Amelia's 1st Birthday

I can’t believe our baby’s one already! This year has been so special and we’ve loved watching Amelia’s personality develop over the last few months. She’s such an affectionate little girl and has an amazing giggle. Her favourite things are puppets, books, blueberries, vanity cases, the cupboards in the kitchen, nursery rhymes, and puzzles. We had a little party for Amelia on Sunday. She was spoiled with lots of presents, a Rainbow Rob cake and endless hugs and kisses:

I’m not sure knew what was happening, but she certainly had fun as she was in bed for the night by 5:45pm!

Amelia's likes copying me:

She even tries to put my glasses on and brushes her own hair!

In other news, we’ve now got a dining room table, a new washing machine and a new tumble dryer. We’re very excited about them all!

I only have 8% battery on my laptop, but I must update our blog while I remember!

Exciting things that have happened this summer:

1. Holly, my little sister, got married,
2. Amelia and I spent the week with Grandma Seaside,
3. Grannie Jan spent a week with us in Farnborough,
4. Amelia's started to crawl,
5. Amelia's had two teeth come through,
6. I've gone back to work, which was actually not as bad as I thought it'd be,
7. We've seen lots of family and friends,
8. We've finally settled into a nice church,
9. My best friend, Harriet, got engaged, and 
10. Mark's lost over two stone!

It's been all go. On the down side, I seem to have developed even more of a Baby Brain recently. If you have a baby, you'll know what I mean! I've been really scatty and keep making silly mistakes. I'm usually organised, so it's totally thrown me.

I'll upload as many photos as my battery allows!

A Dutch story:

Dressing up:

Sweaty:

Cute:

Bed time story and cuddles with Daddy:

Falling asleep whilst playing in the car:

A new very crazy smile:

New sandals:

As romantic as Mark ever gets:

Two peas in a pod:

Yeah, yeah, yeah... ? Southampton-ers, you'll know the drill:

Giggles:

Second cousin chums: