s/o 1st birthday. Love the guest counts!

Re: s/o 1st birthday. Love the guest counts!

• cantalopes24 member

  July 2012

  Most of MHs cousins are like siblings so if we just invited them and immediate family we're up to at 28. Then there's MHs best friend and family (5) my 3 BFF's from HS and 2 of their moms, and a add in parents friends we're close with and E's best friends family you're at over 40 people.

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• blu-eyedwife member

  July 2012

  That's us too.  Family alone we have 20 people. 

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• KrisM86 member

  July 2012

  Yup. We are having a very casual party, but with a lot of people.  With just our immediate families, we're up to 20 people.  Add in my grandparents, two of my aunts and their kids and a few very close friends and our invite list is 40.

  

  
  

  

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• Liz4444 member

  July 2012

  I am trying to convince DH to keep it to just family and my friend and her family who see Li at least twice a week.  That would put it at about 20.  If DH started inviting all his friends and their families, it would turn it into 60+, so we just compromised and he can invite his 3 closest friends that live in NY (his bff is in AZ), and it will be about 30.

  

  
  

  

  
  

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• colliebabe member

  July 2012

  We have ton of people too (70-80, possibly more.)  I am very close to my aunts, uncles and cousins and they make up about 45 people, and we will be inviting many of our friends. 

  I love big parties and am excited to get a bunch of people together.  I don't pretend that it is all for DD...it is more of a celebration for us and an "occasion" that will get a lot of people together. If we threw a random party some people might not make the trip, but you throw "birthday party" on the invite and suddenly our friends are making 3-4 hour drives to see us.  We do the same for our friends' kids birthday - especially first ones.  I had an absolute blast last year at a one year old's birthday!

  
  

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• Mrs. Mo member

  July 2012

  Just our immediate families (our parents, siblings, sig others & nieces) would put our guest count to 22. We are inviting appx 60 people and are not inviting any of my cousins. My mother's side is so large that we celebrate birthdays seasonally (spring, summer, fall & winter). Had we invited my mom's side (my aunts/uncles/cousins), the guest count would literally be double what it is.

  
  
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• mars37810 member

  July 2012

  We can never have a small party because with just my immediate family we are at 11 people if my sisters' boyfriends come. We still have to figure out who we are inviting and I'm afraid to see how high the number gets.  My stepfather has 7 siblings but luckily they don't all live in the area so some wouldn't be able to come.  

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• PurpleDrewbie5 member

  July 2012

  Ms.Jade:

  I was telling someone we're having 40 or 50 people at E's 1st birthday and she made some comment about how ridiculous it is to invite that many people. I tried to explain it's all family/close friends but it made me wonder if I was nuts. Nice to see you all have similar sized parties. I thought about it and if you just invited family and 2 friends your guest like would look something like this.

   You're up to 25 people with even that modest guest list! And heaven forbid you have cousins, or more than one sibling apiece. I just don't see any way around a 40 person guest list if you family loves close. 

  We had to cut our list down because we really don't want more than 50. A BIG chunk of our list are strictly family. The rest are friends from church and people that have watched my daughter and love her. I think if they weren't invited they would be insulted. The only way to have a smaller party for us would be to have just my husband, me and the birthday girl. I mean, once you invite the grand parents you have to invite the aunts and uncles and their kids etc. I don't think 50 is ridiculous at all. I am of the opinion that kids should feel like they are the most special person in the world on their birthday and have the best days ever. I make birthdays into a big deal and I think they should be.
  

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• Elsa1984 member

  July 2012

  Ours is 150....so don't feel bad. SO has a big family (and they are all super close) so that is almost 75 (including children). Add on my family (about 30-35) and our friends (who are like family to us).....it added up quick. Now that is not to say that 150 WILL be there, but that is how many are on the list. My SO's cousin had her son's 1st birthday last week and there were 120 people. It's totally normal for our family to have a big 1st birthday.

   

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