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The Birthday Girl

When Piper was only two days old, Riley turned three. I left hospital early so I could be home for her big day and we had a day out at a place with farm animals, mazes and play areas. And she struggled. Since I’ve been back from the hospital it has been meltdown upon meltdown [...]

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I Have a Spatula . . .

She was moonlighting in a friend’s toy kitchen today. It was a birthday party. There was cake, and more cake, and sprinkles. And there was feeding the ducks. And there was ball pits and trike dare-devilry. It all ended in an exhaustion tantrum. Which didn’t put a damper on any of it.

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Turning Two – Parties, Chocolate and Bubbles

The birthday girl. There’s something magical about the second birthday. She’s still too young to understand the concept of the birthday. So she wakes up on what to her is any other day and is greeted with balloons, bubbles, presents, more chocolate cake than she could eat and lots of adoring visitors. Its innate randomness [...]

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Last Day of One

Today was my baby’s last day of being one. Last year I didn’t really take the time to appreciate her birthday as a milestone. Maybe because I was partially comatose from sleep deprivation and in part because we were so busy planning a big bash. This year, the party is a lot smaller, and I [...]

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Birthday Season

Today was the beginning of birthday season – Happy Birthday Lily! I joined a Mothers’ Group set up by our local health service when Riley was born with other mother’s who had also recently had babies. So basically that means all the birthdays are between the end of March and the beginning of May. We’re [...]

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Nearly Two

Somebody has a birthday coming up. I can hardly believe that my beautiful little baby is going to be 2. Two.Two whole years. 24 months. I guess I have to stop keeping track of her age in months now. It’s hard to believe that the walking and talking toddler was once this tiny little baby: [...]

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