Well, Nana Ditters arrived late last night for little Strawberry’s birthday and she came laden with gifts! Edzèa’s Mommy and Daddy didn’t even have their gifts ready for her but luckily Nana came prepared.

So, Edzèa got the idea of opening gifts fairly quickly. She opened numerous gifts throughout the day and then just before bedtime had a huge gift opening. She retreated to her little chair with one of her stuffed toys near the end to tell us she had had enough. We’ve decided to give her one gift a day for the next little while so that she doesn’t go on overload! She was tired and overstimulated at bedtime. I was reminded of last year at this time when she would howl before being put down. So much for my vision of quietly rocking my baby to sleep on the nigh of her first birthday. She went down squawling!

Nana and I spent the morning playing with her and then we walked downtown and had coffee at Javaroma with her. She got a special muffin for her birthday.

Here is a sampling of Edzèa and her lovely gifts from her first birthday. Mommy is still finishing a chair that she is making for her. Nana painted her a diptych of beautiful paintings of Nana’s beautiful old teddy bear. She’s been making refinements on them since January. Edzèa’s Mommy is so grateful that Nana has provided the artwork for the new room as Edzèa’s Mommy seems to be challenged to find time to paint at present. Thank you Nana! Thank you to everyone for all of the phone calls and well wishes for Edzèa. She had a great day with her Nana and is looking forward to her big party on Saturday. 30 people and counting.

Last year seems so long ago yet so fresh as well. We walked right by the hospital and reminisced about labour last year and the godsend of EPIDURALS!!! She has certainly brought a whole range of happiness, love and chaos to our lives over the past year but we love her to pieces!