Happy Birthday Trogdor!

Today little boy turned one. The family is now in a sugar induced haze in front of the TV - all except little boy who has very sensibly decided to pass out in his cot. A few notes of the happy event.

a) Rather than the picnic we had originally planned, family and friends crowded in to our little apartment to escape the rain outside.
b) Troggers scored some excellent pressies which Spidermonkey and I he will love playing with.
c) In line with family tradition we totally over catered and will be eating left over chicken/salad/slices until Christmas.
d) Mum made possibly the best hippopotamus cake in the history of the world that wasn't actually made from hippopotamus.

e) Little boy had his first tiny bite of cake. Which he spat out. He prefers watermelon.
f) Little boy was surrounded by many of the people I hope will be there for his party next year, and the year after that. People I hope he will know and love as he grows up.
g) Trogger's cousin and Babydonk were there. It was amazing having 3 babies in the house - all feeding, crying, laughing, playing and sleeping at various times. We had 11 adults in the house and it still didn't feel like we had enough hands. Much kudos to parents of multiples!

It was a bitter sweet day. Thinking back to what I was doing a year ago (sad and happy thoughts). Imagining forward to what we will be doing in a years time (exciting, scary and happy thoughts).

There are a few things that you are told you will never understand until you become a parent. The first is that you won't know your capacity to love until you have a child. The second is you won't  know how tired, frustrated and clueless you will feel after you have a child. The third is how quickly they seem to grow up. Every one is right by the way. Especially about the growing up thing.


I mean seriously, how do you go from this -

To this -

in a year?