My Baby's Birthday

Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Poppy
Happy birthday to you.

I love you baby girl. I can't believe all the things you have learnt to do in a year. You learnt three different ways to roam, crawl, walk and run. That is after you learnt to roll over and sit up. In the last couple of weeks you have graduated to climbing. Your rhythm is impeccable and you dance to anything that comes to your ears. Your specialty is TV ads with a funky beat.

You have learnt the names of all the people you love the most. And you love to play peekaboo. You pick up your dress and hide your eyes then say "Ba" when we say "Where's Poppy". You laugh all the time. You'll jump up out of the blue and run into the kitchen and back to the lounge room laughing the whole time. You have learnt to blow kisses and give your brothers big hugs. When you hug your baby doll you copy Mummy and say "Ah-ah".

You have learnt to be gentle, and sorry when you forget. You have learnt the signs for sorry, gentle, Goodbye, finished, more, drink, biscuit, eat, please and thank you.

When someone else is getting attention for crying you come close and copy with the most awesome replica of a cry. Very cheeky. Best of all you have learnt that you can have the most fun with Zac and Gus so you follow them when they leave the room just in case they are on the path to big adventure.

When I ask you to do something for me you lean on the nearest upright surface such as the couch and show me your 'I'm too cute to work, can't you see I'm a princess' pose. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

You have learnt that the best way to get some quality time is to find a book and give it to Garrett, Dad or Mum. Then we read and play with you until you get tired of us.

As well as all that you have grown 20cm, put on 6kg, grown 11 teeth and changed your hair colour from dark brown to blond.

Wow what a year.