First party

Pretty invitations sent out - check, good food prepared - check, music creating a nice mood - check, flowers in a vase - check, beautifully decorated table - check, pretty dress - uncheck (appeared to be impossible while breastfeeding. Tights, a top and nice shoes instead), a tiny bit stressed after preparing food and decoration before and during the guests arrival - check.

Nothing is like a party. I love preparing for it, dress up a little more than usual, eat the food I've made, observe the guests having a good time while enjoying the food or just something nice in their glass or cup.

Today I served cinnamon rolls and lemonade, with marzipan cake and slices of whole grain bread with egg and smoked salmon on the side. All in honour of my little son Atlas. Now four months old, we felt it was time to celebrate his entering into the world and our family. So:

Baby dressed in tuxedo shirt - check, baby awake - uncheck (he decided to fall asleep five minutes before the guests arrived, after having stayed awake the entire morning), guests arriving i nice clothes - check, lighting and blowing out candles on cake, for Atlas - check, receiving presents - check, running up to fetch crying baby from his bedroom - check, staging "blowing out candles scene" again, this time with baby - check, open presents with baby - check, passing baby around - check, smiling and socialising - check, thanking guests for gifts and contribution to the party - check.

And at last: sitting down in sofa smiling and enjoying the silence after the guests have left - check.