Happy Birthday Isabelle!

As I write this it is exactly 8:50 EDT which is also 9:50 ADT, which is the exact time to the day Isabelle came into our lives in a very real way in 2004 at the Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville, NS.

I am writing this post for her to mark the day. The birthday party was great, the first day of school went off without a hitch, and she had a relatively quiet birthday today at home with us and some ice cream at Bruster's.

So, since the blog is barely a year old, I thought I'd post a few pictures of the girl from then to now for those of you who are newer to our family. Here goes.

First pictures in May of 2004.

First picture hardly an hour or so after she was born at Valley Regional.

First birthday party at 85 Belcher Street in Kentville in August 2005.

One of our better pictures even though you can't see her face. Mabou Beach in August 2005 just as she was learning to walk.

July of 2006 at the beach in Saulnierville.

August 2006 at the beach in Point Michaud.

August 2007 at Jean's in New Minas where she was in daycare.

Another one from August 2007 on a ride at the Annapolis Valley Exhibition in Lawrencetown, I think.

Another from 2007 in August.

June 2008 not long after moving to Greenville, SC, at Falls Park downtown.

More from August 2008, not sure exactly where though.

And into 2009, starting with eating seafood at Folly Beach...

and posing for the camera...

and on the beach itself.

That's it for now. Thankfully after three major days of birthday partying we can try to start to figure out what normal is around here with Isabelle in school and me back to work. No more cake for while, please.