A Royal Birthday Celebration with Frugi

Last year when Prince George was born

I hid away

Anyone who regularly reads this blog

Will know that since losing our own baby

Matilda Mae

I do not deal well with babies

It is really hard when a baby has died

When your baby has died

I no longer coo over newborns

I no longer ask or accept cuddles from babies that are not my own

First birthdays are unbearable

Though perhaps not as hard as seeing babies who are 9 months old

It may sound crazy to you

But this is my life now

Protecting myself from all things baby

Even when the baby is my own

So why then have I agreed to be part of the royal celebration today?

Marking a first birthday of a baby

And one that I do not even know

I did not do it for me

I did it because the Frugi Family are quite simply awesome

Some of the kindest and friendliest people I have had the pleasure of working with

And because here at Edspire we adore the girls at Bump PR

And would do pretty much anything for them

Also because I know that Esther and William might ask me about all this one day

And I want them to know that I tried

That when I could

I tried

Before George was thought of

Or our darling Matilda Mae

Esther was already a Frugi Princess

She wore this beautiful corduroy pinafore dress

The day we celebrated the royal wedding

frugi princess

It seemed fitting somehow to mark the Prince’s birthday today

As part of our duties as a family far funkier than The Royals

The Frugi Family

We tried and tested a specially made tshirt

To commemorate and celebrate our future king turning one

The Prince George and the Dragon tshirt appealed to Esther and William

And so they have agreed that it is something special for them to share

This week they will share something else rather special

This week Esther and William will have a celebration of their own

As on Thursday my teeny tiny twins turn 4!

Today though was all about the prince

And celebrating his first year

Esther was very keen to get all dressed up for the palace

princess frugi

She chose her best tiara and sparkliest bag to accessorise her Frugi tshirt

Before settling on her princess dress

Being waved on by his twin sister

William donned the limited edition Frugi tshirt

And, of course, his royal crown

prince william

The commemorative tshirt

Made by Frugi to celebrate Prince George’s first year

Is gorgeous

The top is super soft and I love the choice of colour

The bright sky blue stripe suits boys and girls

And can easily be dressed up or down

I love the applique of Prince George and the Dragon

And love the use of stars

The top is made of organic cotton

So can be worn through all seasons

The envelope neck makes for easy dressing

Of the 0-3 age range that the top is designed for

One of the benefits of being born 13 weeks prem

Is that Esther and William can still easily fit into teeny tiny tot clothes

We are huge fans of Frugi

We love their ethical ethos

And the fact that they support charities

And try their best to protect and preserve our environment

I was very proud and not at all surprised when they were recently awarded

The prestigious Queen’s award for Enterprise

I am incredibly proud to be part of the Frugi Family

And this limited edition tshirt

One of only 60 made

Will be saved for our Rainbow Baby

A product made for a special Prince

Born in the year that Matilda Mae died

Turning one in the year that our Rainbow will be born

We celebrated Prince George today

We chose our royal outfits

Travelled by royal transport

royal transport

Participated in the #royalride

#royalride

And made and decorated royal sandcastles

royal castle

We waved our flags to Matilda Mae

And even included our Rainbow Baby bump

royal bump

In my heart and mind today

Was another little Georgie

A Georgie who just recently joined Baby Tilda

As an angel in the sky

Georgie was named after Prince George

And I am so so thankful to Frugi and Bump PR

For sending one of their 60 tshirts to his Mummy

I know only too well

How much such a gesture will mean

Fly high little Georgie

Happy First Birthday Prince George

Prince-George-Frugi-Family-Logo

Each of the Frugi Family Bloggers have been gifted one of the special edition tshirts. Find out what Lauren from Real Housewife of Suffolk thought of hers here

Thank you to Frugi and Bump PR for our gift and for Baby Georgie’s too

Thank you x

3 thoughts on “A Royal Birthday Celebration with Frugi

  1. Finding this hard to write but I felt the same for many years after my loss and just wanted to let you know how special Matilda was to me as she was the first baby I was able to coo after and asked for a cuddle with other then my twins, although it was only that once at twins club when you were trying to give Esther and William some attention and I probably looked almost as awkward as I felt. Its hard to break that wall of self preservation once it’s there and probably makes me appear uncaring but its hard to explain to people why I find it so difficult, but I really have wanted to let you know how Matilda touched my heart and that you are all in my thoughts daily. I hope that I will have a better birth experience with our next baby and that it will help more with bonding and healing and that you too will heal with time and your beautiful rainbow baby but Matilda will always remain not just in your thoughts and heart but in others too

  2. I would have to agree that Frugi family is far my funkier! I love how adorable everyone’s little ones look in their t-shirts. Also so cute to see Rainbow baby rocking the Union Jack 🙂

  3. Painful memories everywhere darling, but well done for taking part and joining our funky family. You are looking swell too, we are all with you on this next phase of your journey. H x

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