Party planning

With the impending birth of Girl Baby, which is apparently never happening because I don't feel at all like I am making more progress, I have been forced to get organized early on Jack's soon-to-be-here second birthday.

Oh my holy hell, my child is turning 2 in three weeks. How did that happen?

So I ordered the big gift (it's a Kettler tricycle! We could have paid our mortgage or gotten this trike; I told Josh defaulting is the new black!), it arrived today and I am so excited to give it to him I don't want to wait.

I also bought some of the smaller gifts last week, the same day I bought his Big Brother presents from us and the baby and his Little Sister present to give to the baby at the hospital.

An aside: if you've never taken your child to a toy store without a cart or a stroller, well then you've never lived. Also an aside: we went to the toy store that Angelina Jolie took her kids to when they were visiting Chicago. We're so cool.

That same day I purchased all the party paraphernalia that I could find with Elmo's mug on it and the invites were sent out this week. I am proud to say the only thing we'll need to take care of is getting cupcakes and pizza the day of the party.

Since I will likely be tired, fat and leaking milk, we decided to just host a small party for kids at our place. For 90 minutes, everyone can eat and drink and play and then everyone is getting the hell out at naptime. That's my kind of party.