Having gone off birthday present shopping this morning, we got to the hospital to find that the nurses had given him a good wash in the morning and dressed him up in his birthday outfit. He was, however, fast asleep as you can see in the picture. He stayed asleep and looking angelic until about 3 pm when we, very gently, woke him up.
He was very spoiled with cards and gifts galore, including 3 pressies from the unit and two huge birthday cards signed by many of the doctors and nurses. We took a picture of just some of his gifts for you and you can see how we decorated everywhere for him. He had 3 birthday cakes and not one tiny bit was left over by the end of the afternoon! He also had 5 helium balloons which monopolised his attention for quite a while.
Once things had quietened down a little and there was just Justin, Simona and I left we opened Massimo’s big pressie from his Mummy and Daddy. We were quite concerned that he might be too tired for it, but as these next two pictures show that was not how he felt about it! We were just thrilled that he liked it so much!
After all the excitement we got Massimo back on the bed for a little rest as he was beginning to look exhausted, and I certainly felt quite tired too, so I curled up next to him for a bit of a bedtime story. 
By the time we left at nearly 8 pm he was still not asleep, just happily lying there playing with his zebra, a very happy and contented little boy.