Thursday, August 11, 2011

Happy 8th Birthday Isabella!–UPDATED!

***Updated with today’s picture below!***

Happy Birthday, dear Isabella!  I’ve drafted maybe a dozen different things for this blog post, and none of them felt right.  Instead, I thought I’d post a collage of pictures of Isabella that chronicles her birthdays through the years.  She’s had an incredible 8 years so far on this earth and here’s hoping for many more.

Day 1! August 10, 2003

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1st Birthday

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2nd Birthday

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3rd Birthday

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4th Birthday.  I’ve almost forgotten how cute she was with her pigtails!

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5th Birthday.  Three months later, Isabella would be sent to NYU to have a tumor removed from her head.

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6th Birthday.  Isabella was going through radiation treatments during her birthday.

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7th Birthday.  We were at Camp Sunshine during her 7th birthday, and the entire camp sang her happy birthday!

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8th Birthday

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