Planning the 1st Birthday

Who knew a first birthday for a baby could be so complicated? The decorations, the food, getting the house ready, inviting people over. It's a lot of work. My wife and I are taking each day this week to do something little to ready ourselves for the party: clean a room or two, ready some guest beds (yes, we have some family members coming from out of town to see the little one get a whole year older), make some of the food for the party, cut up and arrange the decorations, etc etc, and so on and so on.

It's funny doing all of this work and all of this planning for someone who in all likelihood won't remember much of the day after a week or so (if even that long, I really don't how long a baby's memory is). I just tried googling baby memory, and I'm getting about 500 different answers. The point is, she won't remember it years from now, she won't remember all the friends and family that came just for her. She won't remember the cake or the presents or the smiles on everyone's faces. I guess it's a good thing I plan on taking a lot of pictures.

I think I have about one picture from my first birthday. My family was clearly lazy in the picture-taking department.

D.