Kate Wicker

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The Par-tee!

We celebrated Baby Rae’s first birthday on Saturday with the grandparents. It was the perfect shindig. The only bummer is the birthday girl came down with a stomach bug that night and Mommy got to see all that cake and corn in a much less appetizing form in the wee hours of the morning. Lucky for you I only took pictures of the original cake, not the encore one.

The cake (I can’t take credit. Nana and Pop crafted this delicious concoction. I made these simple treats on the day of Rae’s actual birthday.)

The cake (and corn) eater


Think the hat’s big enough?

The birthday girl and her big sis


The birthday girl and Daddy


The birthday girl and Mommy
(PHOTO CREDIT: Big sister Madeline)

Is “Top Model” accepting new contestants? (NOTE: We always take a few “serious” family photos at special occasions and at least one silly photo.Yes, this is the silly one.)

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  1. Dan and Janet Brungardt says

    June 18, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    You are a beautiful family! Happy birthday to your baby girl.

    Janet

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor

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