My Birthday... Part One

Good morning! Guess what - I am one year old today! This past year has gone by very fast, and I've learned so many things, like how to roll over and crawl, how to eat solid food, how to say "Mama" and "Dada," and... drumroll, please... how to WALK! That's right! I took my first steps last Saturday, and Mommy and Daddy have been so busy ever since trying to spot me as I stumble all over the place that we haven't had time to post the news :) I love practicing, and we even got some video of my practice today!



Here it is folks - you better hide the breakables! I'm coming over!


I was really excited this morning when we all came downstairs and I saw the pictures of Baby Elmo that Mommy and Daddy put up around the living room. I even had a pile of presents waiting, and Mommy and Daddy let me open one up after breakfast - it was a little Elmo!


















Mommy and Daddy put up streamers with Elmo's face on them, and a big banner that they
told me said, "Happy Birthday!" on it!


















One of the hanging decorations had a big picture of Baby Elmo on it, with a big number "1" -
hey, that's how old I am today!


















These are the rest of the presents I get to open after my nap - I can't wait!


















Isn't he cool? This is Elmo - he was the first birthday present I ever opened :)


















This is me and Daddy, having a blueberry muffin for breakfast. It was a yummy beginning to
my first birthday!

Then we played and took a walk in the neighborhood, and now I'm getting ready to take a nap because all this excitement wore me out! More later!