Isabella's 1st Birthday Party!

Happy birthday to you Isabella! It was such a fun filled day on Saturday, helping you to celebrate and have your first party!!! Mountains of people came, and there were plenty kids to go around! Not to mention the amount of food, from salads, sandwiches and homemade lasagna, to homemade cupcakes and birthday cake!

myself and Dad

Allie and Isabella

some of the crowd

Isabella and her godmother Rebecca

Is that the same baby? But she isn't in the same clothing.....as you may notice, the party was 23 hours long and she had a new outfit every hour :-)

too cool for the party

After everyone had had plenty of food, Isabella got to devour her first ever piece of cake (and all the sugar that comes with it...)

Here's a play by play of how the cake debauchery proceeded:

First she was a bit distracted by the balloons and ribbons...

Then, with cookie monster....but hey this isn't edible...

the yummy birthday cake covered with Sesame Street characters

she seems a bit put off by the sheer size of the cake....but no matter

mom has to help just a tad to blow out the candle

and so begins the demolishing of the piece of cake...

it starts out pretty clean...

let's try cookie monster again..ooop no

cake it is...

cookie monster?...

ok, maybe not still, cake it is then...

is that it??....wait this plate still has stuff on it...

She wanted to share her cake with everyone. Unfortunately no one would take her up on her offers.



And now that the cake was devoured, and her clothes were filthy, it was time to open presents. (and wear her final outfit of the day)

she had plenty of practice learning to unwrap presents on Christmas....she's a seasoned pro already.

Nick and Evan

I think someone likes her little kitty :-)

the cutest rain coat if ever I've seen one

Long, only wishing he was going home with all these bags!!!

The day went splendidly! Isabella was such a trooper having not taken a nap in the morning. She never once cried and just loved dancing and mingling with everyone in sight. It was 3 hours full of high energy and excitement...if only every weekend was like this one...but until next year when we get to celebrate Isabella's 2nd birthday!!!