threeeeeee!

Wesley's birthday is one of my favorite days. His birth at home rocked and gave me incredible confidence in myself. When I get stuck on things I can always remember: I gave birth to a nine pound baby boy in water at home without any medication. After I put things in that perspective I can usually unstick myself. Curious about Wesley's birthday three years ago? Read here.


I love this picture too. He's moments old, I am overcome with relief that the birth is over, the pain has stopped, and he's still connected to me via umbilical cord. Those moments where we all just rested before I delivered the placenta and stared awestruck at this little guy remain some of the best moments in my world.

But now...we have this little guy.
He's wild and he had the best three year old birthday ever. We threw an impromptu birthday party that featured: donuts, juice and coffee. When guests arrived they immediately received the news as they walked in that 1. we had donuts, 2. Bailey didn't live here anymore, and 3. that Bailey was in dog heaven. The rest of the party props included handpicked Thomas plates, a package of party hats, blower things, and pin the tail on the bunny.


We didn't stress or fuss (aside from securing the necessary balloons and donuts). The kids played. The mamas drank coffee and chatted. We broke up quibbles and let the kids run wild between puzzle stations, barbie stations, train stations, art stations and block stations.

Essentially I took their existing toys and grouped them in different areas of the house. I think I'll try doing that more often on days when I know we are going to be at home for a bit and they are going nuts.


This afternoon Wesley and I made gluten free, wheat free, dairy free, soy free chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting. The boy got to eat his cake and was just tickled that he could enjoy it! For dinner we made homemade oat waffles with blueberries and maple syrup. Easy, simple and totally requested.


I enjoyed the low key homemade birthday party. I'm inspired to try it again this fall with Clare if she'll let me get away with it. More pictures to come.