Happy birthday Uncle Brad! Your grrrrreat!

Love,

Julia

Guess what… I have a cousin! Her name is Claire and she is very very small. Mom says that I was that small once not too long ago, but it seems pretty crazy to me that someone could grow and change that much in just a year. Who knows, maybe she is right. Anyhow, Mom, Dad, and I all piled into the van this weekend and headed up to visit Claire, Uncle Brad, and Auntie Karin. We stopped to visit Grandma Kathy on the way up to Edmonton, and saw Grandma Shirley, Grandpa, and Auntie Sharyl on the way home. Claire didn’t know how to play with me yet, but Mom and Dad said that by this time next year she and I can get into all kinds of trouble together! But for now she gets lots of cuddles, sometimes cries, sleeps and eats. I got to play with lots of her toys, look at the cool mural on her bedroom wall, and even sleep in her bed! It was sure nice of her to share all of her stuff with me. When Claire comes to visit at my house I will share all of my stuff with her too. Well, most of it. Maybe not my diapers because I don’t think that they would fit! But she could use most anything else that she needs.

Isn’t it amazing that I can type in my sleep? Right now I am sleeping on the floor, yet I am writing this blog post; I bring a whole new level to multi-tasking! Anyhow, Since my birthday I have been able to do a few more fun things with Mom and Dad. Yesterday Mom took me to the zoo, and we met my friend Camiela there with her mom too. We spent four hours walking and eating, and even taking a nap. I got to bring home a Cotton Top Tamarin, but don’t worry it’s not one of the ones that’s alive. I also got to visit some family and friends this past week too. We visited my Uncle Brad and Auntie Karin; I got to try out my cousin’s stroller before he/she is even born!  Mom and I also visited my Great-Grandpa up in Edmonton too.  It sure was a looong bus ride to get to his place, but Mom says I was pretty good.  I wanted to visit more family while we were in Edmonton, but we had to go home earlier than we had planned. Oh, how could I forget! I got to meet my friend Keaton for the first time! He just turned one recently, just like me. Up until now we had only been pen pals. But, I better go, because I am awake now, and it is harder to type when I am awake than when I am asleep. I still have much more to tell you, but perhaps another time!

 Oh, and one more thing, Mom posted a few pictures from my birthday, but not too many since most of them are on CD now, and not on the computer. At least she is posting pictures though!

I am almost one! (Mom and Dad have been telling me that for about three weeks now). I had my birthday party today; all of my grandparents, all of my aunties, two uncles, and one great-grandma came to my house just to see me! We played, opened some great presents (books, a wagon, lots of clothing, a butterfly pillow, a necklace, barrets, a “corn popper”, a memory box, and Pooh mega blocks!), ate lots of food (three salads, fish, pork, chicken wings, fruit, and oh so much more!), and I got as much attention as I wanted. Mom made me a caterpillar cake out of cupcakes, and it was good. I even managed to get the green icing all the way up my arm.  It was a great day. My actual birthday is on Tuesday; that is when I will get to open my gifts from Mom and Dad; maybe they are waiting to give them to me then because I have to get a needle that day too.  But I won’t worry about that until Tuesday…

Thanks so much to everyone who came to my party. It was so much fun to have you here at my house. Thanks for all of the presents and the very yummy food. I am looking forward to the leftovers!

Hi Everybody! It’s me again, your resident cutie pie. Here are some tidbits about my life these days that I would like to share…

Guess what my favourite food is… I bet your guess is wrong! These days my favourite food is tomatoes! Yes, tomatoes. I love them. Mom and Dad say I cry for them like they are candy. Big ones, little ones, I like all kinds. I can hardly wait for next month when we can eat the ones growing outside!

I can stand up all on my own now, pretty soon I will be walking all on my own, just as soon as I am not so scared of taking that first step not holding onto anything. But in the mean time there are enough pieces of furniture in my house that I can walk almost anywhere without holding onto Mom or Dad’s hands.

I went to the zoo today and saw the new elephant house. It is pretty big, and in the fall there are going to be stingrays in there that we can touch! That should be pretty neat. They also had all of these pictures up of penguins and polar bears; Dad says that in a few years they will be living at the zoo too like the elephants. That should be fun since I like watching them on tv.

I visited my grandparents this past week in Red Deer. I got to go to Grandpa’s and Grandma Kathy’s work! I think that I was the cutest one there! I also went shopping with Grandma Shirley and tried to give her some ideas for my birthday, but it was hard since there were not a lot of big girl toys at the store we were at. Oh, Mom wants me to tell you that big girl toys are ones for 1 year or 18 months and up.  I also saw auntie Sharyl for a little bit too; I didn’t recognize her with a towel on her head — she looked funny! Mom and I also went out for supper with Grandma Kathy and I got to eat off of a plate at the restaurant. Mom was so happy that I did not throw my food around (or the plate).

But, I should get back to playing. Talk to you all again soon!

 PS. I would post pictures but Mom has not put them on her computer yet… something about it being full and needing to burn something. I hope she is careful, I don’t want her to get hurt!