Somehow Shelby is turning 1. I honestly can't believe the year has already gone by. Amazing.
To celebrate this event I have given some examples of how maybe a 1st child's birthday celebration and a 5th child's birthday celebration are very, very different.
-When it's your 1st child you send out "save the date cards" months in advance and special hand made invites with their professional photos 3 weeks in advance. When it's your 5th child's birthday you email everyone and spread the word on facebook. If you find a photo you have actually had time to print off you may include that as well(probably not).
-1st child gets every learning, walking, talking, dancing toy imaginable. 5th child already has those from previous siblings so you save some money on presents. (5th child bonus in my mind)
-1st child, You invite everyone, including people you see that morning at the grocery store, because you are just that damn excited. 5th child, you realize that as much as people want to celebrate with you there is no chance the President and his wife are stopping by. Needless to say you scale back the invites. Plus if you include their siblings you have a whole party right there.
-1st child, you buy out Party city. 5th child, you throw some decorations in the cart that were right by the check out stand and call it a day.
-1st child, You dress in your Sunday best. 5th child, it's a miracle if you get a chance to put make up on.
-1st child, You plan nothing else on the party day and spend hours preparing and decorating. 5th child, maybe you happen to be the Girl Scout cookie Mom for an older sibling so you wake up at 6:00am and go load 2600 boxes of girls scout cookies into your van to distribute before and after the party because by now you've hit maximum crazy so theirs no reason not to add this to your day.
-1st child, You write down all presents and who they are from. 5th child, you video tape and play back the movie so you can actually see what they got and who gave it to them.
And finally...1st child, You can't imagine another birthday or what they will grow up to be like. 5th child, you know it only gets better...
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