Fresh today · Wednesday, 8 July

New Wishes

A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.

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One year ago you were brand new; now you're somehow opinionated about bananas.

Wishing you a first birthday photo your parents will both love and slightly regret.

Happy 1st — old enough to clap, young enough to clap at the wrong things.

One whole trip around the sun and you've already figured out who hands out the snacks.

May year two be even louder, sillier, and more determined than year one.

Happy birthday, tiny one — your first word is coming, and we're all guessing wildly.

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Wishing you a cake you can ruin beautifully and parents who film all of it.

Happy 1st — the year you stopped being a baby and started being a small dictator.

May your first steps be brave and your first falls land softly.

One year of you has been a complete reorganization of everyone's idea of love.

Happy birthday to a girl who's mastered crawling and is plotting upgrades.

Wishing you a first birthday loud enough to confuse the dog and delight the grandparents.

One year old and already the funniest person in the room without trying.

Happy 1st — may your laugh stay exactly this ridiculous for as long as possible.

One: the age where naps are still mandatory and very much for everyone's benefit.

Wishing you a year of new words, new tricks, and shoes that finally fit for a minute.

Happy birthday to the smallest person with the biggest opinions about peas.

One whole year of being you and you've already invented seventeen new facial expressions.

May this birthday photo be the one your family laughs at for the next thirty years.

Happy 1st — old enough to wave, young enough to wave at strangers, which is delightful.

Wishing you a second year full of soft landings and louder giggles.

One: the age where a cardboard box is more interesting than anything in it.

Happy birthday, little one — you survived the first year and so did your parents.

May you grow slowly enough that we don't miss any of the good parts.