This past Saturday was Augie's first birthday.
Mick and I are quite impressed with ourselves that we survived the first year! Augie was not an easy baby: he struggled with naps, was difficult to settle anytime, had reflux, was very spewy and was what the books refer to as a 'high needs' baby. He's still a fairly full-on little guy. We marvel at how cruisy some other kids are but we love Augie to bits and wouldn't change him for the world. It's been one exciting year, for sure. In some ways it seems to have flown and in other ways it feels like about 5 years ago that I was pregnant. As with all new experiences, this past year had its fair share of ups and downs but we're both much the richer for it.
After being invited to and/or attending a seemingly endless string of 1st birthday parties in the last couple of months, we opted to have a nice, quiet day with just our family. We figure there will be plenty of years ahead for the big, crazy parties and that we'd make the most of a quiet one while we can still have it.
We started off with breakfast at Cottesloe Beach. Augie had a bit of my omlette, which he loves.
And then we went for a little walk on the beach.
After the beach we came home for his present and cupcakes. He loved the trike and was most interested in the candle on his cupcake.
We then had some sorting of clothespins (a favourite game of late).
Jess, Dave and Jasper came over in the afternoon to celebrate with champagne (for us) and presents (for Augie!).
The day ended with a bath with his little friend Jasper.
Due to the fact that he had more sugar in one day than he's had in his entire life, the poor little guy had a very hard time going to sleep...and staying alseep. Rough night for all involved!
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