Have you ever seen anyone so proud of themselves?

She's been standing for a couple of days and today, I was having her stand up. This was her reaction:

Sorry it's sideways. I didn't think about it until after I had already recorded it.

Cinderella/Harry Potter

Lest you think we are bad parents for making our child sleep under the stairs, it's really the only place that is close to us and quiet/dark. (Like it even matters since she has started waking up between 4:30 and 6 every single morning)

1 Year of Karly

And what a fun year it has been!

It's fun to look at these pictures and think about how much she has changed, not only in the way she looks, but how much she has learned. Even with all the changes, she's still got her little personality she's had from the beginning. I love it.

By the way, Karly now stands up by herself and yesterday, she took 3 steps (she actually did it several times)!

At her 1 year appointment, she was 17 lbs, 5 oz and 28 inches. So she's no taller and still weighs so little! Her doctor wasn't worried, so neither am I! :)

Karly Jane

My baby is one.

1.

No more counting her age in months.

This morning, Nate said "Can you believe how much has happened this year? This has been the busiest year of our lives."

And it's only beginning.

Anyway, on to the birthday girl!! We had a little party on Wednesday with Dan and Kippy because they are out of town today (by little party I mean the four of us and Karly). We watched her open presents and eat cake. Get ready for picture and video overload.

This was my first attempt at b-day pictures. A nap was needed first apparently. But that's such a cute sad face.

The final monkey picture! I'm going to do a collage. Maybe later today.

So much bigger than the monkey!
Opening presents took FOREVER. She'd rip part and then smile and clap and try to see what was inside. I helped a little...Peeking...

Hugging her new dolly. (Anytime she gives hugs or kisses, she says "awwww")

She loves all her presents! In case you can't see (and you care), she got a walking shopping cart (to help her learn how to walk), a dolly, an Elmo movie (see below) and one of those little toys that the animals pop up when you push the buttons, little people and cute summer clothes!

Any of you read Cake Wrecks (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/)? If I were a professional, this one would be worthy of the site. Good thing I have lots more years and kids to practice on.

Man, that's bad.

If I thought presents took forever, cake took even longer. And she never actually ate any of the cake. Just a little of the frosting and destroyed the rest.

And here she is today watching her Elmo movie. She liked it, but definitely didn't have the attention span for the whole thing.

I sure love that little one year old!

Apparently we moved to Siberia

Also, Karly woke up at 5:30 this morning. Awesome.

And I was hanging blinds last night and it was taking forever, so this morning I used a drill and it took about 1/10 of the time. Do you ever do that? Realize after you've caused yourself pain (like a throbbing hand from putting screws into a wall with a screwdriver) that you could have done something SO much faster another way? I hate that.

Way too long...

Everyday for the last 2 weeks, I've been planning to blog. I'm writing this on May 10th - let's see if I actually post it today. :)

So, since I last posted:

*Nate graduated from BYU's Marriott School of Management with a Bachelor's and Masters of Accountancy.

Please ignore the fact that I look pregnant in this dress. I'm not.

Nate and one of his good friend Shawn Hansen.

Kippy, Nate and Dan Frakes

My dad came too - thanks for coming dad! We missed you mom!

*Karly lost 4 pounds (that might be an exaggeration) from being sick the week and day of graduation.

*I did too many loads of puke laundry.

* Packed our apartment and sold nearly all of our furniture (over about 4 weeks).

*Packed our stuff into a moving truck and drove the 7 hours from Provo to Denver, Colorado.

For those who don't know, Nate's parent's are graciously letting us live in their house for a while, as well as Nate's older brother, wife and baby. Since we moved here two weeks ago, we have helped Nate's parents unpack their new house (while being frustrated with how long the basement was taking to be finished - it's finally done!) and moved half of our possessions into the house and half into a storage shed.

We are exploring Denver now that we're here and have found some good hiking spots, walked around downtown, checked out the mall nearby and researched some fun things to do (ahem....this is not an advertisement to come to Denver and visit us or anything...yes it is)