December 05, 2010

Isaac's Early Birthday Party

Over Thanksgiving we went to Arkansas to be with family and friends.  While we were there we decided to celebrate Isaac's first birthday a few weeks early.  We thought it would be great because all of our friends and family there could help us celebrate.

Isaac loves Mickey Mouse.  We went to Disney earlier this year for my Brother Jon's wedding.  Jon and Gina got Isaac a MIckey doll and he has loved Mickey every since.  So it was a no-brainer to me that his party would be Mickey Themed.  Thanks to Nana (Chris' Mom) we had great decorations!  Thanks to Jessica we had awesome cake! And thanks to everyone who came, we had an awesome time!!

There was only one "fail" and it came with the birthday banner.  Check out this picture.


Do you see it??  Look closer!


Yes, the wonderful Disney banner that we purchased at Walmart said "HAPPY BIRTHDRY".  We all got a great kick out of that one!

So the decorations were up and it was time to get the cakes out and ready!  A friend of mine from High School, Jessica did the cakes and they turned out great.  if you live in the Central Arkansas area I recommend her!   She made a Mickey cake, a cake for Isaac to destroy and a few cupcakes.  I was scared we wouldn't have enough so I made some cupcakes in addition.  Below are some pictures of the food!






The next picture is Isaac's reaction to the Mickey Cake....

(Isaac with Granny, my mom)

We had a lot of friends and family there!  Here are some pics of a few of the guest.


Long Time Friend of our from High School, David. 


More great friends from High School; Jennifer, her daughter Alexa, and Marie.


Todd and his girls Christen and Emily.


Nana (Chris' Mom Darcy) with her grand babies)  Jordan, Isaac and Noah.


Mom and Dad (James and Jenny) with the boys.

We decided to do things a little out of order.  I thought that we should do presents first since Isaac would be making a HUGE mess with his cake.  So we gathered everyone around to open gifts.  Isaac got a lot of great stuff but here are a couple pictures of his favorite items.


He got a cowboy hat just like Daddies!  


And the star of the show Dance Star Mickey!

After presents, it was time for cake.  Isaac has had little bits here and there or sweets over the past eyar but nothing like what he was about to encounter!



He wasn't sure what to do at first....


But he quickly figured it out!



We had a great trip to Arkansas and a blast at Isaac's party.  Thank you to everyone for a great weekend!

Just as a side note...you might notice the band-aid on Isaac's forehead.  He decided 2 hours before his party that he wanted to go to battle with the coffee table and the coffee table won.  Being a head wound it was a bleeder!!  It sure didn't slow him down any!