Hallo-Baby

Today is Halloween AND Kate's first birthday!  And I must remember in the future to figure out a good schedule for said day because it was a little hectic when we got home.  Between making dinner, handing out candy, celebrating Kate's first birthday AND Halloween, we were a little tight on time.  So tight, actually, that (I'm kind of ashamed to admit this) the only photos we have of Kate in her Halloween costume are the ones that Brian took on his phone when he dropped her off at school this morning.  She was a ladybug, or as my Dad said, "a little girlie bug" this year!

There she is...

...our little girlie bug!!  xx

Believe me, they are better than nothing, but we don't even have a family Halloween photo which makes me kind of sad.  This I will get over, but believe me when I say that I will be taking more photos next Halloween/Birthday.

We celebrated tonight at home and Kate helped us pass out candy to the few trick-or-treaters that we had ring our bell.  She loved dropping the candies into the various bins and bags!  And she got to wear her birthday girl shirt!  (Another reason why we don't have more costume photos.)  We saved a few presents for her to open on her birthday and celebrated intimately with just the three of us and Jack. 

It's our Hallo-Baby!

Mommy helps with present opening!

Kate decides to grab the bow!

And is quickly interested in the farm animals!

A new puzzle!

It's fun to clap the puzzle pieces together!

While Mommy helped with Kate's bath, Daddy put all her
new toys together, so we had a little impromptu birthday play
time after bath!

If you recall, it is Jack's birthday on Halloween too!
(We joke that we're going to keep all our kids
birthdays on the same day to "keep it easy".
Clearly, that is out of our control...)

Birthday buddies!  A new toy for Jack and a
new toy for Kate!

Look at that happy birthday girl!

I must've missed the goofball memo, but this
photo of these two crack me up!

The last year has flown by.  We treasure each and every beautiful day with our 12 month old.  Life is truly amazing!

Happy 1st Birthday, Kate!

Happy 4th Birthday, Jack!

And HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!