Benjamin turned 1 on Tuesday. Abigail had been excited about his birthday for *months*! She'd often remind me that "Benjamin will have a birthday in a few months" and talk about making his cake etc. So I think she was delighted when the day finally came. So here are a few pics from the day.
Benjamin opening one of his presents (a big one)
"This looks fun" (or so the look on his face seems to say) - a wooden train set
Benjamin's train set all put together - now I just need to find a play table that is big enough for it. Doesn't work very well on the floor as it just gets wrecked by little hands and feet (not just Benjamin's either).
Some birthday cards
Playing with his new Leapfrog Alphabet Fridge Magnet set. I think he is enjoying this present the best. Each of the letters plays a song saying its name and the sound(s) it makes and another button plays the ABC song. So he is having lots of fun with it. We'll see if he can make as much progress as Abigail did with letters - as she knew the whole alphabet at 18 months! Of course, it wasn't any electronic device that taught her, but guess you just get more time to spend with a first born.
"Patch" - Benjamin's birthday cake. I wanted to use Grandma Rogers recipe for the cake, but couldn't get a hold of the recipe on time. So I Googled for "Yellow Party Cake" and came up with one which turned out very moist and tasty. However, I could have done with lining the bottom of the tin with greaseproof paper (instead of just grease & flouring it), as it sort of came in two in the middle. However, it went back together and the buttercream frosting covered everything over and you'd have never known if I hadn't said, huh?! lol My cake decorating never turns out as good as the pictures in the books, but at least you can tell it's a dog, right?! :)
I think Benjamin thinks this dog is meant for cuddling, as every time he saw the cake he wanted to reach out and grab it!
The day after his birthday - sitting in a chair reading books. He's really into climbing at the moment and gets on all sorts of things. He started climbing into the rocking chair today, which is rather higher than anything else he's tried so far.
Abigail with a bit of a forced grin, I think! She wasn't really wanting her picture taken, but she turned round and smiled for me anyway!
A tired out Benjamin! He had his 12 month review with the health visitor yesterday (Wednesday) morning. His weight continues to be between the 75th and 91st centile - not bad for a baby who was *nearly* exclusively breastfed for 10 months or so. (OK he did have bit of food now and again, but it's only in the past month that he's actually having food regularly and now - finally - letting me feed him! Which means more food in his tummy and less mess.) Anyway, Benjamin now weighs 24lb 15oz.
OK, off to bed. I'm exhausted and want some sleeeeeeep! Goodnight.
6 comments:
I enjoyed all the pictures, especially the one of Benjamin sleeping. I think sleeping babies are so beautiful. :) And the cake looked lovely. I think Elijah too was more excited about Noah's birthday than Noah was. He sang the happy birthday song to Noah at least a dozen times (over the course of several days).
The cake looks good! You did a good job on it! The older ones always seem to be more excited about the birthdays then the younger ones when they are small. :)
Wow! That has been a fast year! It seems time just keeps going faster and faster! So sweet! I love watching the babies grow!
Wow rachel, he is growing so fast! I enjoyed all the photos. I like the presents he got! hehe! I've been trying to teach Claire her ABC's, but I doubt she'll be saying it all by 18 months! She does say AB (lol!)
Is your family room a pinkish colour? Just wondering--I think it looked that colour anyway.
I forgot to mention...
The cake looks great!!
Thanks for all the comments! :)
Sharon: Sounds like Abigail & Elijah were doing the same things then! Abigail started singing Happy Birthday to Benjamin at least the day before, and then she sang it multiple times on the day, and I'm sure she was still doing it the next day as well! :) She was just so excited that the day finally came! If only she would be more keen to share his presents with him! lol She *loves* trains and would prefer to have the train set all to herself!
Steph: Awww, Claire saying AB reminds me of Abigail when she was little! :) I think she started with saying "letters" whenever she saw letters, then she said "AB" (at about 10 months or so) and then eventually she got round to saying them all! And recently she's now recognising the actual letters, so it's not just an ABC song, but she knows which letters are which. Wonder what age she'll be reading at! :) And yes, the walls are pinkish in our sitting room! Tho to be honest, I think one wall is more a pinkish-coffee brown colour (yeah I know that doesn't quite make sense, but it's not really brown, just brownish!), and the other walls are more a very light pink.
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