Birthday Boy: Has It Been Two Years Already?!

Next week for most kids it's Easter time and currently many parents have their children at home for the Easter Holiday period, but in the Petit Household (Or Flat-hold? Err... let's stick with household!) our little man will be celebrating his birthday as he turns 2 years old.

I sometimes wonder what it'll be like for him when he's older. On the plus side he will never have to spend his birthday during school time, but then again some of his friends may go away for a week, though to be honest I think he's lucky. One thing I always wanted to do on my birthday was to go to Alton Towers, but sadly my birthday is before the theme park re-opens so this will never be possible (we tend to go as a couple for our anniversaries instead!). Of course the downside is if we wanted to go somewhere for his birthday the prices go up! I thought about how he'd love to go to see Thomas with his mummy and daddy (he went with his Auntie and cousin and loved it) and they has Thomas themed bedrooms so I had to check these out. £135 for 1 night during Easter period but the week after his birthday? £80 per night. Not impressed! But lucky for us it's about 40-45 minutes drive from where we live, but still an amazing shock to see big price differences.

I thought I'd post a few of my favourite pictures of Petit Boy over the last 2 years and write a little about why I picked these pictures.

Not even a day old, very special picture.

First smile!

Weaning and loving it.

Like Father, Like Son.

Cruising around Tesco in the trolley.

COLOURFUL BALLS!

Reading Peter Rabbit before bed time.

Every kid loves Thomas.

Baby Al's 1st Birthday

It's a shame that it is raining today, although I have no idea what the weather was like when he was born as I was in hospital til 12th April and I even then it was dark by the time I got out.

Here's some photographs of the big day!

Gift from a lovely PR company and some of his cards he got from family.

Leapfrog Learn & Groove Musical table from Gran an Grandad G.

Mega Bloks Rescue Adventure from Mummy and Daddy.

Baby Einstein toy from Nana and Grandad H.

Baby Al eating sandwiches and chicken just like a big boy.

The cake that Mummy made... Sorta.

The cake was almost gone by the end of the day. I cheated with the cake and bought a swiss roll and ready made icing. I just shaped the roll to a 1 and pasted the icing onto it. Added some blue icing as a border and voila! I'm no baker but for my first cake I think I did alright.

This time last year we were in Walsall Manor Hospital, Daddy went home to catch some sleep and I enjoyed a nice meal in a private room with my newborn son.

Happy Birthday, My Angel.

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25 Things For 2011!

So I'm turning 25 years old this week and decided to list what I hope to achieve for 2011, or at the very least until my next birthday.

1. Earn money either at home or by getting a job.
2. Publish an E-Book before the year ends.
3. Achieve 500+ readers for Petit Mom.
4. Sort out my wardrobe!
5. Work on my other blog.
6. Save money up for my wedding.
7. Get my hair cut, styled and coloured at the local college salon.
8. Go to the college beauty therapists and enjoy a nice massage.
9. Own a vacuum cleaner! - DONE!
10. Have a professional photoshoot and makeover.
11. Recycle more often.
12. Put money away every month for Alex's Birthday/Christmas.
13. Wear make-up and jewellery more often.
14. Get Baby Al off the dummie at Christmas 2011.
15. Help raise £2,000 for the local hospital's maternity ward.
16. Take a walk around the park at least once a month for an hour.
17. Buy more often via KidStart.
18. Get more organised!
19. Read more often to Baby Al.
20. See more comedians live on stage.
21. Complete 5 games from start to finish.
23. Put money in my savings account more often.
24. Take more photographs and get back into photography.
25. Go to more events and shows such as The Baby Show.