Happy Birthday Penny!!

  LOOK WHO'S ONE!

I LOVE SHOES!

Today Penny turned 1 years old!  I can't believe how time has flown.  She is such a great little girl.  We couldn't imagine our life without her.  We remember when she was first born and she came out screaming like a banshee, not much has changed!  She is still Miss Personality and has to have everything her way.  Chuck says she is like me but I have no idea what he is talking about... She got lots of gifts from family and we like to thank you all.  Chuck and I got her some little gifts.  She got some clothes, books, and a toy lawn mower.  Now she can be like Papa B and Papa Burtis and maybe one day mow the lawn for them:)  But, the big ticket item we got her was her very first pet.  She got a Yellow Canary.  She loves to watch him. We decided to name him Geppetto.  He sings very beautifully and is so much fun!  In the morning she watches him and brings him her books.  It is very cute.  Here are some pictures to commemorate the historic day!  There is a lot of photos so make sure you look at them all and watch the videos:)

Walking Fiend!

What is new in the Burtis home?? Penny has started to walk! YAY! We are very proud of her.  She has been trying really hard since she was about 10 months and probably about the middle of February, shortly before she turned 11 months, she started to really walk.  She still gets wobbly but she also is very bow legged when she is walking.  It is so funny because she is so little and it is just this little person walking around.  I can't believe that in a couple of weeks she will be  1 year old!  This year has sure been fast.  I still don't know what to do about a cake, any suggestions? Check out this cute video.  Her hair is wild and she isn't wearing a cute outfit because she puked on her pajamas, But look how good she is!  I am so proud of her:)

  I haven't been very good at writing down what she can do at what month so I will just write what she can do thus far, so then I will remember it:)
* Walk
*Say mama and dada to appropriate people.  Sometimes she will say hi and when she tries to say goodnight she say gooooood.  She has been saying this when I put her in her bed.
*Drink from her sippy cup
*Plays well with toys.
*Loves books and being read to.
*She is a mover, she is always on the move and sometimes I lose her.  She gets stuck in the strangest of places and yells for me to come find her.
* Loves her baths and swimming
* can open and close the toilet seat, this is so frustrating since now I can not leave the bathroom door open or she will inevitably climb in the tub, play in the toilet, or unroll the toilet paper.
That is all I can think of right now.  I will have to keep compiling a list so when I actually print this blog off she will have something to look back and read.