Early Birthday Party and Halloween

Early Birthday Party with Grandma

October 16, 2012

Since Mom was here, I thought it would be fun to have an early birthday celebration so she could see Alanna open gifts and eat a cupcake. Mom also brought gifts from Auntie Jill and Auntie Kath (and their families), so Alanna opened all the gifts from the Legge side. I remember thinking that there was no possible way that it was already time for birthday celebrations for this baby girl. Time goes SO fast!

Gifts! Also, Alanna's wearing B's cupcake outfit!

Lots of great gifts; hairbows, shirts and pants, hairbows, a new doll, a bath ball, hairbows, jammies, shoes, etc.

Ready for birthday cake! Or, rather, birthday cupcake.

Texas-sized cupcake - seriously close to the size of Texas. That thing was huge! I made the same sized cupcakes for Charlie's first birthday, so I wanted to do them for Alanna's birthday as well. I did three shades of pink (light, medium, and dark) with vanilla frosting and sprinkles. It looks a bit like she's praying over her cupcake before eating it. Haha!

Many, many gifts...

Baby doll gets a baby doll!

Hair ties are quickly becoming a necessity!

New shoes.

The layers in her cupcake weren't as clear as they were with Charlie's green and blue one. I think contrasting colors are the way to go. Let it be known that the color did NOT slow her down at all!

I'm fairly certain that Matt and I had a few bites at this point. I know she didn't eat it all - or even half of it.

10-17-12 This is the day that Grandma flew back home and apparently Alanna wanted to go home with her. :)



10-24-12 During one of our weekly photo sessions, Matt snapped this picture. I put it on the blog for two reasons; first, Alanna does cry. She is a super good baby and very content most of the time, but she does have her moments. :) Second, see the mole on the side of my nose? I actually had it removed at the end of November! I HATED and LOATHED that thing and am so glad it's gone. My nose is big enough. It does not need decorations. Good riddance!!

Alanna's trademark: upside down pacifier. She could care less that it's upside down as long as it's in!

10-25-12 Rolly pancakes! I was about to type that this was Alanna's first rolly pancake experience, but I'll have to go back and check. Either way, she likes them. Isn't her hairbow cute, too?



10-25-12 Carving pumpkins. I scooped for a few minutes, but this was mostly a Charlie and Daddy activity.

10-29-12 Nice smiles, nice kids!

 Halloween 2012

Opening a few gifts from Grandma and Grandpa L.

Opening a gift from Grandma and Grandpa R.

Cupcake and a fire fighter. Both costumes 75% off. :)

The jacket and hat are fleece. Charlie was so excited to be a fire fighter!

Alanna was actually feverish and not feeling 100% on Halloween, hence the pacifier. She was a cute cupcake and did great trick-or-treating. We lasted for an hour(ish) and ran into a few friends while we were out. Of course, we stopped at the three neighbor's houses where the kids got candy-filled treat bags from Doris, Emily and Kathy, three stooges widows that are our neighbors. Very nice ladies. Very great-gandmotherly.