lila

One year ago, I was in pretty hard labor. It was fast, much faster than my doula anticipated. She wanted to be born, now.

I remember sensing through the entire pregnancy that this baby would see her "due" date come and go, just so she could have an April birthday like her siblings. More than that, I had an idea of what day she was aiming for. And sure enough, she waited almost two weeks past "due", holding out for as long as she possibly could . . . 33 minutes earlier and she would have been a March baby.

But, she waited for midnight to pass. The third April baby. The April Fool's baby, who, like the first Joke in Narnia, would serve to enrich our lives.

I still cannot believe that tomorrow we celebrate her very first birthday. My, how time has flown.

It seems to go faster each time. She's toddling, months earlier than her siblings managed. She tries so hard to catch up to them. To be big enough to really play with them like she wants. To do all the things she sees them do.

It is exciting. But I've already been missing my baby for a few months. This little girl isn't much of one anymore.

Happy Birthday, my love.

party plans

Today I've finally started plans regarding the 3-in-1 birthday party coming up. It's easier that way since all of them share the same birth month; but as the kids get older, with distinctly different interests, it becomes more challenging to find something that everyone likes and agrees on for the party theme. As Lila gets old enough to have an opinion, it'll be even more difficult.

We finally decided on the theme earlier. I had thought we had already decided on this last month, but they both ended up changing their minds. I wasn't too excited about the previous idea of hide-and-seek. Besides the blatantly obvious game (which neither child really understands the concept of), I was having a tough time thinking of other activities.

The new spy theme makes for easier planning. Especially since there is a specific TV show that they think of when they hear "spy".

. . . I may have deliberately influenced their decision by humming the song as they tried to think of a theme they both like and agree on. Who says Jedi mind control is just fiction?