Great Birthday Celebration!

We had Hannah’s birthday party on Sunday, and it was a huge success.  Everything went just as I had hoped!

We ended up with about 50 friends and their kids, probably about 20 kids ranging in age from 11 months to 11 years old.  We had old friends from New Orleans come visit as well as friends who drove from Dallas and New Braunfels just to help celebrate Hannah’s day.  It meant so much to us to have our friends and neighbors spent an afternoon with us celebrating a milestone I truly thought we would never see.   Even our pediatrician whom we just adore celebrated with us.

Not surprisingly, Hannah really had little interest in eating any cake.  She did play with it after a while though!  We had rented a bouncer and snow cone machine for the backyard, and that was a huge hit.  I don’t think I ever saw less than 5 kids in that thing, many times more!  We had also sent up an art center with a few projects in the living room for those kids who didn’t want to be outside in the heat and humidity, and many kids enjoyed that too.   It was just a lot of fun.

I have pictures that have yet to be unloaded yet, and our friend Misti, a photographer, took a lot of pictures for us, which I can’t wait to see. 

For me, it really was a celebration of such a long year.  Hannah made it.  She made it to her first birthday, and she did it smiling and happy.  I couldn’t ask for anything more!  Having our friends be there to celebrate this milestone (and those who couldn’t make it but sent cards and emails and phone calls)  just warmed my heart because it showed me that Hannah really does have so many people that care about her.  

Sometimes my hubby and I feel quite alone in this fight, but after this weekend, I know we aren’t alone.   It is a great feeling.