Just a cutie in the car.

Aerya's First Birthday - part three

Here's Aerya enjoying some of her favorite presents. She now carries Spiderman everywhere with her. We went on a walk tonight to the field by our house and she HAD to carry him (by herself) with her. She loves her jungle gym. Many, many times a day she will walk over to Derek or I, take our hand and walk us to the backdoor. We then have to pick her up, take her outside and walk where she points (the jungle gym). This process could literally occur a dozen times in one day. There were so many gifts and Aerya is really enjoying exploring

them all.

Aerya's First Birthday - part two

We had a beautiful Winnie the Pooh cake (of course) made for Aerya. Unfortunately, she wasn't that impressed with it. Each time her hands would touch the icing she'd want them cleaned off so we didn't get the traditional cake smushing. Daddy did finally help her finish off the cake, and then she was "all done".

Aerya's First Birthday - part one

Aerya celebrated her first birthday on June 10, 2007. It was a wonderful day for all of us! We had lots of family and friends over and Aerya revelled in all the love and attention. You can see from these pics that she was having a really good time visiting with everyone.

Aerya's New Jungle Gym

For Aerya's birthday my parents and Derek & I bought her a jungle gym for the backyard. We set it up a couple of weeks early just in case there were any problems. Aerya absolutely loves it! We can't walk into the backyard without her wanting to have a swing! And even when she's inside the house she'll stand by the backdoor and point to the handle until you open the door so she can run over to it.

A Budding Gardener

Aerya was a great help in planting my gardens this year. And, as with everything she helps with, it certainly takes a lot longer to get things done with her - but it's much more fun.