Saturday, April 12, 2008

Ahhhhhhhh,,, Quiet (for now)

It's almost 4pm.
In 5 minutes I have to go upstairs and wake my boys up. (I'll let the baby sleep). I sent them both upstairs for "quiet time" aka a nap to get themselves ready for Doodle's birthday party tonight.
Then I fed the baby and once she was asleep I put her in the bedroom also, so all three of them are asleep in one room.
And I'm sitting here, in the quiet, with the tv off, enjoying the peace for just a few moments before I wake everyone up, start bath time for Doodle, and get Phat Daddy packing the van for the play place where we will hold Doodle's party.
I think we have everything ready. Yesterday my mom came over and filled lootbags with me. Phat Daddy made an AMAZING arial firetruck cake. We have ordered pizza and of course sent out invitations. I'm not sure of the exact number of people coming tonight. It was a little dumb to send out invitations the week I was giving birth. Phat Daddy would sit in the hospital checking our voicemail and say "Robert is coming" and we'd be happy, and then neither of us would write it down.
So, we have a guesstimate, and I've hired a couple of babysitters to help curb the madness, so we should be set.
And then tonight, well, I'd say we'll all sleep well. But, I will be awake every hour or 2 feeding the baby. But, hopefully in between feedings I'll sleep well.
The important thing is that tonight Doodle enjoys his party. He's been incredible with his baby sister. He kisses her all the time and hugs her, and always wants to help in some way. And, there's been a lot of change in the last few weeks.
So tonight I want it to be about him and his friends. Maybe I've gone a little overboard (as usual) trying to make it perfect, but truthfully, I want him to know that no matter what he's special to us. I think he knows that. But, I like to remind him as much as I can.
Gotta go wake him up. And, I have to find him matching socks. Both of those could be huge feats in themselves.

5 comments:

LoriD said...

Hope he has a great party! I'd love to see a cake picture... it sounds awesome.

Unknown said...

It was great, it really was. And it was about Doodle and he was hilarious! Blowing kisses during the song was so priceless, it cracked me up!
I don't know how you guys did it since you had a baby only 2 weeks ago but it was so much fun! The place was awesome for all those kids!!
Now hopefully you can sit back and just enjoy things for awhile without having anything too major coming up on your calendar!!

SciFi Dad said...

SO sorry we missed it. We're still emerging from the fog here... hope to be able to see you all soon.

Please tell Doodle Happy Birthday from the munchkin.

Blog said...

I can't believe he's FOUR already! I hope the party was a success, and that you were happy with it! :) I know Doodle must have been!

citygirl said...

Can't wait to hear how great it was!