Swim Lessons

Amelia has had about a week and a half of swim lessons. So far she really likes them. She even fell asleep while floating on her back! I would say she is comfortable in the water!

Playing on her birthday horse and reading one of her new favorite books.

Happy 1st Birthday Amelia!

Check out my sweet hat

Oops, spelled wrong

My very own cake

Want some?

The Aftermath

Happy Birthday to a cute, sweet, cuddly, clever, adorable, hilarious, fun-loving, beautiful, happy, joyful, adventurous, music loving, smart little girl. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful daughter and can't imagine life without you. It's hard to believe that you are already a year old! I hope year number two is as exciting and wonderful as year one.

We love you - Mommy and Daddy

Walking!!!!

 Please ignore my cheering at the end. I had to stop the video quickly so we could clap!

How to take along your toys.......

 ...when you can't quite walk yet. The last couple of weeks, Amelia has decided that using her mouth is an effective way to transport her toys. She does it with anything she can get a good grip on, no matter the size. Here she is carrying her turtle bath toy.

I just had to take the photo above. She was having an especially great hair day. Lots of volume!

To the right she is standing all by herself. She's gotten really good at it and can stay standing for a couple of minutes before she falls or decides to crawl somewhere.

Oh, and SURPRISE Amelia took about 5 steps tonight on her own. I just back from my trip to Boston last night and she waited for me to get home before she started walking. So she made it by her first birthday!