Gametes In Love

G’s birthday party was a lot of fun! I’m thankful that so many of our friends and family joined us to wish him a Happy 1st.

Someone must have snuck behind my back and told G about being “fashionably late”. The day of his birthday, G took one of the longest naps he’s ever done. His went down at 8:30 and woke up at 11. His party? Yeah, that started at 10:30. I agonized over when to start it. His morning naps typically started no later than 8 and at best went 2 hours long, so I figured he might be a “little” late to his own party. Not an hour late ;p Still, I am grateful that everyone was so patient!

In honor of G’s first Big Boy food being Greek, we had lunch catered by a very tasty Mediterranean restaurant. I made tasty sugar-free muffins for the wee-ones whose parents didn’t want a sugar-high, and they turned out very well. (I used this First Birthday Cake recipe, btw). The sugar fiends of us, meanwhile enjoyed monstrous cupcakes from Costco (have you seen these things? Each is the size of a child’s smash cake!)

G was a very big boy and didn’t cry while we all sang him Happy Birthday. I on the other hand, did! Can’t explain it. Maybe it’s because my little dude is growing up? Who knows, but I’ll just say I was glad I wore sun-glasses that day.

I didn’t get to take many photos. Actually I didn’t get to take ANY photos. It’s ironic, because leading up to the day I had nightmares about my camera not working, being stolen, so on and so forth. And yet that day, I took no pictures. Thankfully S did. I’m also shamelessly stealing some from other friends and family that also did.

Enjoy!

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This past week G had a whole lotta family love around him. I’m kicking myself because of a Legacy project I missed out on the opportunity of doing. Right after everyone left, I thought to myself “Wouldn’t it be cool, if all of G’s (great-)grammies, grand-pa’s, aunts, uncles and cousins recorded their voices reading him a story? Each voice, a different story.” That way he’d remember everyone in between visits and it would be a great keep-sake for when he’s older.

My dad’s mom passed away when I was very young. She had cancer. Before she died, she gifted me a set of ear-rings that had been passed down in my family a few generations. That evening was taped, and it’s my favorite recording of all time. It’s so amazing for me to hear her voice and get to know her through that sound. I’d like G to be able to have the same experience.

So… it’s a project in the works, but meanwhile, here are a whole lotta photos from the past week.

Family Portraits

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Play-time w/ Aunt P, Grandma and Grandpa

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