The world’s only nonuplets – nine babies born at the same time – are “in perfect health” as they celebrate their first birthday, their father has told the BBC.<\/p>\n “They’re all crawling now. Some are sitting up and can even walk if they hold on to something,” said Abdelkader Arby, an officer in the Malian army.<\/p>\n They are still in the care of the clinic in Morocco where they were born.<\/p>\n He said their mother Halima Ciss\u00e9, 26, was also doing well.<\/p>\n “It’s not easy but it’s great. Even if it’s tiring at times, when you look at all the babies in perfect health, [in a line] from right to left we’re relieved. We forget everything,” he told BBC Afrique.<\/p>\n He has just returned to Morocco for the first time in six months, along with their elder daughter, Souda, aged three.<\/p>\n “I’m overwhelmed to be reunited with all my family – my wife, the children and me.”<\/p>\n They will just have a small birthday celebration with the nurses and a few people from their apartment building, Mr Arby said.<\/p>\n “Nothing is better than the first year. We will remember this great moment we are going to experience.”<\/p>\n