A first birthday

Isabel turned one. Her birthday was packed with lots of fun activities. Dad got up and made her pancakes. In the shape of Mikey Mouse, of course. She loved them.

After a nap and some lunch. We were off to the Living Planet Aquarium. Mom was most excited about turning around the carseat. I don't think Isabel really mind it either. She loves looking at everything from a new perspective. In fact, anytime she would go for a tried she would get tired but would almost force herself to stay awake. Now that it has been a whole week it is finally ok to fall asleep in it faced forward.

Isabel loved the aquarium. Her favorite exhibit was all the bright colored fish. Of course Dad and Auntie Em kept referring to them as the fish from the movie Finding Nemo the whole time.

I just love this picture of her with the shark. She didn't dare take her eyes off of him.

After the aquarium and some fries at Red Robin it was home to get ready for the party. Here is the cake that Mikey made for the occasion.

Many family members were able to join us. But Isabel's favorite party goers were her cousin Nathaniel and friend Logan. She is starting to surround herself with boys already. Oh no.

She seemed to really like tearing the paper from the presents. At least once she got started. But after she say that first toy it was downhill from there. Good thing we opened clothes first.

Her favorite toy was the animal kingdom train. All she wanted to do was play with it. Everytime the commerical for it came on she would stop everything she was doing and start dancing. No wonder we got it for her. Daddy just loved that it was a train.



After opening presents it was on to the cake. We stripped her down to her onesie. Thinking that for sure she would make a mess. Not at all. She was so gentle and delicate with it. Putting one finger in, tasting it and then another. Then she decided to try her lips. How silly. Finally, Uncle Mikey put her whole hand into it. At that point she seemed to get the hang of it. However, she never got messy or grabbed at the actually cake. When it came time to clean her up she had only got frosting on one hand and her face.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IZZY!