Ok, I know I promised to post about our weekend shenanigans—and we will get around to it soon enough, I promise.

But, for now, that will have to wait because I have big news.  Huge news.  Ginormous news.

And that news is…

Today is Katie’s birthday.

That’s right, folks: Twenty-eight years ago to this very day, this bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, smunchy-cheeked little munchkin:

Made her grand debut into the world.

Even in her early years, you could see the kind of person she’d grow up to be…

Sunny:

Smart:

Hmm, the Dow Jones is down 50 points.  Better sell.

Stylish:

Work those puffy sleeves, girlfriend.

Shameless:

To this day, she stills finds any excuse to expose her belly.

Sometimes, uh, sleeping:

And sassy:

So very.  Very. Sassy.

Little Katie is not amused.

So let’s all embarrass Katie horribly by celebrating the day that sunny, smart, stylish, shameless, sometimes sleeping, sassy, smunchy-cheeked munchkin decided to join the party.

‘Cause the party just wouldn’t have been the same without her.