Dinosaurs, cake, feelings and parties

Well my last post was a bit angry so hopefully this one will be a bit more upbeat.

Recently we went to a dinosaur themed 1st birthday and you better believe it was as cute as it sounds!

                                                  

We had super advanced notice so we were looking forward to it but also kinda apprehensive as well. 

Reason being.. we knew we were likely going to be the only people there without kids. 

This of course, was in fact the case bar one other couple. But it's a kid's party and not about us so of course we went and had a great time. It was kinda weird though, there were a few there that were old school chums that we tried to catch up with but every-time a conversation started it was immediately interrupted by a child saying something, doing something, or not being seen in the nearby vicinity and therefore likely up to no good. 

Error 404: Child not found

Another thing was that we weren't too sure what to do with ourselves or where to stand without getting in a kiddies warpath.

                                  

Most conversations were about kids, or parental life, or how tired they are so we had nothing of value to really add to the conversation but no one seemed to mind which was good! On the plus side, only one person asked if we had/were going to have kids, which is what I was most scared of. 

I'm in a glass case of emotion!!

It wasn't like it was over crowded with kids, my sister in law's wedding had nearly double the amount of kids to what there were of adults - which, while nice that they were included and all the parents didn't have to find baby-sitters - also meant that there was literally no where safe to stand, walk, sit or do anything for fear of hitting someone small.

What is even happening?!

It was a really nice party. We met some new faces, socialised more than we usually do, probably ate too much at the candy bar. 

The unrelenting stare of candy waiting for you to give in

We got to hang out with our also school chum-IVF buddies-parents of said birthday boy which was nice. I don't know what happened with me and my mummy friend, maybe just the drift apart in our post high school lives caused us to not be as close as we used to be for a while but lately we seem to have bridged that gap almost seamlessly.... which is really nice because I've missed having her around as a friend. One of my major failings is that I'm terrible at staying in touch with people, so maybe that was part of it, but I'm trying to get better at it.

It's like no time has even passed. She's been so supportive of us during our challenges and is always ready to offer advice or just an ear. They're both so good with the other kids as well, so I'm hoping one day we'll be like that. Well, just me. Hubby doesn't need any help relating to kids. 

I never thought I'd have an issues because I apparently have never grown up but now I'm like:

I... think they're trying to communicate?

The birthday boy's cake smash went well too (done previously to the party) and the photos looked great. I'm still a bit cynical about the idea in general just being another way to potentially make money out of families but after seeing the photos I can see the appeal more. They turned out really well and you can see these kinds of photos being a keepsake.
One hilarious thing about that though was when the birthday cake was brought out he was so ready to do another one but of course all the adults were like nooo!!! Protect the cake!