The week before we went on holiday we took Olivia along to the first big get together of our music friends since she was born. As we are all spread over the country and cannot always see each other all together these meeting are always very much looked forward to. Many of our friends had not yet had an opportunity to meet Olivia so we were hoping that she would be on her best behaviour and would charm them all.
Before we had Olivia we always promised ourselves and our friends that we wouldn't change just because we had a baby. Having a baby was a big decision as it does inevitably mean there has to be changes to your lifestyle. Our next luxury exotic holiday is probably some way off but the joy of having Olivia in our lives more than makes up for it. I think that while there have to be some changes it is perfectly possible to continue to be yourselves and have a social life.
The events was an afternoon into evening house party at the house of my best friend P_ and his fiance. Olivia was a little angel. She was indeed on her best behaviour and didn't scream or puke or leak poo out of the legs of her nappy or any of the other comedic things she does to entertain Mummy and Daddy. She even managed a party trick, which was to wait till Daddy was flying her around above his head like a plane and then dribble right in his open mouth, to the great amusement of all (except perhaps Daddy :) She is still at the age where she doesn't care who is holding her as long as someone is and so she was happily passed around the assembled guests for cuddles and charmed everyone with her cuteness and smiles. As her normal schedule was disrupted she did wake up a few times during the evening but settled back down and slept in her travel cot in an upstairs room while the grown-ups ran a sweepstake on who would win the Eurovision Song Contest and played air guitar .
I hope that the only people inconvenienced by having her there were me and F_. My worry with events like this is that people that don't want to have kids will be congratulating themselves on a wise choice while people who did want kids will be running for the hills!!!! We had great fun and we hope everyone else did. We are looking forward to our next get together while is scheduled for the summer.
Before we had Olivia we always promised ourselves and our friends that we wouldn't change just because we had a baby. Having a baby was a big decision as it does inevitably mean there has to be changes to your lifestyle. Our next luxury exotic holiday is probably some way off but the joy of having Olivia in our lives more than makes up for it. I think that while there have to be some changes it is perfectly possible to continue to be yourselves and have a social life.
The events was an afternoon into evening house party at the house of my best friend P_ and his fiance. Olivia was a little angel. She was indeed on her best behaviour and didn't scream or puke or leak poo out of the legs of her nappy or any of the other comedic things she does to entertain Mummy and Daddy. She even managed a party trick, which was to wait till Daddy was flying her around above his head like a plane and then dribble right in his open mouth, to the great amusement of all (except perhaps Daddy :) She is still at the age where she doesn't care who is holding her as long as someone is and so she was happily passed around the assembled guests for cuddles and charmed everyone with her cuteness and smiles. As her normal schedule was disrupted she did wake up a few times during the evening but settled back down and slept in her travel cot in an upstairs room while the grown-ups ran a sweepstake on who would win the Eurovision Song Contest and played air guitar .
I hope that the only people inconvenienced by having her there were me and F_. My worry with events like this is that people that don't want to have kids will be congratulating themselves on a wise choice while people who did want kids will be running for the hills!!!! We had great fun and we hope everyone else did. We are looking forward to our next get together while is scheduled for the summer.
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