Party Week: Part 1

First of all, thank you for all the party ideas from my last post. Pinatas filled with booze? Booze luges? It’s like you’ve been to this site once or twice! Sadly, in the end, I was too busy/stressed/etc. with everything going on that I didn’t have time to shop for wee plastic bottles of whiskey and gin, but trust me, it was a great party regardless.

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The past couple weeks have been a whirlwind of out-of-town beach wedding and family visiting and party-throwing and finally (FINALLY) it’s just the three of us and I can sit down for a second and regroup. I also don’t have to wear pants if I don’t want to, but that’s neither here nor there.

Anyway, since there’s been SO much party up in here, I thought I’d break it down and tackle them one by one.

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Almost two weeks ago, Chris, LG, and I headed five hours south to my friend-from-junior-high’s wedding. I didn’t really allow myself to think too much about traveling with a baby, instead just throwing things together last minute so as to save myself from any possible disappointment when things didn’t go as planned. There was no plan! So things went great! In fact, the morning we left, I asked Chris, “How many blankets does LG need? Three should be enough, right?” to which Chris responded, “She can’t possibly ruin three blankets in one day.” Now, I know all you mothers and fathers out there just collectively gasped because once you put something like that out there, yes, in fact, your child WILL ruin all three blankets and possibly some hotel towels too, but because she loves us, LG didn’t ruin even one blanket.

Anyway, the wedding was a great time, as evidenced by this picture:
I’m not ENTIRELY sure what we’re doing here, but I think it was after several shots of whiskey, so we were obviously having a blast.

Here’s a picture of us looking a little more presentable; one of these days I’ll get my shit together enough to either bring the big camera (and more importantly, USE IT) or at least have someone take our picture with my iPhone. Until then, it’s self-portraits:

Who the hell cares about these two? WHERE’S THE BABY?!

Here she is:

She had THE MOST adotable outfit care of Chris’s Uncle Rick and Aunt Roz and of course I neglected to get a proper picture. BUT. In my defense, she was an absolute terror all afternoon (but was an angel during the ceremony, THANK GOD), so I was a little hesitant to take her out of her seat, lest we become the official wedding ruiners.

I only wish we’d had more time to wander around the beach (Avila Beach, for those curious), because I think traveling with a newborn could really be my cup of tea: Wake up, eat breakfast, take a nap, eat lunch, take another nap, eat dinner, go to bed.

Luckily, though, I did remember to get a picture of LG in her hoodie:

COULD YOU JUST DIE?

Tomorrow I’ll take my pictures off the real camera and fill you in on Chris’s birthday party, but for now — Chris’s ACTUAL birthday — I’m going to go hang out with my two favorite people*.

*One of whom will not stop crying and it’s not the one who turned 30 today.