Thread: No Halloween party for us this year

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Looks like the zombie apacolypse is going to wait until 2011. We'll be over 8 months pregnant with our first (!!!)at Halloween time, and my husband has firmly declared no party this year. Despite the fact that I know he's being the smart one, I'm feeling horribly disappointed. (Surely I can pull off all the decorating, cooking, not sleeping for 2 days, clean-up, etc. while being the size of a small planet ! ) This is normally prop-building and planning season for me and I'm at a bit of a loss....so far baby planning isn't taking up nearly the time that Halloween planning does! (Any ideas for paper mache baby projects? )

Wishing everyone a fantastic 2010 season and looking forward to all your pics and experiences--will be living Halloween vicariously through you all this year!

Freddiecat

Congrats on the upcoming arrival!!
You should go ahead and do the party. Not getting any sleep for 2 days will be good practice for after you have the baby.

congrats on the baby,

maybe you can decorate a little but have no party

Congratulations!
I think your hubby is right. That is cutting it close. Two of my kids decided to arrive around the 8 month mark as well.

You can still make props now to fill the void. I took a year off from my party once, and it was nice. I felt refreshed and more excited to do it the next year.

Congratulations!!

Plffft. It's only one party, and Mizerella just mentioned exactly what I was thinkin'. What if little Freddiecat decides to be born on Halloween??!! That would be the best possible way to spend the holiday this year!

Congrats on the new addition!
You have a great opportunity this year. I don't have time during the season to go see my friends displays because I'm so busy with mine. Enjoy visiting other haunts and let someone else host the party this year.

Awwwww.. congratulations on your first born.. how exciting!!! You could always have the party and just be sure to have a Zombie hospital/experiment area incase of an unexpected arrival!! lol Seriously though... use this time to enjoy your pregnancy, keep a pregnancy diary (trust me, you will forgot all the little details and the baby will enjoy reading about how you felt and what you went through, while pregnant, when they get older) Aaannnd.... with the extra time, plan next years halloween party, you can still make props and plan, plan, plan!! Congratulations again..

meh, i have 4 kids, my wife worked right up to the delivery date, you'll be fine, sounds like your husband is being overly cautious........you'll know when you need to rest and when you can work, just stay away from toxic fumes and such....

Congrats to you and your husband and it sounds like your husband is looking out for you and the baby, so go ahead and let him be protective right now. If you find the pregnancy really tires you out, you might end up thanking him down the road.

Besides this way you will have a little ToT next year to help celebrate and in the meantime between diaper changes you can plan for an even better party the following year!

I'll be just over 7months with our first, but we're doing it anyways. I might end up having more food catered or accepting help from friends (who are all more than willing) but I just don't want to lose ALL my "own" traditions

I am bailing out of Xmas decorations, holiday cookie exchange, and my winter coaching job thorugh Halloween was just more of a priority!