Happy birthday my little bear ❤
It seems like yesterday I sat in the quiet room of Blaauwberg Netcare waiting patiently for you to make your arrival. Nervously wondering if doing motherhood again in my 40’s was the smartest decision of my life.
It seems like yesterday I watched as they handed you to your daddy, whose smile and pride told me at that very moment, we could do this.
It seemed like yesterday that I held you close, breathed in the soft smell of newness and loved you to the moon and back.
It has been such an amazing 36 months, 156 weeks and 1095 days full of adventures.
You fill our days with joy and love. There is hardly a moment that you aren’t smiling or talking to me telling me how much you love me.
Your first birthday was a quiet breakfast decorated in pooh bear decor and a picnic near the beach with your siblings and friends.
I’m not a fancy birthday mommy as there are so many adventures out there and those seem more exciting than party packets and cake.
And so that year I took you to your first Aquarium experience. You loved it and we rode the Thomas train at V & A and ate ice cream from that shop I always find just too expensive for ice cream.
You were a whole 12 months old and I wished time could just stand still.
For your second birthday I gave up on the fancy party and instead ordered us matching family bear shirts and had a party where you were surrounded by your siblings.
You helped me bake your cake and wanted a boat on it, (you have since sailed my boat in mud and it’s no longer a sailing boat.)
That year we took you to the ostrich ranchs where you met the world’s smallest ostrich, rode on an ostrich and decided tortoises were your friends.
You were 24 months old and I wished tat time would stand still.
Today you are 3 years old.
I feel like I’ve blinked and you are a little boy, no longer a baby. You are potty trained and don’t have a dummy or bottle.
You are intelligent and convey your emotions and needs like a 7 year old. So often you take my breath away with just how much you have grown and how smart you are.
Today again, I chose a small family party for you. I want you to always be surrounded by those who love you most.
Daddy and I woke you with a gift from the party fairy.
I hope that one day you look back and realise your birthday was not about gifts, but about sharing the day in love. So, whilst we can shower you in a lot of toys and gifts, we chose to focus on one thing that you would enjoy the most.
A new dinosaur playset for our little paleontologist.You love dinosaurs more than anything in the world.
I let you help me with this years cake. I baked you a chocolate mud swamp and between us we positioned the tree , shrubs and dinosaurs. I think we may have muddled our dino eras but you were happy with the outcome.
I added some dinosaurs to the rest of the decor, just for fun.
Your favourite gift was the new guitar you recieved and you immediately gave us a concert.
You were born to shine and I will totally understand if at 16 you choose to travel the world in a rock and roll band. I will be equally as proud if you decide to study further and be a paleontologist.
You are 36 months old and I wish time would stand still.
Happy birthday my little bear ❤
