Your birthday has come and past!! You are now one years old!! We had a big party to celebrate and family and friends came bearing presents and food! Mommy made you a pretty bow for your hair and a special dress was picked out just for the occasion. There was also a t-shirt and shorts to wear later that had ''birthday girl" and a picture of a birthday cake on the front. I will keep that stuff so you can use it possibly for the little girl you may have one day. I have a special box of things that we will keep especially for you to look through and share with your children when you grow. Its strange to be talking about these things when you are just one years old!!

Here is a list of the guests and the gifts they brought for our special girl:

Mommy and Daddy: We got you a Leap Frog game for the TV that teaches you things, but gave it to you when you were nine months old. We also got you a big red ride on car that you just love to ride around in with Daddy's help. We also got you the pretty dress and outfit for your special day.

Grandma and Grandpa: Got you a really neat table and chair set with matching umbrella for in the yard. Grandma made you a incredibly beautiful sweater which mommy will keep for you as well. It has a farm scene and although its a bit big for you, it will fit by winter.

Antie Anita and Uncle Ken: Antie Anita gave you the very special gift of becoming your Grandma and in the Native Culture you will grow and call her "Gea"

Uncle Brad and Auntie Cheryl, Bradly and Cory: Gave you a new dolly, which you love. A really cute Winnie the Pooh outfit, teddy bear and some small toys to play with in the pool outside. They also gave you a collection of music cds for your player.

Auntie Sue and Jack: Gave you two balls, one a huge Winnie the Pooh one and a smaller one with Care Bears on it. They also gave you a collection of music cds for your player.

Angela, Paul, Maddison, McKenzie, Logsn and Kennedy: Gave you two pairs of shorts with matching shirts and a pair of Pj's.

Its been a busy month for our 12 month old! You bring us your toys now for us to play with you. This is a great game and your favourite toy is this plastic book that when opened plays songs and tells stories. Another Grandma and Grandpa gift! You also like to look at yourself in the mirror again and make funny faces at yourself. You wave bye bye at people really good now and blow kisses with your hand on your mouth. You said a few new words like shoes, which is your favourite word. You are only a year old and you already love shoes! Must be a woman thing. On August 16th you said 'shit' which shocked your Daddy. Daddy dropped something and said "Oh shit" which you kindly repeated, then Daddy called mommy at work to tell me the news. It was pretty funny.

On the 19th you had to have four needles! Oh you cried so much it just broke my heart. Daddy couldnt be in the room while you were getting the shots. We got you weighed and you weigh 21 lbs 9 oz and 30 inches tall!! You are soooo tall Carly!

You are now 11 months old!

Its been a very busy month for this little one of ours. It seems everyday you have a new tooth and now have four molars, four teeth on top and three on bottom. You are a very busy little girl and are quite adamant about the things you want and dont want and protest quite loudly when things dont go just the right way for you. Its quite cute actually, and can be diverted easily by a toy you particularly like. Your favourites this month being this cube by Fisher Price that Grandma bought for you. It has many blocks that you like to shake around and bang on things. You like to press the button on top and make it play music as well. Your all time favourite thing to do is to give kisses to your big blue teddy bear and dolly the most though and will say "awwww" while giving most generous soggy kisses. Sometimes mommy, daddy and Angela are blessed with those very special kisses as well and never fail to make us smile. We just love you so much Carly and are a big part of our lives. You love your books and will look at the pictures now and talk about them and still enjoy your piano but are starting to move on to better things. You also love to play in your pool and splash around in it until you are shivering and cry when its time to take it away.

Some very important milestones happened this month as well. You decided on July 24th that you were tired of crawling and popped right up on your feet and started to walk!! Its just the cutest thing we have ever saw and Daddy was so proud he had tears in his eyes. Another thing thats cute is that when you fall on your bum, you sometimes say 'ouch'. You are starting to speak more and say "whatssat" at many things. You still squeal loudly to get attention when people are talking and not looking or talking to the princess.