When I was pregnant, I remember expecting and planning for everything to be perfect. The cutest new baby room, picture perfect baby showers, a natural and painless birth. And then it all happened. We had a tiny crib squeezed into our tiny one-bedroom NYC apartment, people were drunk and crazy at my baby shower, and well, birth is anything but painless.
Life happens, and it’s really only memorable when you can look back and laugh at the memories that occurred. Especially when you realize that mom brain is real, and you’ll never remember all those little things that happened in the first few months. I am by no means creative or a scrap-booking type of mom, but I do look back and am glad I turned into that mom to send out birth invites and fun, cute invitations. Plus, when you’re pregnant – you still have all the time in the world to address and mail out tons of little envelopes. I used to balance the cards on my belly as I would finish writing them out, and laugh to myself as Maximo would kick and knock them off while still in my belly.
Now that he’s about to turn three years old, and I still have his birth announcement on my fridge, I am glad to be able to look back and see these milestones, and one day even pass them over to him to keep.
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Here are the three milestones you’ll want to start planning for:
The Unisex Baby Shower
More and more baby showers are turning into friendly get togethers instead of the traditional female only tea party. Since Max was due in July, we decided a cookout would be the best idea (and these would have been the perfect invite!) Instead of a pinterest-pretty a pool party, we ended up with keg stands and late-night topless swimming. It was more of a fraternity-themed party, instead of a cookout, so make sure when you plan yours – you keep a limit on the booze.
The Birth Announcement
As a laid-back mom, I rolled my eyes more than once at the fact that I should take newborn photos of my baby to blast out to everyone. Weren’t people tried of baby pics, yet? Once he was born, I quickly jumped on the bandwagon, and I too was overcome with the need to show the world just how much I thought everyone needed to see my cute new bundle of love. To this day, I still love looking at his days-old wrinkly face that is still proudly displayed on my fridge. You won’t be sad you made then either.
The First Birthday
Everyone has become obsessed with out doing the first birthday. As a mom who has survived, a few things to remember are: keep it simple and chic, don’t invite the world, and don’t get lost in Pinterest and Etsy. You need to make an invitation that worth keeping for years and years – and this one that can hold the famous monthly images is even worthy of framed art on the wall. This can become a sort of party favor in itself.
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