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maggie's first birthday party...

well, i'm sure the you can imagine that i have an opinion about first birthday parties:

• they should be tasteful, not tacky. (if your kid is that familiar with spongebob, you are not going to win parent of the year. i'm just saying.)


• not too many other "little" kids. (they don't know what's going on anyway --- besides, didn't you want your child to be the center of attention?)


• not overly organized. (unless you are actually employed as a Cruise Director, there should not be an itinerary. let's just play it loose.)

so. how to strike the perfect balance? well, i posed it to our guests as a "drop-in, very small casual family gathering." perfect. (oh, did i mention that my child's birthday is december 30...? so now i get to mess up everybody's new year's plans. nice.)

actually, it did turn out perfect. we timed it from 4-7 p.m. (maggie's best time of day --- other than 7:00 a.m., which would have just been inconvenient) as a drop-in, and other than our nieces, no other little kids.

there will be plenty of time for dora and barbie themed parties later. this year, i just wanted all of the people who had helped our family so much during the first year to be the ones who got to celebrate.

seriously? you have got to be kidding me.

so, at 3:00 p.m., tim and i got home from a 4 a.m. trip to the jmcgh ER. maggie had a severe allergic reaction to the antibiotic she had been on for last 3 days for an ear infection. 2nd antibiotic in the last month.
poor baby.
i would like to note, for the record, that this was possibly the shortest hospital stay on record for our family. haha. 10 hours. trust me, i have a feeling thats going to be a record.
tim said that maggie realized it had been 6 months since she had logged a hospital stay and must have known it was time for another ER visit. she's obviously gifted. haha.
ER dr and rn were both wonderful, and there was a pediatric intensivist from VCH covering the PICU unit, which was such a blessing.
maggie is so precious. of course, any momma hates when her baby is sick, but i think i got to hold, cuddle and rock maggie more in the last 12 hours than i have in her whole first year of life combined. (not kidding.) and i wouldn't give anything for it.