Isabella Turns 2!

We got a little behind on planning/sharing Isabella's upcoming birthday because we had a really busy June (more on that later) and so, it was quickly decided, that with temperatures reaching 105, we should probably have a pool party and keep everyone as cool as possible!!

As soon as all of the littles arrived, it was right to playing in the water!

At this point, everyone is thoroughly soaked and having a blast running around and squealing!

After playing in the water, the kids had fun munching on great grilled goodies and perfect cookout foods!  Then it was time to play in the pool.

After playing in the pool a while, we (read: Momma) were ready for some cake!!!

two little finger prints in the bottom of the 2

Isabella was so anxious to touch her cake she stuck her two little fingers in the 2 before we could even sing "Happy Birthday" to her!  :)

Once we started singing "Happy Birthday" she decided she wanted to be really shy!  Who knew?! :)  This is certainly not the norm!

Shy little birthday girl!

Warming up a little bit. :)

After that, it was all bets off.  She dove right into the cake and Daddy *might* have dunked her face in the cake.  :)  Olivia came over and had a taste or two of the sweet icing.

That's right honey, you dive right in!

She was so sweet, once she had her fork, she immediately started sharing her cake (i.e. feeding the cake to her) with Olivia! She would put a bite in Olivia's mouth and say, "Mmmmm!" then repeat over and over.

While Olivia and Isabella were sharing cake, Alec decided he was going to stick a couple fingers in the big rainbow cake!  He was almost instantly caught by the surrounding adults! bahahaha! :)

By the time gift time had rolled around, she was really good about opening the presents.  She opened each card, "read" it, handed it to me, then pulled the wrapping paper off!  Any time she got an outfit she would hold it up and say, "Ooooooh!" which made all of the adults laugh!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Isabella's 2nd birthday and catching up on each other's lives!  Thank you so much to everyone that came on such short notice, Isabella is so blessed to have such a loving extended family!  I hope those of you that weren't able to make it enjoy this little peek into her birthday party!  :)

Be Blessed.