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It’s finally here…Layli’s first birthday will be on Friday! We’re going to have a small party for her and naturally, I had to hand make her invitations. Below is a picture of my handiwork…I’m quite proud. We decided that we’re not going to put any limitations on gifts since it’s her first birthday and she won’t really know any better. But we’re thinking that for future birthdays however many birthday toys she receives, she has to donate that many of her old toys to a charity…hopefully we can find something where she can actually go and deliver the toys herself so she can experience that.
I turned 30 last week and despite the fact that being alive for three decades is something to celebrate, my birthday wasn’t all too exciting to me. Usually on my birthday I can’t wait to celebrate me…but this year it was different. Now that I’m a mom, birthdays have new meaning. I feel like Layli’s birthday is my birthday. Whenever I think about the day she was born, I can’t help but get emotional. I feel like I should be celebrated on her birthday because the day she was born is so incredibly special to me.
A close friend of mine called me to wish me Happy Birthday and also to share with me that she’s pregnant. She has no idea how much happiness that little piece of news brought me…I think I was more excited than she was. When I was pregnant, mothers who didn’t even know me would be so excited to hear I was having my first baby. I thought it was comical at the time but now I understand it…parents are all in on the secret…that life’s greatest joy lies in your baby’s smile. It’s an experience that we all understand intellectually but don’t truly know until we go through it. This is why our mothers can’t wait for us to have children as soon as we get married….because the joy you experience when you have a child is complete, perfect and miraculous.
