Isabella's 2nd Birthday!

Isabella had a wonderful time turning 2! Grandma Linda and Grandpa Jack were here from Ohio and Grandpa Groves drove down from Cedar Falls. Luckily, all escaped the horrible weather forecasted as we mainly had rain and not the ice/snow we were expecting. We didn’t get through opening all her presents in one shot, she didn’t seemed all that interested in ripping the paper and was easily getting distracted. We had ice cream cupcakes from Coldstone and Isabella really enjoyed hers – she ate the whole thing!

This picture is from before she went to daycare the day before her birthday. She looks really old to me (scary). She took in Christmas mini-cupcakes to daycare for her party (I was not thrilled that the stores don't carry anything but Christmas decorated items this time of year). Daycare ended up closing at 3pm due to the impending bad weather (ended up being just rain). When I went to pick her up right at 3, she was sitting at the table with 2 boys and they were eating cupcakes. I have a feeling she may have gotten jipped out of a real party for her due to the weather.

On her b-day...

She's playing with the kitchen set that Grandpa recently refurbished for her. I played with the same one when I was little.

Grandpa Groves made her a cradle

She's crazy about the remote control car she got

Sweet, sweet cupcake

A bike of her own from Aunt Jill! No pedals, it is supposed to help her learn to balance so she will never need training wheels.

She's also enjoying wearing the new backpack she got from Aunt Nancy.

Hugs for Grandpa Groves

Fun with Grandpa Jack