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Jocelyn's birthday party was great! Jocelyn had a great time, and I hope everyone who was here for it also did. The only unfortunate event that occurred was some bad weather which left Grampee unable to attend. We were so disappointed and really wanted him to be here! I guess we better get used to bad-weather-birthdays for Jocelyn. We can change her name if we really wanted to (which we don't), but we can't change her birth date. The party started at 12:30 on Saturday, January 10th. [Side note: January 10th was actually my due date with Jocelyn!] We decorated the living room and dining room, which was very exciting for me. Todd thought I was crazy when we got out the 'Happy 1st Birthday' banner and I started jumping up and down and clapping. I can't help it. I love birthday parties and I was so excited to be celebrating for Jocelyn's. So, the party theme was 1st birthday Princess. We decorated with pink, white and purple everything. Balloons, streamers, cups, plates, napkins. I think it looked really cute! Jocelyn wore a homemade tutu, a princess crown, and a princess sash! I may have gone a bit overboard, but it was fun and made for good pictures. We ate a 6-foot hoagie from Walmart (which I highly recommend~a lot of hoagie for a little price~and oh-so-yummy), Grandma's famous potato salad, chips, cake, ice cream.

Jocelyn enjoyed being the center of attention. She showed off her dance moves to the birthday song, she opened presents like a champ (she had lots of practice after Christmas), and smashed a smash cake (again).

If you are reading this and are wondering why you weren't invited, please know we wanted to invite everyone we know, but we just couldn't fit more than the 20 family and of course Jocelyn's Godfather Bert and his lovely wife Trish, in our tiny house. This birthday-in-January thing really isn't conducive to big parties. If it were Spring or Summer we could have had an outside bash and invited everyone!

It was a great time. Jocelyn, when given the choice between a future of holiness, money, or fun, chose the money after a great deal of thought and a lot of time making a decision. Hopefully, though, she will lead a good life, have fun, and make enough money to be happy. A little bit of everything seems like a better choice to me!