ALICE IS 1 TODAY!

Alice woke up smiling - as usual, but quite early! Bottle in Mummy's bed as usual before wearing her dungarees that GMA brought back from her summer hols in Florida. I only put her in them today to see how they fitted, size 18 months - perfect, I still can't believe how she's growing!! Then we went downstairs for Alice's breakfast - she loves scrambled eggs and this morning's eggs were from GMJ, delicious!

We went off to Waitrose for some last minute party essentials before coming home for a few cards and pressies and some time to play with Mum.

Alice had her favourite for lunch - Mummy's homemade roast chicken gunk with 7 veggies followed by fromage frais. Unusually she went to sleep almost immediately when I put her down after lunch but only snoozed for 70 minutes or so. (Meanwhile I dashed round like a mad thing, making sandwiches, cooking sausages, peeling veggies (to have with dip), etc!)

Our first party guests arrived early as they had to leave early - it was lovely to see them and getting here early meant that we had some quiet time with them over a cuppa, super!! Lots of visitors and loads of pressies, stacks of food and masses of cups of tea and coffee, a lovely afternoon - thank you to everyone who came, it was great to see you and to celebrate Alice's birthday with you.

Alice has now decided that she does like jelly (but she prefers orange to red, just like Mum and Grandma!) and she does like ice cream, satsumas are still her favourite though. She ate her tea with the usual gusto, trying cheesy puffs, midget gems, party rings and sausages. She wasn't so sure with what to do with the candles on her birthday cake - so E, A and Mummy let some puff.

She went to bed nearly an hour late, but played very happily until 5 minutes before going upstairs. She was so tired that she was asleep before I could turn her mobile on and she's stayed in the exact same position as I put her down which is very unusual. Not a murmur since, bless her. Another lovely day, we are so lucky.

Photo 1 - kissy face at breakfast.
Photo 2 - examining her 1st birthday badge at lunchtime.
Photo 3 - in her party frock, playing with the wrapping!
Photo 4 - with her cake, with Alice candles.