It's all about Ruby!: Happy Birthday Ruby

We've made it. Ruby has managed to get to her first birthday without too many scratches, dings or any broken bones. It has been a bit of a challenging year for mummy and daddy what with the first few months of colic and then the teething and the lack of sleep to go with. Mummy having to go back to work and leaving her side kick half way through the year, the ear infections and the Roesola. Daddy has tried to sell Ruby a number of times but watching our beautiful baby turn into a gorgeous toddler has been well worth the hard yards. Who'd of thought we'd produce such an unbelievably adorable and beautiful girl, but then we're biased.

To celebrate Ruby's first year we organised a party in her favourite park with just about everyone she knows. Ruby arrived on her new bike decked out in pink balloons to a sea of people surrounded by pink decorations - yep, everything was pink, right down to the cutlery. Grandma and mummy had been baking all weekend to make sure there was enough food to cater for 5 babies, 2 kids and god knows how many adults.

Ruby couldn't have enjoyed her party anymore. She walked around (like Frankenstein, with her arms out in front) all afternoon, playing on the slides, feeding the ducks and just generally being the princess of the party. It was like she knew the party was all for her. We played 'pass the parcel' to a specially designed Ruby CD (thank you Aunty Porsha), fed the local ducks and opened heaps and heaps of pressies. There was so much stuff for us to get home, Ruby's new bike wouldn't fit in the back of the car. So daddy walked her all the way home - balloons and all. A big thank you to everyone who sent her cards and dollars from England. She received so many cards that when one of our neighbours came over to give her a present for her birthday he stopped at the door in astonishment as he couldn't believe how popular Ruby is.

On her actually birthday mummy took Ruby shopping to spend some of her B'day money. She got two new outfits and got fitted for some new shoes. Watching Ruby get her little foot measured and fitted for shoes was very cute. She just sat there and watched the lady messing around with the machine and her foot. Then once her shoes where on she did a parade around the store. She proceeded then to every other person in the store to show them. Ruby was so impressed with herself that she decided she didn't want or need to be strapped into her stroller and decided that she would walk the shopping centre to the car park. As you can imagine, it was a long walk to the car. Ruby would stop and change directions, she would get distracted and follow another group, she would stop and wave to the people leaving on the escalator. Lucky we didn't have any where to be in a hurry.

Ruby also had her 1 year injections this week. She is so brave. She had to have 3 injections in her legs and she only cried when they were going in. Once it was over she was fine and even walked out to reception on her own waving bye to the nurse. Ruby also had a quick measure and weigh at the doctors but not properly, we are due to get this done in early February so we will keep you posted on how much fatty weighs in a few weeks.

This last week Ruby has gone from just starting to walk to running. It's like she's been walking for months. We've had a few minor spills, especially as she gets tired, but nothing major. Oh yeah, she remembered how to sleep. Four nights last week Ruby slept for 7 hours straight. Last night however, was a different story with her waking every half hour. Ruby has 1 tooth still in her gums and we are hoping that this was the issue last night. On the tooth front, Ruby turned 1 year old with 15 teeth!!!!