The boys will be one year old in just a few short weeks. We have fallen into what I am calling the 1st birthday big party trap. I'm hoping that everyone (including myself) will have fun at their party but I am a little skeptical. It seems like stress on level with our wedding - and although I will be glad to see everyone that comes to the party, this will likely be their one and only really BIG party. We have invited aunts, uncles, cousins, great aunts, great uncles, great cousins, great cousins kids, and friends too. We didn't rent a hall, although I'm starting to wonder if we should have. We're having the party at my brother's house. Did I mention I'm making the cake? I'll post pictures when it's all said and done. Thankfully we are getting some labor help from family with the food prep. In the future, I think that we will only invite the boys' aunts, uncles, cousins, and a few friends. How did I think that I should invite all of my and Timo's aunts, uncles and cousins too? Probably because they were always invited to my parties when I was a kid, so it seems to make sense that they should be invited to my kids' parties. But with two large families, well, you see what I mean when I say it's stress like my wedding. Not really, though. I mean, it's only a birthday party, right?
Here's a few choice photos I took of the boys in the last few days. Sorry for the red-eye, we don't have any image editing software on the computer right now.
Gotta love Dario's dimples - he loves smiling for the camera. What he really loves is chasing after me when I am trying to take his picture, trying to grab and eat it!
Raymond is a little trickier to try to get to smile. The camera flashes the pre-flash orange light at him and he doesn't quite know what to think of it. I'm sure I was playing peek-a-boo with him to get him to smile like this.
Daddy is tickling Dario while I sit in the rocker with Raymond. We really love this picture because it shows all of Dario's teeth!
I thought that Raymond looked like a little mini-college professor in his corduroy pants and turtleneck, so I had to get some pictures of him like this. I also realized by taking this picture that turtlenecks really show the fact that our little Raymond has almost no chin, but is all forehead. Perhaps someday his face will grow to catch up with his huge noggin.
Raymond is a little trickier to try to get to smile. The camera flashes the pre-flash orange light at him and he doesn't quite know what to think of it. I'm sure I was playing peek-a-boo with him to get him to smile like this.
Daddy is tickling Dario while I sit in the rocker with Raymond. We really love this picture because it shows all of Dario's teeth!
I thought that Raymond looked like a little mini-college professor in his corduroy pants and turtleneck, so I had to get some pictures of him like this. I also realized by taking this picture that turtlenecks really show the fact that our little Raymond has almost no chin, but is all forehead. Perhaps someday his face will grow to catch up with his huge noggin.
1 comment:
so funny about chin and forehead. he's still adorable! i'm surprised that you have a harder time to get raymond to smile for you. wasn't it the other way around in boston?
i can understand how you'd have wanted to invite everyone to this party. it IS a big deal. i mean, these boys are simply miracles, aren't they? :) i hope all goes well, and it won't be too, too stressful.
i'm leaving all that in my MIL's hands. she's the one who's going to invite all her friends, and most of ours are not around, so i'm staying out of it. maybe we'll have a little one of our own with just few friends. wanna come? ;)
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