He is one years old!
We could not believe that the 6th of August had arrived. It felt like yesterday that we both found ourselves in the delivery room at Milnerton Medi-clinic welcoming our little boy Josh to the world.
The day started at 5am when we all woke up and Josh got to open his pressies. Although oblivious to the fact that it was his birthday, he tugged at the wrapping paper, with our help, to reveal his new toys and clothes. Although Thursday went by as a normal day in the life of Josh, he dd enjoy cupcakes that Bridgitte made for his classmates and teachers at his daycare, but little did he know, that we had planned a bash on Saturday.
Slaving away on Friday evening, Bridgitte and myself got stuck in and got his cake baked and got other odds and ends done for the party on Saturday. It was an awesome train cake and Bridgitte did a great job at the baking side. She really can be very proud of herself there.
We invited about 20 people to the house which not only culminated in Josh’s birthday party, but also a braai and the watching of the SA vs Aus tri-nations rugby match too. With me being the geek/tech head that I am, I streamed the festivities live on ustream from 14:00 to 15:30. Within that time, everybody had arrived and we did the speech and played out the first year montage video as well as sing happy birthday to Josh. He really enjoyed his cake and got stuck into one of the Chomps.
It was such a pity that I was not able to record the speech and festivities on the camera itself since the camera was already busy with the stream, but thank goodness I was able to record the stream using ustream’s interface. These guys are brilliant indeed. See how it all went down below.
But with SA beating Aus in the rugby, the braai that was so lekker and everybody having a good time, it was an event to remember. Josh was just in such a festive mood, you can see that he enjoyed the day too.
But I’ve also got to add that Josh took his first 2-4 steps today. It was groundbreaking! It isn’t too long now until he can walk and put us into the new mode of having to run after him as he ravanges through everything.
But without any further a-do, here are the pictures and videos below.
Here are the pictures
Here is the first year video montage
And here is the video that was streamed during the festivities. Keep in mind that the quality isn’t very good, but you’ll be able to see what you would of watched if you watched the stream.
