Otene's first birthday

On sunny Saturday an impressive crowd turned up at Sam's mother's house in Purley to celebrate the first birthday of baby Otene. Or should I say 'toddler Otene', because he is zippy both on his feet and crawling now. What seemed like half the babies in London turned up with their parents, but their behaviour was exemplary and they comported themselves in a uniformly cute fashion. Otene enjoyed all the attention, grinning toothily when Happy Birthday was sung to him, and it goes without saying that the birthday cake baked by Sam the night before was Very Popular Indeed.