Deccy V

The other love of my life is my 11 month old nephew Declan Vaughan. He is a beautiful old soul who is developing a gorgeous personality, but boy does he have a temper. He has the most gorgeous smile and contagious laugh and has everybody wrapped around his little finger, even strangers and especially his Auntie Carolyn. He is not walking yet, but we are hoping he will be by his first birthday. He is slowly starting to say a few words, but still not able to say Auntie Carolyn, but we are working on it ;-D.

He turns 1 on 15 April and I am struggling to think of something special to get him for his birthday. I have already got him the usual toys etc. but I wanted to get him something special for turning 1. I got his sister a bangle which she will be able to keep for life (though she still has not been able to wear it - too big for her even though it was the smallest size). Any ideas?

We are holding a party for him at the local park and Lisa has been working on his birthday cake - she is making him a 3D train, so at the weekend she did a trial run of the cake and did the piped icing etc - it turned out really well so now it is just a matter of waiting for the big day.