Happy 1st Birthday Juliana!

Today my baby girl turns one year old. It amazes me how much she has grown in the past year, especially in the past few months. She is becoming very independent and very opinionated. Juliana is truly the happiest baby I have ever met, rarely is there a moment that she isn't smiling and now laughing and giggling.

She LOVES splashing in the bathtub with her big sisters. No matter how tired she is, there is always time to squeeze in a bath before bed time. She loves the bath so much that anytime anyone is in it, she thinks she needs to be as well. On Sunday morning as I was taking a shower for church, she thought she needed to join me. She crawled over to the tub and pulled back the curtain and stood their bouncing and laughing as the water splashed on her, soaking her from head to toe.

She enjoys playing with her big sisters, and I would take the liberty in saying that her sister

Karly is her best friend. They get a long so well and are always getting into mischief together. One of their favorite activities lately has been climbing into this plastic tub and pretending that it is whatever their heart desires, on this particular day, they were pirates on a pirate ship. I'm pretty sure that Juliana has no clue what they are playing, she is just excited to be spending time with her big sister.

She is not walking yet, though she is becoming very steady on her legs, standing by herself and raising and lowering herself from sitting to standing. She loves to do things for herself, including feeding herself, grabbing things herself, and she has recently developed an affinity for brushing her own hair.

Happy First Birthday Juliana!!!