The Sunken Gardens, Sunday June 12

We decided to stop at the Sunken Gardens on the way home from the Zoo on Sunday. Cate was exhausted at this point, so she looks pretty mad in some of the photos. But, she's so funny when she's mad (to me anyway) that I wanted to share anyway. The Gardens were beautiful, so we'll have to go back when she's a bit better rested.

The Lincoln Children's Zoo Sunday June 12

We decided to visit the zoo since it was such a beautiful day on Sunday. We went at about 2 in the afternoon and it was a lot of fun. Cate still likes fish and turtles, but she is enjoying the larger animals more and more.

But, she still won't pet the animals, especially the goats. She reaches out toward them, but as soon as they move she freaks out!

Friday June 10th

Cate's cousins Mason, Henry, Caleb and Simon and Cate's Aunt Pam and Uncle Scott stopped by town on their way from Kansas to Iowa. We took everyone to the neighborhood park to play. Despite my entreaties to take pictures, Chaz only managed to snap one of Scott and Simon. But, there are some cute pictures of Cate swinging, so we'll post anyway.

Cate is 1!

We had a wonderful birthday weekend, with all of Cate's grandparents and one of Cate's cousins here to celebrate with us.

 We also had a joint Memorial Weekend BBQ and Birthday Party on Sunday. We had lots of wonderful friends attend. We all had fun, but Cate easily had the most fun, especially while eating her birthday cake.

 At the end of the long weekend, she's still ready to party. In fact, all she wants to do now is practice walking while holding our hands. And she is growing fast. According to her one year check up, she is now 28.5" tall (27th percentile) and 19lbs 13 oz (50th percentile). So she is still pretty average (though a bit on the short side).

Thanks to all of you who made this first year so very special for our whole family!