Alex's first Halloween

Tomorrow will be Alexandra's first halloween. We are ssoo excited. We bought her costume about a month ago and have been impatiently waiting. I have already dressed her up and taken a few pictures. And Yes-I did tear up when I first put the costume on. She is just so darn-cute. Tomorrow night we plan to meet up with Rick, Kari and Lance to walk around the neighborhood.
Tomorrow Alex will also have her first Halloween party at daycare. Daddy has the honors to dress her up and take her tomorrow. Im so excited for her. I hope she wears her costume well.
Lastnight we carved pumpkins. We undressed Alex down to her diaper so she could "help" us. But she didnt want any part of it. She didnt care for how the guts felt and how the seeds stuck to her. She only enjoyed picking up the pieces and feeding them to Lucifer. So daddy and I finished the pumpkins by ourselves.
Tomorrow I will take lots of pics and post them for all the see.

Time to plan a party...

Today Alex is 11 months old... wow-how time flies when your having fun (literally). It's absolutely crazy to me that she will be one year old next month. I look back when I was pregnant on how I used to look forward in the future and wonder how much our lives would change with a baby. It still boggles my mind that I am old enough to be married with a baby. I just don't feel old enough but when I look at others my age and even my parents when they were my age, I guess I am old enough. I just never thought I would actually grow up and do "adult" stuff. It was always a dream of mine to get married and have a baby. And now that my dreams have come true, I couldn't be happier. I am still as happy and ecstatic and emotional as the day I had Alexandra. It's like I'm dreaming and I pray that no one pinches me because I don't want to wake up and want to stay in this dream.
So I have been planning her party since the day she was born-seriously. I catch myself wanting to do extravagant things but then realize she is only one. We have sooo many birthdays in the future to do all these things. I just want the day to go well for her and hope that its a memorable one for Doug and I. I have had the decorations packed up in a closet now for months, ordered the cake about 3 months ago, had the invitations ready to send out for a few weeks ... and now its time to officially start inviting everyone. Our family on both sides is rather small. Our family members are scattered throughout the US, in Florida, Ohio, Colorado, etc... so the actual amount of people who show up will probably be small. But it doesn't really matter the number of people, it matters who shows up.... so now the stress begins for me and wont end till the party is over and the last guest has left our house. Sorry Doug- just be nice and agree with me and you will live through it.

Alex is on her way...

Alex is now starting to walk w/ the help of toys. She loves to walk behind her elmo walker or her other toy-what ever you want to call it... She is also starting to use the couch and other furniture to walk. She might be walking by herself before her first birthday.