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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BOY

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It will 12 months tomorrow since you came into our lives and turned everything we knew completely upside down.  And it has been the absolute best 12 months of my life. 

I thought I’d take this opportunity, before the cake and balloons and crazy ripping open of presents, to share with you some of my favourite things about you from the last year:

I love the way your gorgeous milky breath smelt when you were a tiny baby.  I’d lean in and inhale it far too many times a day.

I love the way you gently slap my face when I am nursing you, just to make sure I am still there.

I love the way you used to sleep on your back with your arms outstretched and we would call you “Ollie the Redeemer”.

I love that you are such a good sleeper and I thank you for all the dreamy afternoon naps we shared in our big bed.

I love that you have a good sense of humour and crack up laughing at just the right places.

I love your little gurgly race caller noise - “dagadagdurduruddaga”.

I love that you hold on white-knuckled when you are in your pram, even when you are fast asleep (am I that bad a driver"?).

I love your cheeky little joker smile and how it is changing with the addition of teeth to your tiny little gums.

I love how contagious your laugh is and that we often end up in fits of giggles between us, the laughing lasting longer than my recollection of what started us off in the first place.

I love that you make a “brrm brrrm” noise when you push your trucks around and ride on your evil knevil trike.

I love that you call all small creatures (real or in books) “dash”.

I love your funky little bum wiggling bop when you hear music playing.

I love that of all your toys, your favourite things are always books.

I love your fast out of breath pants when you get super excited.

I love all the time we’ve spent on the daybed watching the birds and cars go by with you feeding me your afternoon snacks.

I love it when you are woken up and your first reaction is to start clapping.

I love watching you learn new things and solve problems.

I love that your eyes light up and your fists clench with pure excitement when you taste something amazing like chocolate.

I love that you adore all things ladybug, even if it isn’t the most masculine animal.

I love love LOVE that you are getting a dimple in each cheek just like me.  You look SO much like Nick that it thrills me to pieces to see a teeny bit of me in you.

Have a wonderful day tomorrow.  I can’t wait to be the one to give you your very first ever birthday kiss when I come in for our early morning cuddle. 

I wrote this post just after you had taken a big chunk out of my neck as if you were the latest character in Twilight so I really really must mean all of these things. 

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