it's been a long time. I have been busy with our family wedding and lots of family gatherings. When we have family gatherings we stay up all night laughing and talking. So when I get home I just crash. I think we all run on adrenalin and if neighbours hear us they would think we were having a party and drinking too much alcohol. But we're all just happy to be with each other, eat lots of food and drink coffee and tea.
The last visitors left on the weekend. But then I caught a cold end of last week, which i still have but even worse I have passed it on to my little son. His first sickness since he was born almost 12 mths ago. We're off to the doctors soon to make sure it's nothing more than just a cold...being 1st time parents.
Plus Caleb has been teething during the whole wedding etc so he's had it rough lately. But you would never guess it looking at him happily playing every day. He's getting his molars so his gums are a bit swollen.
My mum of course arrived like the tornado she is. Within the 1st day I already had a list of things I should and shouldn't do with Caleb :-)
She is returning from Adelaide tomorrow after spending a week with her eldest sister who has alzheimers. Myles will be glad to see her so she can take care of us. He took the day off today from work.
My Mum is the best cook I know. She's a perfectionist and wouldn't think twice about spending hours and hours in the kitchen cooking and baking. She's already decided Caleb is having a blue teddy bear cake for his 1st bday party.
I've been so busy it's now creeped up on us and the hardest thing we have to decide is who to invite. 1st birthdays are meant to be huge, but they really end up being about all the guests and not the child. So I've been trying to think of ways to make it about Caleb, celebrating with him. Not that he will remember it - but i will have video footage!
So it's a pool party for the kids and bbq for everyone....that's the plan so far. Will wait and see tomorrow what my Mum has planned in her head....i can see the guest list getting bigger :-)
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hi Tali! I am a wee bit jealous of you planning your son's first birthday. I am in midst of planning my baby's 9th! (she turns 9 on 12/21 because her big sister, at age 5, decided to pray that baby claire would arrive in time for xmas...my due date was 12/28!) anyways....you made me laugh about planning a party for a 1 yr old because i remember making everything "perfect" for Courtney's #1: a teddy bear theme, we were camping so hosted the entire clan to an afternoon of food, swimming, etc. and then.....yikes...the night before, (we were 2 hours north of her pediatrician and smack dab in the middle of the woods, 45 miles from a hospital) courtney got sick with what we found out 3 days later was her very first (and only!) ear infection!!! It was July and I will never forget it...now she is 14 and my baby is almost 9. Oh dear this is so long again! Anyways, when is Caleb's big day...have fun with it all...it goes by way too fast!!
Wow! That's a 1st bday to remember! Caleb is 13th Dec but the party is on Sunday 16th Dec.
I would love to do a camping party...his cousins have never been camping. They would love it!
Thanks for that idea.
wow! a pool party and bbq in DECEMBER!!! oh my goodness---so green with envy so green
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