Today is my birthday! I am now one year old! I woke up at 8.20am (this late wake up will probably not happen on my next birthdays from what have I heard...). Mormor was here which was a lovely birthday surprise! I played with her for a bit before I had my breakfast  and then I got to open some presents straight away. I got a drum and some Gymboree maracas and a ball! Mormor and I had a walk in the nice hot weather (clear blue sky and really hot....about 32C!), I had a couple of cat-naps in my pram as I wasn't really interested in a long morning nap after having woken up so late. Because of the hot weather I had to have a refreshing dip in my swimming pool whilst mamma and daddy put together my Trampoline! I will upload some pictures here to show you how much fun it is! I was in and out of the pool whilst playing with Mormor and my new BRIO baby walker - thanks Mormor! lots of fun, although I am very good at walking with it, today was too hot so I got in it and got mormor to push me around the kitchen - lots of fun! Then daddy cooked a bbq and we had a nice late lunch under the parasol in the garden, lovely! After lunch it was time for a siesta for me then I got up in time for some more play with my new toys. I am very much looking forward to tomorrow when lots of my friends will be coming to my birthday party! I will ensure lots of photos are uploaded! thank you Clara for the lovely book where you have printed my blog to date! Also thank you Cajsa for the lovely Lucky gold neckless! I have had so many lovely presents today and I promise to thank you all in person very soon!


Thank you everyone for all your lovely birthday wishes!!!


New maracass and drum and my new baby walker (in the back next to daddy's hairy legs)



Chilling in my baby walker



Enjoing mammas home made (!) fruit ice lolly in the heat!

I am now 74 cm tall and 9.2 kilos. I have been growing at an alarming rate some might say but don't worry it's perfectly normal! I am nearly walking and have a very strong will, I know what I want and have no patience and get very upset if I don't get it. So much has happened in 51 weeks and three days! I am saying dadadadadaddadadad and mammamaamamamama and atchoo! The choo-bit is a bit tricky but I try my hardest and everyone seems to enjoy it so it will probably be my first proper word as I try my best to copy. I also like to blow air kisses (smackers more like it!).

Early Friday morning Clara went to Barcelona to see her friends, mamma and I took it easy at home (very hot day!). We had my friend Henry and his mummy Kirsty for lunch which was lovely; it was a while ago I caught up with him so it was nice seeing him again. We enjoyed some strawberries together in the sunshine. Then we went to Gymboree in the afternoon after a couple of walks with Pimms and Cody.

On Saturday morning daddy was going to have a lie in (whilst I had my morning nap) but I had other plans so got him up early as mamma was out shopping for our lunch. Then mamma took me to Gymboree (third day in a row - how lucky am I?!). Astrid and her mamma and daddy (Cecilia and Neil) came for lunch and it was recently Astrid's birthday (she was four!) so I had a birthday present for her; a Barbie! She loves Barbie and I have to say I was quite intrigued by it too! We enjoyed daddy’s fantastic barbeque under the parasol in the garden and the adults were nattering away. Then Astrid and I had tonnes of fun playing with my toys in the kitchen. I was exhausted in the evening as I had decided against my nap in the morning and having so much fun with Astrid only allowed a short cat-nap in the afternoon.

Sunday it was Chris’s birthday so we went to our local pub and spent a couple of lovely hours in their beer garden on the grass in the shade. I played with Yma and her parents and enjoyed some chips which Yma kindly gave me. Then Clara arrived and had some lunch too (she looked like she had had a great time in Barcelona – well done her!) before we went home and I had to catch up with Clara after her adventures in Spain! Today she has been looking after me again whilst mamma and daddy worked and although the weather is still summery it wasn’t really swimming temperatures so Clara filled the pool with the plastic balls I haven’t seen in a while – brilliant!

Astrid and I in my blue chair

 

Got busy playing with Clara straight away as she returned from Barcelona:



Mamma came home with a 'Mr Whippy' today!

Again, so much has happened since I last updated my blog. England are out of the world-cup (buhu, but they really didn’t deserve to stay so the Germans kicked them out). Wimbledon has started (yay! But the Swede is out so now I have my toes crossed for Murray). After Michele and Howards wedding, Nana stayed for a bit before she went back to Spain and Granddad. So I enjoyed a few days at Vicky and Harry’s house whilst mamma and daddy was at work with Nana which was lovely.

Last Thursday god mummy Sara and Christian arrived! We obviously had a lot of catching up to do so we got busy straight away playing and having fun. I am so lucky to have my aunties visiting quite frequently (not enough though...!). Friday we went for a late lunch at Carluccios (see pics of my yummy lasagne below). I spent the weekend having fun and going shopping with Sara and Mamma before I had all my NCT friends over for a joint one year birthday party on Sunday. 16 adults and eight babies (including Sara and Christian) and a bbq fire (poor daddy!) later I was so exhausted I crashed into bed. On Monday mamma and daddy went to work as usual and Sara and Christian stayed at home chilling with me in the sunshine– lush! I spent most of the day getting massaged by Sara putting sun lotion on my back and a few dips in the pool when I got too hot. And man is it hot! Summer really is here and I have to sleep in my birthday suit with a fan on! They sadly left on Monday night with promise to come back soon. But on the flight they were returning to Sweden on Clara arrived! I didn’t see her until the morning as I was sleeping when she arrived but she looked after me on Tuesday and Wednesday whilst mamma and daddy was at work.

I have only in the last couple of days decided against being fed and think that I am more than capable of eating myself. I make this clear by throwing a huge tantrum; screaming, throwing my head back and generally showing my disgust (in short it is very dramatic!). The only negative with this is that it takes a lot longer to eat but I am not in a hurry and now enjoy my olives, cheese (after my main meal of course) and grisinis with Philadelphia cheese in my own time. I have also discovered houmous and avocado – yum! Then I finish off with desert, usually a yogurt and some fruit – white grapes are my favourites at the moment. I have noticed that Pimms and Cody have recently wanted to become my BFF. I can always depend on their loyalty around dinner time especially as they sit patiently awaiting some cheese from me, and I have to admit that it is fun to feed them (only when I am not hungry anymore, I have to look after number one first!). Mamma think she is so clever....she got this plastic suction thingy today (beware babies apparently these can be bought in most high street stores) that sticks my plate to the table so I can’t throw it on the floor when I am finished, little does she know that I am currently working on an invention to (probably some fancy sort of anti-magnetic tool) get rid of this boring object ruining my dinner routine. Today I went to Gymboree and it was great fun because I haven’t been there for ages! I might go again tomorrow – can’t wait! I will probably be moving up one class as I am now nearly walking! I stand up by myself and am so nearly walking, everyone is making a big do about it but I like to walk with my baby walker and am not sure when I decide to take those first steps, mamma and daddy thinks it only a matter of weeks but I like to keep them hanging!

Clara is off to Spain tomorrow to meet up with her university friends, but she has promised to be back on Sunday to look after me next week when mamma and daddy are working again. And I am having quite a busy weekend anyway with Harry and Henry for lunch tomorrow and then daddy to keep busy at home for the weekend. I also think Astrid my friend will be visiting on Saturday!

Grisinis to start, followed by Lasagna and then Strawberry Ice-cream for desert at Carluccios (I think Italian is my favourite food!), best lunch buddies; Sara and Christian. Me enjoying the summer in my pool!



at home having dinner: