We celebrated the day with family and some close friends and Baby Piglet met some of her UK relatives for the first time.
Happy Birthday
I had decided to have quite a laid back affair and a few weeks before the party I realized I had invited too many people to have a sit down lunch. What to do? The weather forecast was changeable and the weather leading up to the party was absolutely awful; rain and wind.
Thankfully Mr Piglet came up with the idea (the day before) of having the party in the barn, so the English guests who had already arrived set about clearing the space and making it look a bit more partyish.
All the guests enjoyed the rather haphazard setting and loved the rural feel of the location complete with cows in our fields. Much wine and champagne was drunk and much cake eaten, including a gorgeous Victoria Sponge cake which an English friend had made for me as I desperately wanted to have a traditional birthday cake but am useless at baking.
I had been trying to teach Baby Piglet to blow out her candles for a couple of weeks and rather than blowing she had learned to whistle. When the time came for her to blow the candle she stuck her finger out and touched it instead! Thank goodness we were able to quickly blow it out for her! It actually looked like she had put it out with her finger, talk about a Harry Potter moment.
Cake time!
Baby Piglet (I’m going to have to think of another name for her now that she’s one, any suggestions?) was spoilt rotten, a new playroom, a new tricycle which she loves, a farm set complete with animals (essential for a baby growing up in a farming community), Lau Lau from the Waybuloo series, toy car, mobile phone… you name it, she got it!
It was a fantastic day that lasted well into the night with a boules tournament after Baby Piglet had gone to bed. I think Baby Piglet will remember this special day, she enjoyed being paraded around in her tricycle and waving to everyone with her special Queen wave as she went. What a contented little baby we have!
Proud
Our UK relatives stayed on for a few days afterwards and Baby Piglet had great fun getting to know her cousin and Uncle and Aunty. There’s only 5 months difference between them but he’s already as big as her and we can see that they’re going to get up to plenty of mischief in the future!
With her Cousin
I can’t believe that it has been a year already, a year where life changing events have taken place, a year of emotion, of sadness, worry and extreme happiness. Baby Piglet has taught me so much in the short time she has been here, she completes me and I’m looking forward to spending the rest of my life with her.
Proud Daddy
Piglet in France 
She is adorable and check out all that hair!
toddlerpiglet? 🙂
What lovely photos. How about Piglette as a new name?
Precious precious child! Best wishes from Indianapolis , IN in USA!! Hugs!
Precious precious child! Best wishes from Indianapolis, IN USA! Enjoy your blog! Sending hugs!!
How lovely! Such a milestone and that cake is fabulous looking. Of course she should be spoilt rotten. Why not!
Mignon
Awww she’s gorgeous 🙂 Happy birthday Baby Piglet !
Happy Birthday Baby Piglet and congratulations to mum and dad too!
What a great day! Even though the weather was not too cooperative it sounds like your hubby was a genius and all worked out. The cake looks delicious and I’m jealous! Though I love all the desserts, pastries and tarts here, sometimes I wish for a good ol’ fashion cake like I had in the USA. As for baby Piglet’s name how, about Lil’ Piglet. It sounds all gangsta like lil’ wayne or something 🙂 Ha Ha!
Ashley
Happy birthday! The first birthday is such a landmark. The hardest year is over – it’s just tough from now on!
mademoiselle piglet is a beauty .. her eyes and hair color are wonderful.
It has been a year full of all sorts of emotions for you all and for some of us too ! It was hard to read and not be able to pat your hand and tell you that it will all be alright 🙂 I am so happy to see that it is. Happy Birthday !
Happy belated birthday to the little miss! She is quite adorable and it is evident that she a real charmer.
Thanks for all the well wishes and suggestions! I especially like ‘Lil Piglet and Little Piglet, just practising which one rolls off the tongue best now…
So sweet. 😀 I like Little Piglet.
Thanks all! After much practising I decided on Little Piglet as with my lovely English accent I just can’t make Lil Piglet sound cool!
I guess you have to have a boring American accent like me to pull of Lil’ Piglet (cuz you gotta say it all ghetto like!) I do like Little Piglet, though, it sounds more English refined 🙂
Ashley
[…] Living so far from my family I really treasure the time we are together. Last month it was our granddaughter’s (Little Piglet) first Birthday, and all the Piglet clan gathered in France to celebrate the occasion. Not only were our children altogether, but it was the first time our grandson, who is seven months and lives in the UK, met his French cousin “Little Piglet”, plus his aunty and uncle PIF. […]
[…] Living so far from my family I really treasure the time we are together. Last month it was our granddaughter’s (Little Piglet) first Birthday, and all the Piglet clan gathered in France to celebrate the occasion. Not only were our children altogether, but it was the first time our grandson, who is seven months and lives in the UK, met his French cousin “Little Piglet”, plus his aunty and uncle PIF. […]
Little Piglet can’t be one already, can she? Gosh, where has that year gone? 🙂 Glad the party went so well.
Happy belated birthday, petit cochon! 😉 I love the name little piglet. Don’t ditch it just yet.
Thank you all for your kind comments and sorry that I have been so long in replying! I can’t believe that she is already one (well coming up to 14 months now but hey ho). Her birthday party seems like a life time away already!