Bonjour,
My house is very quiet again as Mummy and Daddy's friends have gone back to Canada. Sasha and I are very sad as we really loved all the extra attention, but one good thing is that Mummy can go back to typing my diary for me as shesaid she can now get access to the computer again. I have so much to say I hardly know where to start and it is also very hard for me to remember everything I have been doing as I am only almost 13 months old........
Yesterday I had to have my immunisation needles and I cried really, really loudly...but not for very long. Mummy said I was a very good girl and then that made me clap hands, and the nurse laughed at me. I always clap hands if someone says I am a good girl!!!!! I heard the nurse tell Mummy I have to go back in a month for more needles, I hope that that is a really long time away!!!
I have been playing a lot in my pool that I got for my birthday. It is my favourite thing to do at the moment. I just love to get in the water. Sometimes I go in the bigger pool but only with Mummy or Daddy and that makes me giggle a lot. I have also been to the beach a few times and had so much fun running on the sand and in the water. I can also understand a lot more things now that I am one.......like, when I am shopping with Mummy or Daddy, I always point out the bananas for them.....I say, "Nanas, nanas, nanas", until they get some and put them in the trolley. Once I tried to trick them and when we went past the tomatoes, I said "Nanas, Nanas", but they were a bit too clever as they knew they weren't bananas. My Mummy and Daddy are so smart!!
Today I am going to do some shopping with Mummy, I can't wait. I love to sit in the trolley and watch everything. I especially love to look at all the other little people like me.
Bye bye
Love Sophie
xxx

Bonjour,
I have been having so much fun now that I am one year old!! I find I am able to do more things everyday and am learning all the time. I love to copy what Mummy and Daddy do as well and they think that I am very funny!!
We went on a little holiday with our friends from Canada and we stayed in a little cottage in the bush near Margaret River. I had been here before but I was a very little baby then I couldn't remember it very well. I had so much fun exploring the cottage and climbing the stairs and one day I went hiking with Mummy to go an see Daddy rock climbing. It was the best fun ever and the whole hike I kept pointing at things and Mummy would tell me what they were. I saw cows, lots of trees and bush, big rocks, and even a goanna. I also saw lots of seagulls and when they sqauked at me, I would sqauk right back at them. When we got to the cliff where Daddy was climbing I couldn't stop staring at the ocean and the waves crashing down and then Mummy and I saw 2 dolphins swimming!!! I can't wait to tell cousin Justin about that when I am bigger as I know that he really, really loves dolphins!!! I had lots of fun sitting in the dirt and playing!! After that I had a big sleep and when I woke up we went swimming in the ocean and I was giggling so much my face hurt! I love to run after the waves and sometimes I would fall over and then I would laugh even more. One time though I fell over and ended up swallowing some water and then I wasn't laughing anymore and we went home after that. I will tell you more about my adventured later as I have to go now because Mummy needs me to help her go and buy groceries again.
Bye bye
Love Sophie
xxx

Bonjour,
I am a big one year old now . As daddy says, "One is fun"!!! Last Thursday Daddy came home and he is going to stay home for a little while and it is going to be great. I was so happy to see him. When we came home, Mummy and Daddy gave me a birthday present. It is a toy xylephone and it makes pretty songs and it can also turn into a toy puppy. Nanny and Grandpa gave me a dolls pram and I love to wheel it around everywhere and sometimes I try to get in it as well. I also got some blocks and some pretty outfits to wear. Then on Friday we went back to the airport and I just realised I have been to the airport 3 times in 4 weeks, I was almost shouting the directions to Mummy from my seat in the back as I know the way now!! We went to get Cheryl and Tony as they are from Canada...(where Memere, Pepere and Cousin Justin live....and lots more of my Canadian relatives!!) they are here to stay with us for a little while. I am really liking having lots of people in the house as there is always someone that is looking at me and always someone to play with. Its so much fun. Then on Sunday I had my first birthday party and 9 of my friends and lots of Mummy and Daddy's friends came over and it was the best party I have ever been to, and I have been to quite a few you know!!! Mummy and Nanny made the yummiest food and MUmmy made a bright pink cake shaped as a number 1 (just incase someone didn't know how old I was!!) and it had smarties all over it and I was allowed to have a very small piece......it was delicious! It was a very hot day and I was given a little pool, so Daddy filled it with water and my friends and I played in it for ages, it was the best fun. I loved playing in the water and splashing everybody. After a few hours in the pool I had to have a sleep as I was soooooooo tired and when I woke up, went back in the pool. It was the best birthday I have ever had...ha ha, I have only had one, silly!!
I have to go, as Dady just came home,
Bye bye
Love Sophie
xxx

Bonjour,
Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to Sophie, Happy Birthday to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow everybody, I am One year old today!!!!!!! Today I felt a little bit sleepy all day, maybe because I am 1 today!!. Mummy' sf friend Steph and her baby Lenny came to see me for my birthday and we had a picnic on the back lawn. It was great fun. Then tonight we had dinner at Nanny and Grandpa's but I was very tired so I went to sleep early. I am saving up all my energy for when Daddy comes home tomorrow and then for my party on Sunday. I can't wait. Mummy said I have some birthday presents but we are waiting for Daddy to come home so that he can watch me open them, so tomorrow I get to open presents....yay. That will be fun. Thank you Memere and Pepere for my lovely birthday message. I can't wait to meet you soon when we come over to Canada.
Bye bye
Love Sophie
xxx

A message from Aunty Jane

H A P P Y
B I R T H D A Y
S O P H I E

You little cutie,
Love Aunty Jane
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Bonjour,
Today I went to stay with Nanny and Grandpa as Mummy was very busy and had to do lots of things. I think she is busy because it is my birthday in 2 more sleeps and I am having a party on Sunday and lots of my friends are coming. It's going to be so much fun!!
Also in 3 more sleeps Daddy comes home.....Mummy thinks it is funny that I am counting in sleeps as sleep is something I have not been very good at lately, especially at night. I would much rather stand in my cot and scream for mummy to come and give me cuddles. The clinic nurse told mummy she thinks I dont want to sleep because I noticed that daddy has gone away and that I am feeling like Mummy might go away as well, so I have to cry a lot to make sure she keeps coming to see me in my when I am in my cot. Today I was a good girl though and didn't cry at Nanny and Grandpa's house because I knew Mummy would come back and I had so much fun playing. I liked to play with toys and read some books today and when I felt like I had been clever I would clap my hands. I also know how to "High 5"!!!! Tomorrow I have to go for my 12 months old check up to make sure I am growing big and strong and to also check that I can do things that babies my age are supposed to, so I better pull out all the tricks tomorrow to impress the nurses.
Bye Bye
Love Sophie
xxx

Bonjour,
Goodness me, another week has gone by so fast in my short little life. On Monday it was Daddy's birthday and so I made sure I was extra good for him, so good, I wouldn't let him out of my sight and cried even when he went to have a shower. Also it was my Grand Pepere's 88th birthday not that long ago as well. I am wondering what his party would be like because I go to so many 1 year old party's, I have never been to an 88 year old party!!! Do they have fairy bread at an 88 year old party....... Daddy said, he really didin't think so and especailly not in Canada but maybe when I visit I will make Grand Pepere some fairy bread, because you should get to eat fairy bread even if you are 88!!!! Mummy told me today it is only 5 more sleeps till I turn 1 year old. I am very excited. Mummy and Daddy are having a party for me a few days after my birthday and lots of my friends are coming. I am so excited I can hardly sleep......Mummy says maybe excitement is the reason why I keep waking up in the night time!!!!NOT! Daddy had to go away to work again but he will come home before the party. I really miss him and still call out da da a lot and I make sure to look at his photo at least 50 times a day!!! I love playing outside in the yard especially when Mummy is watering the flowers. Sometimes she accidently squirts me with the hose and it makes me giggle but when she does it to Sasha, Sasha runs away very fast. I also have been playing in Nanny and Grandpa's back yard and I love it when Nanny puts me on a beach towel and pulls me around the lawn......it is so much fun!!! I have also been playing a lot with my puzzle and when I get the wooden picture in the right spot I clap hands afterwards because I am just so clever!!! (Mummy forgot to tell you this Daddy!!!)
Today I am sure Mummy will tell me what we are doing because she is the boss of everything I do.......Im sure I will like it, (unless it is washing my face all day) because I hate having my face washed more than anything, maybe hate is too strong of a word for a 1 year old, as I am not supposed to hate anything yet, but I really, really, really, really, do not like having my face washed with a face cloth after I have eaten!!!!!
Bye Bye
Love Sophie
xxx