How can you be ONE?! They say the first birthday is as much a celebration for the parents as for the kid...surviving the first year is an accomplishment, even though you still get up at 5am every morning and call it a good night's sleep. We're fortunate in so many ways, not the least of which is that landing a mere five months ago still gave us enough time to make fast friends who came out to celebrate Kai's birthday with us. Is it better to emigrate from North America to Australia when a) you're 7 months pregnant, b) your baby is 6.5 months old or c) your baby is 7 weeks old and you also have a 4 year old? Ask a) Kylie, b) me and c) Clarine.
Here are our beautiful friends, Francois and Clarine (photographing) with their son Noa (4) and Luca (asleep in pram) who came from Quebec via Oregon, Mireille and Mike (4 month old Jason is in his pram) from Montreal, Kylie from New Guinea and Australia (holding Kai) and Dylan (with Cole) who met in Whistler and moved from LA, Angela from Sydney (with Jaye) who settled here after working in London for years. Jaye, Cole and Kai are almost the same age and are quite the trio. I think mine's the troublemaker...
