28 December

uncle michael does a great job of amusing stellan so that christian can help cook.

niklas, stellan and christian

all the cousins get into styling stellan's mohawk after dinner

At the Louisiana

Just admiring nature with his daddy

FOR HE'S THE JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

last weekend's kiddie birthday party was full of action and about 5 adults per child to keep things under control.

with por por who provided the party hats, balloons and birthday boy bib!

the little man of the moment opening one of his many prezzies.

ludwig and stellan in their favourite book corner

miss eden gets ready to take a ride on stellan's new set of wheels.

"for he's the jolly good fellow, that nobody can deny!"
actually, it was abba playing on in the background but stellan took a liking to eden's daddy and here he is being held up by his new bestmate, martin.

time out: eden takes a moment to lie back with a drink while ludwig looks on.

Stellan's First Birthday!!!

apologies for those who have been waiting for new posts but we've had our hands full, literally.

unfortunately, the birthday boy was moving around so much in his excitement that these were the few pics that didn't come out blurry. not to fear, christian will be blogging some other photos and zio giorgio will also be forwarding some pics to us to blog so stay tuned......

so here is the one year old birthday boy!!!!

mum finally got me some gel so we could coiff a real mohawk!

a totally decadent "puits d'amour" cake from our favourite patisserie, stohrer

with a little help from por por and while big brother pierre watches proudly, stellan blows out the candle.

the artful dodger

beginner course: lock picking 101, birkin bags

child labour

cruel mummy and daddy have put me to work: making me do my own laundry now because i make such a mess while eating :-(

PICCOLO PRINCIPE

not only does the little prince have a silver spoon but stellan received his own monogrammed sterling cutlery set from his zio roberto. as if having a food-obsessed mother were not enough to make him a foodie baby!

it's my party! while mummy and daddy were entertaining friends for dinner, stellan was having a party on his own to celebrate his 10 month birthday. not wanting to go back to sleep just yet, he played by himself while watching baby einstein.