Preparing for Louie's Party

This coming Sunday is Louie's first birthday party. I am so excited and have been planning this day since he was still all warm and cosy in my tummy!
We have themed the party 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' as it is one of my favourite books, and Louie likes it too!
All of the party 'stuff' arrived yesterday, after a brief scare that it wouldn't arrive, so today I have been wrapping his gifts.
This rather large box seemed like too much hassle and waste to wrap with paper, that my one year old wouldn't appreciate anyway, so I made a paper bow for the top, which matches his other gifts from us.

The modest presents from us, and the pass the parcel :)

I can't wait for his party, and his birthday, it will be so much fun. I can't believe that it has been almost a year that Anna and I went to town and my waters were leaking on the bus on the way home! 

Autumn Sun

What a beautiful day today has been!
After a lovely breakfast, I took Louie for a walk, to send him to sleep. I was sitting on the motorway bridge thinking how lovely the sun was and decided to get home and sit in the garden and do some sewing, whilst Louie was fast asleep in the sling.
So off home I popped and managed to finish my cross stitching whilst Louie was still asleep. Then when he woke up he was a wonderful boy and played in his walker (a safe way to play outside for now) whilst I managed to finish a component of a christmas present!

And I managed to recycle some wadding for this! This came in a pair of leather shoes for Louie from his Grandma Jo, I knew I would find a use for it! ;)

I was amazed to actually get something finished! Although it is only a part of the present, I feel accomplished! 

Then Papa returned and Louie was feeling adventurous. He crawled right out of the house and made a bee line for the garage to play with Paps.