It was a year ago that we were coming to the tail end of our round-the-world trip and today Grunge wore the shirt I picked up for her in a Greece Zara store and it fits perfectly.  We were in our Toronto hotel room having been to see a Blue Jays game and hang out with some friends that we got the call we’d been hanging for – our VIPs Sar and Sparky had welcomed their Baby Elvis (aka Dashielle) to the world.

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Dash and congratulations to Sar and Sparky for surviving Dashielle’s first year

This week my cousin welcomed his fourth son Eli – congratulations to you both Frank and Kym

Lots of reasons to celebrate… what a better way to top the week off than with a vaccination!  Well, not really, and Grunge wasn’t too pleased either.  Our family Dr is pretty awesome, it’s more like catching up with an old friend when we visit him and this time he was so apologetic for having to hurt Grunge – “Awww, sorry little mate!” – but she did ok, she cried until she got an “ollo” (lolly) and was then happy enough to show off to the medical receptionists on her way out.  There is something cool about watching your kid grow in the eyes of someone else and them telling her they remember meeting her when she was a few days old.

Posted by by Batty on September 27th, 2009