Well, well, where has the time gone? We can't believe a year has passed already and Callie has blown (well, maybe not quite!) out her first birthday candles. It seems like it was only yesterday we were taking her home from the hospital and I was in tears that they were carelessly discharging us already because we hadn't a clue what we were doing! Then there were all those nights in the beginning of trying to get Callie to go to bed at 7pm and us pacing the floor for hours till she finally, three months or so later, gave in and went to bed at bedtime! Ah, those were the days! Only a year later and Callie is walking - or should I say running - around all over the house and getting into all sorts of mischief! I never would have believed babies could develop so fast until I experienced it for myself. It's been a wonderful journey so far and we look forward to continuing the fun and adventures in Callie's second year!
As regards Callie's birthday celebrations, we decided on a low key affair, just Mummy, Daddy, Granny and Granda Cowie, with input from Granny and Granda Mac via Skype! Callie had a lovely day playing with her new toys - a tent and tunnel, a pushchair and dolly, a shopping trolley with lots of plastic fruit to sample and a cool pink racing car paddling pool (currently full of balls). Mummy even managed to bake a cake - carrot - of which she is extremely proud, especially as Callie had a whole slice for her birthday dinner and wanted more! The end result, unfortunately, was that she went to bed full of sugar and spent the next hour and a half bouncing around her cot continuing the party! With hindsight, might have been better to do cake at lunch - note for next year! She also went to soft play at Bizzi Bees near our house for a romp around in the afternoon which went down a storm!
More stories and pics to follow soon....
