21.1.13

1st Birthday!


It's official, my baby boy is now one! Does that make him a toddler? I'm not sure I'm quite ready for him to have toddler status yet! Edwin's first birthday party was so much fun. It always surprises me how much more 'real' events in your life feel when celebrated together with friends or family. It is so important to mark these moments in time, and although I get a little pre-party nuts, I'm very glad we did it. The significance of the day really hit me when we were singing happy birthday—our little family had actually made it to this amazing milestone in all our lives, I won't lie, I got a little choked up. 



Edwin was the lucky recipient of some very thoughtful and beautiful gifts, one of which was this wooden airplane handmade by his friend Aoife's grandfather. There's even a pilot inside and his name on the plane!


For his birthday cake I found a recipe for a Banana Blueberry Cake with Cream Cheese Icing that was baby-friendly. If you're looking for a first birthday cake recipe I would definitely recommend this one. It was really delicious, even thought I over cooked the bottom a little—oops! The babies didn't seem to mind, though ;)

xo Bess

5 comments:

  1. So sweet - he's really adorable, Bess.
    And thank you for the kind words of encouragement this morning - it's always reassuring to hear that from people who have actually been through it. xo

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  2. happy belated birthday to Edwin, oh my goodness...my babies (twins) just hit the 6 month mark and I got emotional, I will be a wreck for their first! bookmarking that cake recipe, thanks ;)

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  3. A bit late, but - happy birthday sweetie pie, growing up so fast already :) xoxoxo

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