Mel and the New Normal

Finally done! It's like a huge burden has been lifted from our shoulders. You'd think since we do this for a living, we wouldn't be stressed out over it. And actually we weren't, it was our staff that shouldered all the work, therefore confirming my belief that it is very very difficult to DIY a party like this. But anyways, we were worried about how to have everything fit within a budget, because as mentioned in a previous post, we didn't have any! But God is so good, he gave us so many bookings this month and next month. Grateful for generous friends in the industry who gave me their services as gifts, or super discounted prices. Here are a few pictures my brother took. Still tired from the weekend (17 bookings this weekend, crazy!) but will post more details eventually. It was a bittersweet event. We were so grateful our friends and family came and mingled, but at the same time we knew it would be different and so much more joyful is Kat was with us. Happy Birt...

Today is our baby boy's 7th birthday. He celebrates with a party this coming Sunday. For months Justin and I have been deliberating whether we should have the party. We reserved the host and magician, both our friends, but if ever we didn't push thru, there were other parties we could put them in. Before we found out about the CDH, we have already been thinking about Josh's party. Our kids don't celebrate every year. What we do is, we order pizza at home, or eat in Shakey's for dinner. And they're very happy with that. What we agree on is they'll just have 1 big party - their 7th birthday. And we were more than happy to do that for them. But this year sideswiped us with so many problems, and incredible expenses from the checkups, surgeries, etc. In a different post, I will explain the costs that CDH has on the families, but to give you an idea, we spent about P700k total for the whole ordeal. Normally I wouldn't discuss money, but eventually I have t...