The DOD Celebrate

The time has come again to celebrate the births of The Daughters of Destiny, aka The DOD. Since we've moved twice within a years time from Cali to Washington to Missouri, birth celebrations have been scarce to say the least. Not to mention they've been void of ANY blood relatives. So I said to my Hunny, that I'll not let another moment pass and my babies not have a celebration, replete with cake, ice-cream, balloons, food, and more important FAMILY. So coming next month, we're having a Daughters of Destiny Celebrate party. It's right in time for Asaria's first birthday. And since we didn't have a party for Aaliyah's birthday or Amira's, whose birthday's were in April and June, we're doing an all in one type of thing. What's going to make it really special is that my parents are flying in from Cali especially for the celebration. They'll only be in town 4 days, but it's just enough time to celebrate the DOD.

So of course I'm in planning mode right now. I'm trying not to go too over board since we have a tight budget. We're still recovering from the cross country move. Not to mention the monies we've paid to have basic things in this home, like a telephone. *shakin head* I've debated back and forth about whether to cook the food myself or to just have it catered from Whole Foods (which is what I've ALWAYS done in the past). I think I'm leaning towards Whole Foods because once I wrote out the menu of the food I said I was going to cook, I realized that I'd probably save money in having someone else cook the food. The only thing I really plan on making is the ice-cream. The homemade ice-cream is YUMMY!

Another thing I'm excited about is the cake that we're planning to order. It's from this really cool bakery that I found purely by accident when we were still living in Cali back in 2005. Who knew that 3 years later my azz would be in St. Louis and actually be able to use this bakery. Now let's hope that when we go to order the cake next week, they won't already be booked because they get really busy and only take orders on a first come first serve bases. Meaning if you wait to late to order and they've reached their maximum, then you get NO cake. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

My sister and my niece are suppose to come out also and stay for the entire week. But with the high cost of airfare, I'm not sure if they're going to make it. I hope so. A party ain't a party if "TiTi and Cuzin ain't here." LOL Sh*t a party ain't a party if family ain't here. I guess that's one of the things I miss about being home. I miss being around my family.

Well I DID have more to say but since it's well over 100 degrees on the 3rd floor, where I'm typing away at my little desk, I figure I'd better stop before I fall the hell out up here. (it's really hot up here and my hubby turned off the air for some reason).

Okay, I'm done. *smoochies* - Mama Aly