People seem to marvel how quickly a baby’s first year flies by, but honestly, it went by rather slowly for me. When Ollie was six months old, I wrote about the turtle-like pace of his first half-year. The second half was more of the same stroll, but with added mobility, smarty-pants discoveries, saying words on purpose, pointing at things of interest, shaking his head “no” but never yes. Not yet.
When I woke up a year ago today, I had no idea it was going be a birthday. I didn’t know for the rest of my life, 10-4-12 would shine from the calendar, red-circled, full of memory and meaning. Our last, our littlest, our sweet Ollie is now one.
Ollie, New
Ollie, Six Months
Ollie
Birth story fans can read his here.
Up this weekend? A party!
Happy Birthday Ollie!!!!! Enjoy your weekend!!
I’m doing 31 Days of Birthday in October, you know. We need to talk. You are The Party Expert.
In the meantime: Happy birthday to Ollie! I hope his birthday weekend is as sweet as he is.
Happy Birthday little one!!!