ONE!

Pictures of Isaac's party taken by me/Josh
More pictures taken by Becca/Jose
More pictures taken by Emily/Mike

On Saturday, we celebrated Isaac's first birthday at my parents' house. It was a wonderful party with mostly family and some friends there--you know, just our family alone is a big group! We planned on Josh's folks, Tirzah and Bob, joining us from PA for the occasion, but didn't expect our Oberlin friends from western NH and Brooklyn to come. We invited our NH friends, Emily B-W and Emily H W, thinking it was possible that they might come-- even though it's a couple hour drive to Barrington. Becca in NY wasn't even on our radar because she has a 10 week-old at home. She emailed us a few weeks ago and asked if we were having a party for Isaac and wanted to come! So all the friends +husbands +children came to the party and stayed overnight so that we could see each other in the morning.

My parents cleaned the house on Friday and got everything all set. I made the cake on Friday night and had gone to BJs earlier in the week. On Saturday morning, we piled all five of us into our Honda Civic and loaded in the food and bags too. It was a full car! Once in NH, my mom took charge with directing the rest of the cooking while the rest of us either entertained the babies or did other preparations. One important job was setting up the giant trampoline. With Jenn and Paul there too, we got a lot done and weren't too stressed. Jenn and I even did a little yoga a couple hours before people arrived.

At around 3 the party started and we ate the yummy lasagnas and turkey my parents cooked up just "in case." Kids and adults were on the trampoline and all around the house. At one point there was a game of volleyball being played and a group of people played some good music.

Isaac was in a happy mood and seemed to really enjoy himself. Josh and I felt so lucky to have such good friends and family and had a great day. I can't believe that our little guy is one year old!

Thank you so much to our friends and family who have really supported us over the last 9+12 months. There have been some low moments, but thankfully, not many. I'm so happy Isaac is with us and am thankful for all of your love and support.