crazy about birthdays

i woke up suddenly the other day

in a panic because i realized olive's golden birthday is in a few months

she'll be 3 on the 3rd

and since this is her only golden birthday, it has to be super special

(for the record, michael does not support the celebration of golden birthdays

mostly because he's bitter he found out about them years after his had passed...i still care a lot)

i immediately ordered a golden mylar balloon in the shape of a 3

for olive's special day

then i realized i need to start planning noah and eleanor's birthdays that are in april

eleanor's won't be too extravagant since it's her first

but it'll still need to be special

noah's birthday on the other hand needs to be awesome

because last year he got jipped

eleanor was only 10 days old and there wasn't much celebrating for him

so this year is going to be awesome

and i've already made the invitations

and booked the entertainment

hazel wants me to start planning her birthday, too

which will be awesome, too

because 5 feels like a big deal to me

but i'm putting her on the back burner for now

since there are three birthdays and 3 months until hers

for now, she wants a cinderella ball

which will be fun

eleanor was sick in the hospital for michael's birthday last year

so i feel like his birthday needs some making up, too

am i the only one who stresses this much over birthdays?

i just feel like birthdays and holidays are so important

it turns out it's part of my personality according to this test

it's only one day a year to celebrate a person

so it has to be awesome

and since i'm the mom, i feel fully responsible

image from here

ps. nothing new with hazel, unless we're talking about the pattern of her hives..