Well, I survived my baby turning 1 yesterday. We had a nice little celebration. I was able to leave work early, so we ate dinner with my parents (had spaghetti since it's one of Jake's favorites) and then opened all of his gifts. Andy jokes that it looks like a daycare threw up in our sunroom (well, once sunroom...now playroom). Honestly, we have more crap than Jake's daycare! His favorite birthday gifts? 1. His fisher price chair (great recommendation rach!) 2. the cool tunnel and grandma and grandpa got him and 3. a toy phone from Leslie and Coen. He was fascinated with the phone and rushed over to play with it as soon as he got dressed this morning.
Tomorrow brings the "formal" party. I'm so thankful that I opted for basically paying someone else to host it. We're expecting nearly 40+ people and I'm glad to not have the stress of hosting such a large group at my house.
My realization? Birthdays really are a celebration of life. Sure, the birthday boy or girl gets lots of attention and gifts, but the day isn't really just about that person. I realized yesterday that it's more about the people who experienced and celebrated in the actual birth. Okay, so really I think it's about the mother...seriously. Yesterday I was transported not just back to the hospital and delivery room, but reminded of the entire pregnancy (and all of its trials and tribulations!). This is going to sound terribly selfish, but I don't care....Jake gets all of the praise and fuss, but I'm the one that did all of the work and experienced all of the PAIN a year ago! LOL On that note...I publicly apologize to my mom. From now on, she'll be getting a gift and/or card every February 10th. I was born that day and that's it...she did all the work. And, yes, we do celebrate Mother's Day every year....but that's not enough b/c we also celebrate Father's Day. Father's don't carry the child in their womb while their body is ravaged for 9+ months and they do not experience child birth and the weeks/months of pain afterward (not to mention the fat that never goes away and the stretch marks!).
Beagles--We have 2, Ruben & Kobe and they are like our children (plus Isabelle, the cat)! Buckeyes--Born and bred & completely obsessed with OSU football! Bush-Bashing--This sums up my political ideologies and liberal tendencies (to put it mildly:)!
3 comments:
Happy Birthday, Jake!
I've never really understood birthdays. I mean, why celebrate me on my birthday? I had NOTHING to do with being here!
So, Happy Jake's Birthday to Andy and Sara! Job well done!
I would love to see you guys! I don't have your email address anymore (we chatted last through my old work email) but mine is kristen.corn@gmail.com.
Talk to you soon!
Hello. This is Joanie and I am leaving a comment to update Sara's blog. Some of you may be wondering where she is. I see her at Court and she is working very very hard. Her job continues at home with Jake and I will never understand how working mamas do it all.
Sara looks fabulous. She recently participated in a March of Dimes walk and several friends were in attendance.
Just yesterday I received a glossy mailing with her named boldly displayed as a member of the legal faculty for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual DUI Seminar. Go Sara! The best of the best are brought in for that, and Sara has been working with the seminar for a long time.
This is my little Sara update, as known to me. I do know that she has not had a chance to try my vegan cupcakes, and for that I am sad. Hopefully I will see Sara in the near future so I can update the blog further.
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