holiday host

we hosted dan's holiday work party at our house this year. dan and i both like to host guests, but the to-do list takes longer with a little one. i started a couple weeks ago planning the menus and making my to-do list thinking i was going to be on top of things. now that it is over i have to say we rocked it, but oh my getting to that point. my mom came as usual on tuesday to keep donovan, but with my to-do list and bad weather we were lucky enough to have her until thursday morning. thank goodness! friday came and i could not believe how much i had left to do. i spent some time that day figuring on how to get out of town before guests arrived to a not prepared for party. donovan had a good day which was helpful, but still required lots of attention. when dan came home i ordered him around until our guests arrived.

6:30pm sharp our guests arrived and began doting over donovan. he was stand offish at first but a few minutes in he was being passed around while dan and i continued hosting. donovan is a good sleeper and just as usual we were able to put him to bed and he slept through the rest of the party like a baby( he he he). so long story short we were a hit, and we survived, and we had a good time.

the next da our good friends meghan, billy and their son liam came to visit on their way to celebrate christmas with their families. liam is almost 2 years old so donovan spent his time trying to impress his older buddy. when donovan sees other kids he loves it. he smiles big and tries to hang out with them, i have heard other parents say the same about babies noticing babies. donovan spends most if his time with adults so it was fun to see him interact. liam was sweet to bring donovan a sweet christmas present.

the picture of donovan and liam sitting together looking stunned was not a good representation of the visit...i just thought it was a funny picture. we then finished our no shower saturday celebrating our christmas.......check out the next post.........