Happy 1st Birthday Katherine!

Saturday we attended Kathrine's birthday party! It was a lot of fun! Jacob and Jennifer live on the top (literally) of Beech Mountain...the car ride was not too pleasant (Justin forgets I'm not accustomed to the winding roads of the mountains...I guess it's a good thing I went on an empty tummy!) They had Katherine's party at the Fire Station. Justin was sure the party started at 1PM... we arrived to an empty Station...the party wasn't until 4PM. So we called Jacob (who thankfully lives less than a mile away- because I was NOT going to make the trek back down the mountain just to return 3 hours later...not to mention there is NOTHING around to past the time). Luckily Jacob was home so we headed to see the birthday girl early! It was nice to have the extra time to spend with them. We had not seen them since our Gatlinburg trip. It was also nice to be there early because we were able to help set up for the party. And the kids got to spend some extra time together. Which brings me to the funniest part (well, kinda funny but sad too)...while I was helping Jennifer set up decorations, food and what not, Katherine was "playing" with Noah. Now, Katherine stays home with Jennifer and doesn't play with many other kids. So her playing consisted of banging Noher on the head with HIS toys :). He didn't cry, fussed a lil, but I wasn't too worried about it. Then Jennifer gave Katherine a book- hoping that would curb her interest in beating her little buddy...wrong. She took it and clobbered him in the face...this did not make him too happy and he did cry. I picked him up and he was fine again. Well, so I thought. Finally, the guest arrived and we began to eat. Justin was holding Noah and I noticed he had something on his little lip. Upon a closer examination I noticed it was a big blueish purple mark....little Katherine had bruised Noher's lip. Jennifer felt awful. The funny part of the whole story is that Noah's first injury was by a girl- hehehe. It looked awful and quickly became darker and darker. But it really didn't seem to bother him. He ate and drank like nothing was different. Poor lil boy! But we did enjoy our time with the birthday girl and Jacob and Jennifer!

Katherine eating her cake.

Nohie's black lip :)!