Six Months

When we found out I was pregnant, my husband and I started talking about what days of a year to celebrate, he was very adamant about having an un-birthday party for our baby. Since I am in love with Alice and Wonderland and we have very few days out of the year that we do something special, I immediately loved the idea. I decided it should be a 6 month event, since it is no more or less her birthday. I started to plan my little girl’s 6 month birthday about 3 weeks before hand. I wanted to make it special. I thought about how we could make it “the best day” for her.

Then we went to the grocery store. She loves going places with mom and dad, the grocery store is no different. My husband accidentally dropped a box of Reese’s Pieces off the shelf. She giggled at the sound of the rattling noise. So, we bought the box of candy. She played with it the entire time we were finishing up our shopping, the entire car ride home, and for a good 3 hours before she went to bed. My husband enjoyed the candy that night, thinking she was done playing with it. But being the guy that he was, left the empty box on the desk.

The next day, Baby and I went to talk with Husband in the office. She immediately saw the box and grabbed it off the desk. And with a very disappointed look shook it, realized it no longer made noise, and threw it to the ground pouting. I had to fix it; my poor little girl looked so mad. So, I filled the box with some extra pumpkin seeds I had and taped it closed. She had her toy back and was thrilled.

I realized over the last two days that she had “the best day” grocery shopping and playing with something I wouldn’t have given a second look to.  It wasn’t about special treatment or fun activities; she was just happy being with me and playing. It was the simple things.

I no longer had to stress about trying to make it special, it was special. We did go to the Zoo, but with the realization that it was more of a trip for me. 

So, Happy 6 month Birthday to my Little Girl. Tempest Elizabeth you are wonderful and I can’t wait to see you grow up even more. This has been the best 6 months of my life.