Happy 70th Auntie Gail

We hit the road to the Jersey Shore (no, not the TV Show, the ACTUAL Jersey Shore) for a suprise birthday party for my Aunt Gail on Saturday July 10th. Isabelle has a history of car sickness if we put her in the car right after breakfast so we decided to test out a new theory. We woke her up at 6am and put her in the car, thinking she would just go right back to sleep.

Theory? Wrong!

She was wide awake and quite pissed that she didn't get her breakfast, that she was still in her pajamas, and that she was strapped into a carseat. Ooops!

We fed her breakfast on the road (Ed climbed in the backseat to catch the puke we expected to come next.....he lucked out this time, no sickies). We got her dressed at one of the rest stops. And she was wide awake the entire 4-hour drive. Her mood did improve after breakfast at least.

So we got to NJ intending to go to the beach all day Saturday. The party didn't start until 4pm so we had time to kill. Plus we were staying in a hotel and check-in wasn't until 3pm. Unfortunately we hit rain and had no beach time at all. We drove around and popped into some shops in the area. Isabelle was not pleased. She was a perfect pain in the patoocha to be honest.

Uncle Sean and Jenny showed up finally to provide a change of scenery. When we got to the party, we figured Isabelle would play with the two OTHER two-year-olds but she wanted nothing to do with Kayla or Noah. She was enamored by Hannah, a lovely 4-year-old daughter to my Cousin Curran. The two of them got along like gangbusters and they had a fantastic time. They got to play all day on Sunday at the beach together too, they were fast friends like they've known each other all the time. It was fantastic to see, and I can't wait to take Isabelle back to the Jersey Shore for some more family fun.

We tried to get photos, but she was just NOT in the mood for anything of the sort. Maybe next time!