How is it April?! How is it that I have to answer 10.5 months when people ask how old Lucy & Zach are?! How is it that I’m on the verge of having to start calling them ‘toddlers’ versus ‘babies’?!
Where has this year gone?
I find myself spending more time than I care to admit re-reading my posts from last April and last May. They’re full of hope & joy & bittersweetness. It seems like so long ago & yet not long ago at all that my old life ended & really, my life began.
I’m so thankful {again} for my lil place online & that I had the forethought to type out my thoughts on my pregnancy, bed rest & birth experiences. So many details I’ll never forget, so many have been lost to pregnancy- then mommy-brain.
I’m both in denial & almost ready for my two babies to turn one. To check off that we not only survived but thrived through our first year together.
Yet I still haven’t really planned their first birthday party{s}. There are dates set though. First the weekend before their big day we’re going to get together with some close friends. Theme, food, party accessories are all TBD {where is a cleaning service & Suzanne when I need her?!}. The Sunday before their birthday we’re having one year photos made. I can’t wait to have photos of them at this age & to see how they do trying birthday cake!
The day of, we have their 12 month doctor visit & I’m considering taking the rest of the day off to just hug on them {but daycare does their own lil party on birthdays & I don’t want them to miss out}.
The weekend after their birthday is Memorial Day weekend. Yay for always having a beach bound holiday to celebrate on! {I planned that. Ok, more like Zach planned that}. We are having a big family get together at OIB to both celebrate their first year & also to have them baptized that Sunday morning on the beach by the minister who married us. It’s going to be a special family weekend.
My musing over O.N.E. aren’t over just yet. Still six weeks to go. I’m holding tight to each.
2 replies on “On the verge of One”
I WISH I could be there to plan a party for your babies! But remember their 1st birthday is more about you than anyone else. You’ve survived a whole year!
Agreed Suzanne. They won’t know or really care as long as people are paying attention to them they’re happy. But I’m looking forward to low key celebrating that we’ve survived this wild, crazy & fun year.
PS, found cute boy/girl monkey invites on etsy. Thoughts on monkey themed food for adults & few toddlers?