I kind of want to have a day between just DD and our little family to do something special on her birthday. Did anyone else not/will not throw a party? I feel guilty but our families our out of state and we only have a few friends with children.
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I don't think we'll do anything big. Whatever feels right for your family!
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Charlie had a big one. Olive had nothing. I don't think we even did a cake.
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I doubt ours will be very big. We don't have any friends with kids around here. Some of our friends from Philly might be interested in coming but it's an almost 2 hour drive so I'm doubtful. It'll probably just be family...<20 people. And honestly, maybe he'll be different in August but for now I think something larger would really overwhelm him.
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We just had a small family party for LO. We ordered Dominos, bought a nice grocery store cake, put up simple decorations and my MIL decorated with balloons. We had a blast!
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Both sets of grandparents were in town and my brother, that's it! 8 people total, and I would have been fine with just the 3 of us too.
We went out to brunch, came back and ate a few cupcakes. We spread out opening his gifts through the day and he took his usual naps. I think he would have been a hot mess if we had done anything more.
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We're just planning in having a simple lunch at our place with cake.
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I think we're also going to skip a big party. My personal opinion is that a big 1 year old bash is really for the parents... not the baby so it's okay NOT to do one. I may get pressured into it by peers and the grandparents... but so far, we're not planning one.
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For DD's first birthday, we had our best friends over for cake. DS's first birthday is next weekend, and we'll have my parents over for cake; that's all that's planned. I don't feel guilty about it at all, but we're really not into big parties and will probably never have one for either kid unless they specifically request it.
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We are having a small party (immediate family and close friends) at our house- lunch time gathering.
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Nope, had a very small party when we were visiting my parents. So we got cute cake pics without all the stress
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We aren't planning one. It's an expense I've never understood. Her bday is 11/26 so we'll probably just have a cake for her at Thanksgiving dinner : )
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we had a small family only first birthday party and it was lovely!
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I think small parties are great! We had a little party with grandparents and a few friends and it worked out really well for us. We ordered pizza and made brownies instead of cake and opened presents. It was fun and simple!
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Nothing wrong with a small party! I agree with @OCmama: that the 1st year party is really for the parents. We will probably just have some family (<10) over for a bbq
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Ours will be small, likely just my ILs and us. My family is far away and won't be able to make it, and as much as I would like to throw a big party for friends we just can't afford it!
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We didn't do much because it was during my first semester of law school and frankly, he wouldn't care anyway. I just wanted to have a few pictures to be able to show him someday if he ever asks. It was DH, X, me, and my ILs, who live in town, plus DH's grandma who insisted on coming and drove 5 hours to come. My priorities were to get great pictures and to bake a cake from scratch for his first birthday. We decorated a little-- bunting around his high chair at the restaurant, a dinosaur shirt and dinosaur cake topper-- that was it. We opened presents, ate cake, and got pictures with the birthday boy held by each person there, so we have that for posterity. It was very low-key and perfect. Probably what we'll do for any future birthdays until he's old enough to know/care.
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