Sophia's christening and first birthday party on Saturday was such a happy occasion, though the whole day went by so quickly - 6 hours felt like about 6 seconds! The picnic in the park was great as well, everyone seemed to like the food (that was the first and last time I attempt to cater for 32 adults and 15 kids!) and the cake was magnificent (a present from Sophia's godmother Sarra)! On Sophia's actual birthday Stu and I are going to take the day off work and have a quiet little family occasion. She might be walking by then - she took two steps independently yesterday and is very adept at standing and squatting and toddling along with a hand against a wall for support. Yesterday she also picked the phone handset up and was pretending to talk into it for the first time as well, it was the cutest thing.