10 kids, first aqiqah

Although we've had 10 kids this is the first aqiqah we have ever done. The first 2 never had one because I wasn't even muslim then; we were all Christian. Then for the next 7 kids we just couldn't afford it. Its not fard anyway but I still kind of felt wistful. Then my granddaughter was born and her paternal grandparents took care of of her aqiqah right away. So this time we had the money and strangely my daughter was following in the footsteps of her neice. We didn't throw a party though because our house isn't that big. Instead we delivered some meat (goat) to different people and then hubby cooked the rest and we brought it to iftar which was very convenient and also added blessings to the occasion. I baked two cakes and decorated them;one with Aqiqah written on it and the other with a lamb (Wilton doesn't have goats, only lambs). We shaved her head too but have no where to weigh the hair; try finding a muslim jeweller in the boonies! But the price is usually around $10 so will be donating that amount to charity soon, insha Allah. Needless to say the other kids were not too impressed that they had missed out on this sunnah and we have promised to rectify it as long as funds are available.