Happy Birthday Baby!
Well, he's officially not a baby anymore... we have a toddler on our hands!
We celebrated W's birthday in conjunction with his baptism a bit early (10 days early) to avoid the late holiday rush.
The baptism took place during the regular Sunday service at our church. We had many of our friends from the congregation there as well as friends and family who came especially for the baptism. Many of the Mexican Catholics were surprised because they have heard "Christians" (which Protestants are often called here) don't baptize babies, when actually that is more a question of denomination. Of course, we don't believe W's baptism "saved" him, but was more of a way of publicly dedicating him to God, promising to raise him in the church, etc. When he makes his own decision for Christ in the future, he may be confirmed. Or, there are those who go for full immersion. To each his own.
Anyway, after the service we headed back to our place, which we renamed "W's Farm." We rented the party room in our building, which comes with a little L-shaped garden, and there outside we had a petting zoo set up. We hired the "mobile farm" from La Granja del Tío Pepe and it was a huge hit. (W's nursery has a farm theme, so we just kept going with that.)
We also had a great taco spread with all the food homemade by W's nanny and her family, plus limeade, horchata and beer.
After lunch, we had piñatas (two) and cake... singing Happy Birthday in English and Las Mañanitas in Spanish.
I think it was a great party, but very stressful for Fran and me. I think mostly that was due to the fact that we were at church in that crucial two-hour window when one is usually putting the final touches on a party and also the fact that we did a lot ourselves (of course with the support of family and friends) rather than outsource everything to one or two pros. Anyway, the guests seemed to have a great time! And we will have a great memory of this huge milestone. W had no idea what we were celebrating for him, but one year of parenthood was quite the accomplishment for us.
Having the party before the actual birthday worked well, because it gave me some time to let it sink in and spread my emotional ups and downs over several days.
My baby is one year old! I just can't believe it. He is such a wonderful boy!
Posted by Sloane and Puffy at 12/23/2011 4:55 PM 
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Tags: baby party milestones
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Sloane and Fran, congratulations on this first milestone. It is an important one, also, as being working parents you put extra effort into it. The baptism and the birthday party look great and W had fun, whether he understood what was going on or not... ;D
A big hug for you three!!
Rose
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Thanks Rose! We got pictures, so in case he ever doubts that we did it up right
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Felicitats, Beavl! It is a great accomplishment and you have such a handsome young man!!!!
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Thanks Beavl! You would definitely know, having hit this milestone before we did!
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Oh my goodness, that outfit he's wearing in front of the baby animals with the look on his face. Too cute!
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Thank you! I LOVE Baby Gap overalls. This is his second pair and I anticipate getting new ones for every size!
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