While I wanted the occasion to be celebratory, I didn't want anything even remotely stressful or fussy. Ben will never remember whether or not I spent seven hours making the custom water-bottle sleeves I saw on pinterest, so I'm just not gonna, thankyouverymuch. There are plenty of years ahead for big parties, so this year I decided to invite my parents and Tim's parents over for cake, and leave it at that.
As plans evolved, we realized that all of Tim's siblings would be in town the day of Ben's "non-party," to run the Warrior Dash together. Of course, since they would already be here, we turned the "non-party" into a "family-only, sorta-party." When our home was struck by the plague the week of Ben's birthday, I was especially thankful I hadn't planned a big blow-out. It really took the pressure off of us.
So, the morning of the "family-only, kinda-party-but-really-just-a-bbq-with-cake-and-presents" everyone drove up to watch our warriors dash.
After the race, the family headed back to our house for the "non-party."
Although the doctor had virtually promised that Ben would be better by "non/kinda-party" day, that doctor is a liar. Ben was still miserable. He was either sleeping or crying through the entire "non-party." As I look back through pictures, I realize I didn't even get shots of Ben with his grandparents that day. Sad, but the whole day was kind of a blur.
Despite the fact that Ben wasn't feeling well, the rest of the day really was sweet. How nice to have all of our family around us to celebrate the blessing of a whole year with our little guy. And, I'm looking on the bright side: next year's party just has to be better!
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that photo garland has to be the cutest thing i've ever seen!! happy birthday to benjamin!
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