Kid Stuff

So, The Dude will be celebrating his second birthday in about 3 months time. I am flabbergasted. Seriously, where has the time gone. I know parents say that all the time, but man is it ever true. I am in awe everyday at the new things he is picking up and how quickly he has mastered them. It seems as though it was only yesterday we were just bringing him home for the first time. 


It's also hard to imagine that in less than 2 years time we've had a baby, moved from Whitehorse YT to Drumheller AB. Travelled to Belleville ON, Vancouver BC, Grande Prairie AB and to Las Vegas NV before moving again, this time to Cornwall ON. We've made some incredible friends in that time that we were sad to leave, which brings me to the point of this post. The Dude's second birthday. 


Last year for the first one, were in Alberta, away from our families and the majority of our close friends, we had a small party for him with a couple of friends we had made in town, but it was pretty low key. Some toys, some decorations and some cake. Now at that age I realize the party is more for mom & dad than it is for the birthday boy. This year, we're closer to all his extended family and all our friends, some of whom we haven't seen in years but have kept in contact with phone calls and Facebook. I want to plan something special. Not only a birthday party for The Dude, but a "We're Back" shindig. I guess I better pick a theme and start designing the invites!


This is last years  party invite. At the time I was experimenting around with Apple's Pages program. I used elements from one of their flyer templates and made it into a one sided flat invite sized to fit into a letter size envelope. Trying to figure out how to print it up properly was frustrating using the program, but in the end they turned out kinda cute!