Road Trip for Isaac's 1st Birthday

My nephew turned one the day after Christmas. We decided it would be "easier" for us to drive up Christmas day-not as much traffic, we wouldn't have to bring as much with us (we were bringing Obi too, so the more room we had the better) etc etc. Little did we know about the record breaking snow that would fall on us all. the. way. there. Seriously, I had to giggle at the forecast-of course they were wrong, they are ALWAYS wrong when it comes to snow predictions. They get everyone in a tiz going to the grocery store, etc. But we would be just fine.....or so I thought. We ended up leaving that morning, got about half an hour out when it started to flurry-"ahh, that's cute" I thought. But it didn't stop, and it started to fall faster, with thicker snowflakes, and we still had 5 1/2 more hours to drive and I got a little nervous.....

As you can see, so nervous it made me have 8 chins...but it wasn't that bad yet.

The first wreck we saw.  And please note we were going between 25-35mph, well most of us that aren't idiots.

Big Rig that jack-knifed...

We played "Count the snow plows that are only on the other side of the interstate" game. Eleven in case you were wondering. We did not see any on our side.

Finally got to a rest stop, where there was a family making a very large snowman. Had a super quick snowball fight.....

Took one look at the roads....

And decided we needed to bust it.  It was nerve wrecking driving through it, especially when a big rig pulled off the exit beside us and covered our windshield completely with snow so we couldn't see until the next wipe of our wiper blades or the fish tailing-yikes! But I have to say-it was absolutely beautiful.

And totally worth seeing this sweet little fella...(don't you just want to squeeze him and smooch all over his face?! I do, and did.)

And only giving moral support as my sister made her son's first birthday cake all by herself for his winter "one-derland" party...look at that concentration!

Look at that cute cake!

And I'm not naming names, but somebody loved it, and might have ate a little too much...you might be able to tell from the little stuffed chipmunk cheeks.

Or by the huge hole he made in the cake....

Isaac worked the room in his birthday shirt that his FAVORITE Aunt made him (uh-ME of course!)...

Signed autographs and posed for the paparazi...

Opened so many presents, he had to take a break and get a drink (seriously)...

Issac is so popular even Santa decided to stop by after a long night's work just to say happy birthday...

After the party, some of us chilled out....

....and some of us didn't...

We had so much fun, it made the ride home with the added 2 hours.....

going this speed limit.....

still, completely worth it. We love you sooooo much Izzy Bear!!!