Wow! What a difference 24 hours makes! Today I woke up and I lay awake looking up at the ceiling with a smile. I was praising the Lord and thanking him over and over for helping me feel better. I couldn't have been given more motivation to work hard today and get a lot done. Including spending more quality time with my kids. It was great to feed Clayton a good breakfast, and nurse Calvin with out excruciating pain. I got to clean a lot and got a ton of stuff on my list for yesterday accomplished here and there when the kids' schedule allowed me too.
I even got to my Dr. appointment that allowed me to get adjusted for the long weekend ahead. This thanks to my great friend Jodie who offerred to help me while Sean was gone. Her support and encouragement this past week has been so uplifting and energizing. Just having the short trip back and forth to the Dr gave me a great break throughout today that relieved a great amount of stress. I could not be more grateful to her for her willingness to inconvenience herself in order to help me out.
I look forward to tomorrow because having this party looming over my shoulder has been a little daunting having no husband around. If he were here I know I wouldn't be stressing so much because I truly enjoy hosting events at our home. My mother instilled in me the desire to host as I watched her growing up. I can't count how many times I had to clean on a weekend because my Mom told me that "we were having company". Oh, how I hated "company" growing up because this was not a "fun" thing to do on a weekend for a kid. I am grateful however, for my Mother teaching me the importance of teaming up as a family to help the overall goal of serving others through hospitality.
I know I could of done a Chuck E Cheese party or have it at another venue. However, I think in my mind what would Clayton most enjoy? What would given him the most happiness? In the end, as I considered this I knew the answer was a party here. He loves being home and loves even more when we have "company". Whenever people come over you should see the look on his face. It is priceless. On another note, he then proceeds to show off and talk a million times too fast. People who come over here can tell how much he appreciates them being here because all he can do is jump off the walls with energy. My son has a lot of energy but when people are here it multiplies time and time again. So, I knew that he would love this. Plus, last year we had his party here and I just kept thinking how amazing it was to see his face throughout the afternoon. How much fun he was having. Looking at at face just gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling I'll never forget. It was my "first" Mom-organized birthday party as he turned 2 and for his 1st birthday we were in Florida with no family/friends on a TDY for Sean's preparations to come to Vegas to work.
We look forward to everyone coming on Saturday. I feel like its Christmas again because I can not wait to see his face with the bounce castle, and to see him enjoy the cotton candy machine. I'm going to plan a few games for him to play with the kids as this year being 3 he can really understand what's happening. He's been to a few parties since and the whole cake and candle part is always so intriguing for him. He loved being sung to last year too so I'm so excited!! Its better than "my" birthday times a billion!!! I guess that's what is so awesome about becoming a parent is that transition from it's about "my" birthday to "what can we do that's awesome for our kids" birthdays!!
I will plan on posting a lot of fun pictures. Including, his transformer cake that I am praying turns out great. Also, I got Sean a Optimus Prime costume that I am hoping Clayton gets a kick out of. :) The really cute thing is, is that Sean isn't hating the idea of dressing up. Even wants to use it as his Halloween costume this year. Hee hee. So cute.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
I am taking a deep breath as I start my food prep tomorrow.
I spent an hour to organize my list to prevent day of stress!! :)
That is my goal. Prevention of stress. So that on Saturday I can enjoy my son celebrating his birthday and of course spend time with all our wonderful guests that have blessed us by wanting to come over.
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