Dear Mia,

Happy 1st Birthday!! Wow, my baby girl, you are one. A whole year of you and our lives have never been better. We love you so sooo much and you are with us in everything we do. We have traveled and adventured and shared some awesome memories. You came on our honeymoon and we loved it, a family trip which we didn’t want to end…and so we kept on traveling to Scotland and Crete to make sure we made the most of the big celebrations and adventures.

Crete

We celebrated your birthday with a holiday to Crete where we joined your cousin Nori, who has the same birthday as you. We flew out with Gran Roza and Eric and then met up with Nori, Ted, Uncle Rob, and Auntie Amy at their hotel for a fun day and a big buffet meal where you sat at the top of the table and happily cheers’d everyone. We had cake and cake, and sang and danced and swam and had lots and lots of fun in the sun.

Edinburgh, Scotland

We had a lovely little family party for you at Gran Roza’s house, where Mummy grew up. Your cousins, Aunts and Uncles and lots more came to celebrate your first birthday. We played in the garden, ate yummy food, and admired how you’ve grown and changed in that pictures of you over the last 12 months.

The Cake Smash

Well, seen as all the cool kids are doing it, we had to try a little cake smash but it seems you didn’t agree and weren’t all that into smashing up Mummies cake so we just sang happy birthday to you in English and then Iceland, and tucked into the yummy cake.