Nick and Nora's birthday was a great success.

The day before they had their booster injections and were weighed and measured. Nick is now 9.92 kilos (21.8 pounds) and 80cm long. He's now in the 50th percentile, which is a huge change for us. Nora comes in at 10 kilos (22 pounds) and 72cm. And for the first time in her life, she's almost 75th percentile (she's also extremely prone to bloating, like her mother). They're galloping ahead and I'm thrilled to bits, as they're about to trim up and lose weight being mobile, so "beefing them up" was important.

Nick was a little unsettled on Friday, I think it was too many people and too much for him at some points. He liked to be held and to check things out from laps.

Nora soaked it all in and got about the business of flying around the room and trying to grab hold of things.

Birthday presents - from us, grandparents, Auntie Donna, Auntie CTG, and a fabulous anonymous package from Amazon (all the slip said is the sender is in Kolkata, West Bengal. Hi! Thank you so much!) - rested on the table and decorations graced pretty much every available surface and wall.

They opened their presents, which they loved.

Then I stripped them down and we got down to business.

Nora went in hands first.

Nick took a more expeditious method.

They made a hell of a mess and earned themselves a ticket to the bathtub.

But it was a brilliant, beautiful, happy day and it will remain with me forever.

As will this photo.

I think they liked it all.

-H.

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1 Great photos and video. A grand time was had by all. You and the twins will spend many happy hours reliving the party in years to come. Thanx for sharing.

Posted by: Charles at October 05, 2008 10:05 AM (maQJG)

2 Perfect, just perfect. You so deserve this fabulous happy day ... all of you. So thrilled to see these so thanks for sharing from me too. Woo hoo!! So, how long do you suppose you will be finding those crumbs .....

Posted by: moira at October 05, 2008 10:29 AM (UGBIN)

3 Holy adorableness. I could just put them on top of the cakes and eat them up. Well, not literally, since a) babies are not in a vegetarian diet and b) that would be awfully cruel of me, and I don't enjoy being cruel. But in a figurative, "oh my god, that's insanely cute" way. Very glad you all had a good time!

Posted by: D at October 05, 2008 11:06 AM (bRx8a)

4 I am cracking up after watching Nick go face first into that cake! What a perfect day. I am so happy you were all together to enjoy it.

Posted by: Christina at October 05, 2008 01:17 PM (COFGd)

5 What great fun! I'm so glad everything turned out so well!

Posted by: sophie at October 05, 2008 01:31 PM (XxDnO)

6 Oh my! I do wish I'd thought of putting the whole thing in front of Harry. I only gave him a little slice! I feel a MEANIE Mummy now! I'm really ricocheting through the Nick & Nora video emotions lately - I laughed hugely at this one, and cried like a child at the previous one!

Posted by: Hairy Farmer Family at October 05, 2008 02:39 PM (q6qXc)

7 You said: "But it was a brilliant, beautiful, happy day and it will remain with me forever." That, my love is the best news of the day. I'm so glad they had a good time with their presents and cakes - they will remember it with these lovely photos and video forever, as well. So, so sweet!

Posted by: Margi at October 05, 2008 02:59 PM (mAxZp)

8 It looks like a lovely day! Beautiful babies, especially when covered in cake.

Posted by: Jen at October 05, 2008 04:01 PM (XiTwS)

9 That is too cute!! I loved Nick's face-first style of eating cake, and Nora seemed to enjoy having sticky hands. The video was awesome; thank you so much for sharing! Wonderful first birthday celebration.

Posted by: Lisa at October 05, 2008 04:12 PM (hkgEp)

10 Fabulous! What a wonderful day!

Posted by: Tinker at October 05, 2008 04:43 PM (rU3SM)

11 They are just too cute! Looks like a wonderful day! We threw a huge party, and it was WAY too much for the kids... Those cupcakes were HUGE, and I love how Nick just went for it! I'm so glad it was such a wonderful day! Happiest of birthday to the lemonheads!

Posted by: Caba at October 05, 2008 05:28 PM (odcjE)

12 I am glad you had the perfect day!! they looked like they enjoyed it too.

Posted by: Kristen at October 05, 2008 07:02 PM (I4yBD)

13 She's got Hello Kitty socks on!!!! If we ever have kids my husband better hope it's not a girl. Cause she will have a lot of Hello Kitty stuff to wear!

Posted by: Melanie at October 05, 2008 07:50 PM (/K6VO)

14 It looked fantastic!!

Posted by: Bee Cee at October 05, 2008 08:18 PM (fEy0N)

15 Thank you as always for sharing your beautiful babies, their special day and your awesome family with us.

Posted by: Vicki at October 05, 2008 11:16 PM (P43Cs)

16 The pictures are beautiful. I am so glad you all had such a wonderful day!

Posted by: Stacie at October 06, 2008 01:52 AM (p6L8W)

17 Awesome. Just Awesome I _love_ the cakes! ig.

Posted by: Iain at October 06, 2008 02:24 AM (eDGDS)

18 Absolutely heartwarming...

Posted by: Lauren at October 06, 2008 04:26 AM (Pt1kf)

19 Hello, Will you please update your BlogHer ad code at blogherads.com? Thanks! We are no longer featuring blogs with old code in our headlines. Let me know if you have questions. Best, Ashley

Posted by: Ashley at October 06, 2008 04:24 PM (P2zvn)

20 The children are beautiful. I loved the cupcakes. And there is nothing better than 2 sweet faces covered in icing. The video is precious.

Posted by: Patty at October 06, 2008 08:43 PM (ShkUs)

21 Happy, happy, happy birthday to Nick & Nora! Wishing all of you nothing but the very best. It looks like the cakes were a lot of fun! So perfect. I'm all giddy for you!

Posted by: Christine at October 07, 2008 02:46 AM (AP7py)

22 Year one and counting. Many happy years ahead for you all!

Posted by: sue at October 07, 2008 06:11 PM (0K+AI)

23 OMG - how fabulous! I love those cakes. They are so cute. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Posted by: Carol at October 09, 2008 05:31 PM (19QEy)

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