On the 6th of January, our baby girl turned ONE YEAR OLD. Um, what? That can’t be possible. She’s just new, our little tiny baby girl, all new and cute and needy and cute. Oh wait, she’s crawling about and climbing on everything and dancing to every little tune. She’s not a tiny baby anymore. I’d be sad, if it wasn’t so totally awesome. One year olds rock!
Her birthday was a friday, and Dave had taken the day of work, so we got up late and then opened a bunch of presents. It seems like all we have done lately is open presents. I’m not knocking it.. but it’s going to be a long 12 months until the next lot! Pretty poor planning on our part, sorry kid.
Her ‘main’ present was a fantastic Grimms XL Rainbow, which I – I mean we – have already had a lot of fun with.
After presents we took a mini road trip to a soft play centre in Banbury, Rugrats and Half Pints. She loved it, and it’s the first time she’s really been to somewhere like that. We had a bit of lunch and then she had a great time crawling around and exploring all of the tunnels and lights in the baby area. We had a little go in the ball pit too, and she looked pretty funny trying to crawl on top of the balls, ending up just sliding along on top of them. Dave and I had a pretty ace time too. It’s got to be one of the perks of having kids, that you get the excuse to go in the giant soft play centres. As Dave said while we were there, they should do ones for adults, they’re so much fun!
We had a great time, worth the long drive to get there. Rugrats and Half Pints is a lovely soft play, with a really good separate baby area which a lot of soft play centres are lacking. It has nice sensory equipment as well as the expected.. uh.. soft bits. The food was pretty tasty too! I got her a couple of helium balloons to celebrate with but sadly one of them didn’t even make it home (the jury is still out on what happened, but rumour is she was trying out her new 4th tooth and got a little over enthusiastic).
Here she is at exactly one year old.. looking pretty grumpy on the drive home.
We lit her birthday ring after dinner, and talked about her year and all the amazing things she’s done so far. It was nice to think back and reflect on just how much she has grown in one year. It amazes me, utterly amazes me, that in just one year you can go from newborn baby to the baby we have now, the complete little character that we love sharing our lives with. She is a little person already, a little individual with such a personality. It’s been a pleasure sharing my last year with her, taking care of her and watching her grow. I can’t wait for what the next year will bring.
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Happy birthday! Looks like a lovely day. The birthday ring is a great idea and I LOVE that rainbow.
The rainbow’s fabulous. And Rugrats is great. Although we reckon the smaller (but more expensive once they turn 1) Ikidz is better once they’re clambering and crawling. Rugrats is definitely better for babies. Although have to say we’ve never been in the ballpit there, thinking it was just for the older kids. Looks like she (and you guys) had a great 1st birthday celebration day.
I will have to look for ikidz. Is that in Banbury too? It was a bit of a way for us now we’ve moved but worth it for a special occasion I think. The ball pit we went in was the smaller one at the back, not the one under the slides. That was definitely a big kid zone!
IKidz is what used to be Whizz Kidz, more into the town. As I say smaller, but the toddler area has it’s own slides/climbing thing, soft bits and ball pit. But it’s expensive compared to Rugrats, and although they have Costa coffee, I’m not sure the service/food is as good.
We will have to check it out, thanks!