Party

Dear Sprout,

Originally, I had planned on having a really big first birthday party for you. There are so many people that love you and I wanted to have a thank you celebration of sorts. However, with so many things going on and life getting busier by the day, I came to realize that it would be too hard for me to pull a larger party off. During the summer months, we will have a get together and invite bunches of your friends. And for now, for your birthday, we will keep everything simple and sweet.

On Saturday, we will not be having all of the decorations I originally had envisioned. That being said, there are two little elements that shall remain. You will wear a little felt party hat that I made especially for you and we will have very special party favors. Since you are our little "Sprout," we are going to decorate glass baby food jars with "boyish" ribbon and fill them with wild flower seeds. Your favors will make the world a little bit more beautiful, just like you did when you were born a year ago.

Today as Daddy and I were looking at seeds, I remembered walking through the same garden aisle a year earlier. Together we had picked out flowering seeds and a bird-feeder bells. We placed them in baby blue gift bags and included pre-written thank you notes to give to the doctor and nurses that would tend to us. Sweet memories like this make me smile and get sentimental at the same exact time. This year has been both beautiful and fleeting.

I am so excited about your birthday celebration. What a year of blessings this has been! And though your party will not be grand in scale, it will be busting at the seams with love.

Love always,
Mommy