I am dedicating this post to my First Granddaughter who turns 13 today, hence a new milestone for her becoming an official TEENAGER!

It is a special day for me as well since to honor her birth 13 years ago, and making me a grandmother for the first time, I decided to take my son’s advice and start my own blog:  Suburbangrandma.com  Thank you ALL for being such good sports following my blog and leaving such heartwarming comments…:-)

Maintaining this blog requires a lot of time and effort, but then again it provides such fond memories for all of us as I have been able to capture many special moments in our life such as weddings, birthday parties, cooking and baking projects, gardening, crafts, traditions, and many other special subjects.

Today I will provide links to all the birthday parties for this granddaughter from her First Birthday to her 13th Birthday.

My daughter, as well as my daughters-in-law (I do have a total of 7 grandchildren), put a lot of time and effort into a birthday party planning for their young children, with numerous innovative decorations, fun games, and delicious food.

Unfortunately, I only have posts through her 8th birthday, since as she was getting older she began to celebrate with her friends in a more mature way without the fuss of numerous decorations, and of course, grandma did not want to intrude with snapping pictures all over the place…:-)

First Birthday –  Sesame Street Theme, and the ever so infamous ELMO every little one love at that age.

Second Birthday – Minnie Mouse party theme.

Third Birthday – Candyland party theme.

Fourth Birthday – Dora The Explorer party theme.

Fifth Birthday – Princess Belle party theme.

Sixth Birthday – Ice Cream Sundae party theme.

Seventh Birthday – This was a very special year since her paternal grandfather treated her and other family members to a trip to Paris, France, which was very exciting and memorable for her.  Unfortunately, I did not join them so no pictures to share…:-(

Eighth Birthday – American Girl Doll in Paris party theme.

Happy Thirteenth Birthday !!!