Now I am ONE!

There was quite a bit of excitement this morning of Zara's FIRST birthday! We had all her presents on the bed when she came up for her morning milk. Having had a practice run about a month ago for Daddy's birthday, Zara seemed to know just what to do with presents. She even (politely) read all her cards before the paper "ripping" began. Its really hard to believe that a whole year has past since our little cherub entered the world...

Happy FIRST Birthday little girl!!!

Front teeth

all I want for my birthday are my two front teeth...

Having cut her first teeth at 5mths, which is rather early...there has been no more action. I was starting to wonder if Zara would ever get any more teeth. Then low and behold, shortly after her 11 month birthday out they "popped". We have been very lucky with teething so far, she seems to drool a lot and gets a little bit grumpy with an over-active tummy, and, before you know it the teeth are out. I have certainly put my faith in her Amber necklace that she has been wearing since she was 3 months old and am not about to try any more teeth without it. As she is so much older and willful, it has been a little more difficult to get into her mouth to see the new teeth. They have already had about 10 days growing time, so ,tonight in the bath, she was more than happy to show off her new pearly whites - well done little girl, you'll now be able to enjoy your birthday cake two teeth richer!

Tour de Emmarentia

Just before we went on holiday, Chris bought me a new bicycle and I have been dying to go riding with Chris again, but am often not able to leave Zara, so Phil & Cheryl very kindly gave me their bicycle baby carrier... which I added to Chris' birthday presents ;~)

The next challenge was to find a helmet small enough to fit our little girl. So armed with bike, baby carrier and helmet we set off to Emmarentia for a test drive.... Zara was as pleased as punch and babbled up a storm while Dad did some extra peddling on the bike. We looking forward to our trip to Wakkerstroom next weekend so we can all enjoy a family ride out in the country.

Zara and friends

Zara and Samuel - these two are going to be a handful when they both running around - Samuel, we going to be counting on you to keep an eye on Zara in the years ahead...

Zara and Jazmine - Zara playing "peek-a-boo" with Jazzy at Moyo

Zara, Jazmine and Alex - they managed to get themselves into this mini circle, Alex having a taste of Zara's dummy, Jazzy poking his cheek as if she is telling him off about the dummy and Zara tast testing my keys...

(we Moms, met through anti-natal classes-Zara was due last but was born first, then Jazmine 2 days after Zara and Alex 4 weeks later)

as you can see, Zara has been having a wonderful time catching up with all her friends ;~)