No Theme Required

The first year is what I call the year of no sleep. But it was filled with first foods, walking, crawling, no more bottles ( for the most part. We still had the occasional bottle before nap time and bed time against all advice from the know it all moms)  but sippy cups were his favorite thing to drink out of, and he loved Cheerios. We got rid of the baby swing he out grew and the bassinet was a distant memory. Our lives were filled with walks to the park around the corner, playtime with other toddlers at the park, and toddler proofing everything in the house. 

His first birthday fast approaching. Everyone kept asking me what his theme was going to be for his party. When I looked at them like you gotta be kidding they apparently felt the need to school me about first birthday parties themes. One of my friends was having a Winnie the Pooh theme party, one was having a Sesame Street party which she had been planning for 7 months. A friend of a friend was having a princess themed party for her daughter which was booked 10 months in advance. ( so like when she was 2 months old, the baby) The only thing I wanted to do when my won was 2 months old was sleep for more then 4 hours. The last thing on my mind was party planning.

I always thought a cake, a gift and a couple of balloons would be good. Never did I dream a one year old needed a theme party. I thought only celebrities did that cause they had money to do it.
Guess I was out of the loop. 


Well, what had happened the week of my sons birthday was nothing I could have predicted. My grandmother died 7 days before his first birthday. Her funeral was going to be on his birthday. I didn't have a theme nor was in the frame of mind for a theme. That day after the funeral after we came home I took out the small birthday cake I brought the day before and the balloon which I tied to his highchair. He ate his cake, a piece of his cake, got chocolate all over his face and hands and I clicked off a few pictures and his first birthday was a rap forever immortalized in a million pictures. 

No theme necessary, just a happy one year old.