Beautiful Girl!

A lovely friend of mine took some photos of Niamh in the Botanic Gardens on Wednesday, they are amazing so I thought I would share:

Standing!

Niamh decided on Good Friday that she would stand up! There has been no stopping her since :) She isn't quite cruising furniture yet, but she did move her feet a bit last night. She stands up constantly now and is grabbing at everything! She is very proud of herself and shouts at us if we move things she wants out of the way!

Niamh has bronchiolitis yet again and we ended up taking her to hospital on Easter Saturday night at midnight. She was coughing and coughing and appeared not to be able to catch her breath. She improved a lot while we were there (of course) and we were home by 3am. They gave her some ventolin which didn't seem to do too much but little miss decided she wanted to go home so was smiling and very alert :) Thats my girl!

Choccy bunnies were on the menu for Easter Sunday and Niamh loved nibbling his ears.

Mumma!

Well Niamh has had a weekend of milestones. On Friday she said Mumma for the first time! I wasn't the only one to hear it too which was good!

Tonight Niamh stood up for the first time. We tried to catch it on video but she had done her piece and that was that! Bailey was in the bath and Niamh was desparately trying to see the bath toys, she is so cute and was very happy with herself.

A montage of Niamh's first year

Niamh's amazing first year

I have just put this together, it was so emotional looking at all those photos and reliving the feelings that I had at the time. Im really glad to have done it though and hope you like it :)

Play the music nice and loud and enjoy! Its 12 minutes long so make yourself a cuppa!!

The Class of 2008!

2008 Graduates!

Havent we done well! Its been a challenging year and there will be challenges ahead, but here we are, a year on all celebrating birthdays. It was fantastic to catch up with everyone at Bethany and Amelias first birthday. We had a great time ;)

Pony Ride

Niamh went to a friends birthday party recently and had her first horse ride :)

Niamh's First Birthday

What an incredible first year for an incredible baby!! We can't believe we got through it in one piece. Niamh is the perfect baby, she sleeps all night, eats like a horse and is a very happy and funny little girl. She is so loved and we are so, so proud of her coming this far.

Niamh started crawling on her first birthday which was a wonderful gift to us. She is like a puppy dog and I often lose her around the house, she is too fast for me!! She loves eating shoes, net curtains and raiding the waste paper basket for tissues (yeuch)! Even Bailey knows to put it out of reach when she is on the loose! He plays so well with her and even shares his trains with her. They are very sweet together.

We had a huge first birthday party for her. There was a bouncy castle, face painter and a balloon artist who was amazing. The theme was butterflies as these have appeared constantly throughout Niamh's life. The first name badge for her isolette which was made by Anne had a butterfly on it and they have been cropping up ever since. She received a big balloon from the balloon artist which she loved playing with. Regrettably I didnt take nearly enough photos on the day as I was too busy hosting but I have acquired some from my friends :)