Year One. Year Wonderful! Preparing for Isabelle's first birthday bash was almost as much fun as the party itself! We decorated the clubhouse at Fiddler's Cove Marina with sand snowmen, pink, green and white balloons, photographs highlighting first year bliss, lemonade with floating duckies, and, of course, family and friends! Nana's delicious mini-cupcakes and Nick's swordfish and special chicken hit the spot. Isabelle loved having cousins Anika, RJ, Lexi and Ethan there - as well as her friends Olivia, Nolan, Tyler, Luke, Paige and Clover the Clown! Isabelle found her groove boogying to the Captain Zoom Birthday song. "Hey, Isabelle! It's your birthday!" I had a a 45rpm record with my name in the song as a kid - and loved it! - and was able to download an mp3 with Isabelle's name! It was one of those rarest of days - when you imagine how it could be, how you want it to be... and it actually is better than you ever dreamed. Highlights: the escalation of Isabelle and Nolan's relationship; having Auntie Peggy there taking pictures; Isabelle watching her Year One DVD, playing peek-a-boo with Clover the Clown and dancing with us to her birthday song; Anika enjoying her hand painting; Auntie Bonnie and Uncle Michael sitting at the kids' table.
While most of the family went to the park to play after the party, Isabelle and I (and Grammi and Grampi) indulged in a 2-hour nap! Then the party raged on back at the house with a lobster feast!
