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February 07, 2011
overshadowed
On Feb 4th, 2008 Allison surprised us by arriving 6 weeks early which happened to be 2 days before her big brother's 4th birthday. So poor Quinn didn't have much of a birthday that year - I think someone remembered to get him a balloon but that was all he got on his actual birthday. It was my worst day recovering from delivery complications and so I wasn't even able to smother him with love. I'm not sure Quinn even noticed though - he was so excited to have a baby sister - which had been his wish for the past year.
So as you might imagine, having their birthdays 2 days apart makes it a bit challenging. They are far enough in age that joint parties don't make much sense. This year, Allison had her first "big" party. Unfortunately by the time we decided on a location they only had availability for Sunday Feb 6th... yup, Quinn's birthday. So we passed it by Quinn and he said he didn't mind. Around the same time, we learned that the Packers were going to the Super Bowl (yeah!) which also happened to land on Quinn's birthday. We still thought we had it covered for some special Quinn celebrations until around mid-afternoon on Sunday when Allison started spiking a high fever. So even though we have enough cupcakes and cake around here to feed a small village, Quinn didn't blow out any candles yesterday. And I had to cancel his class party today so I could take Allison into the doctor (she's got the flu). So now I'm really hoping that Quinn manages to avoid the flu so his party (which is scheduled for next Saturday) can go on as planned. The good news is he loved the decorations he woke up to, the number 7 made out of candy, his birthday t-shirt, his presents, and the Packers WON! :-)
Posted by terri at February 7, 2011 01:34 PM