Halloween Fun

We had a great Halloween weekend packed with a lot of fun activities. To start, I had Friday off of work, so Samantha and I spent the morning together--getting ready for her very first Halloween Party. After a good nap, we packed up and headed to Shelley's mom's house for a special afternoon with all of Sammy's good friends. The party included moms from prenatal yoga, baby boot camp and other assorted friends. All of the babies had costumes and there were some really creative ones out there. Besides the great snacks, witches' brew punch, and fun activities for all the little ones, it was especially fun to catch up with all the moms from my prenatal yoga group. We even had a chance to take an updated version of our original picture from our BBQ in May!


From left to right: Shelley and Dominic (dressed as a crab), Sara and Payton (dressed as a hot dog), Sam and I (dressed as a monkey), Carla and Kaylee (dressed as a ladybug) and Marianne and Addison (dressed as a Tootsie Roll). When we took our first picture, Dominic was the only baby who had joined us, so it is so fun to have all the little ones together for their first holiday! Dominic will be quite the ladies' man with all these girls as his playmates!



As usual, Shelley was an amazing hostess and Sam and I had a great time. We hope to continue with fun traditions like this as we head into the holiday season!


Sara and Miss Payton--loved her "Frankenfish" onesie!



Marianne and Addision--one month old and so adorable!



Shelley and Dominic--even though he isn't super thrilled about his costume in this picture, I LOVE this one of the two of them!


and Sam and I (pre-melt down)

Included in the Halloween festivities was a visit with Amy and Caitlin. Samantha hadn't seen the two of them since late summertime, so it was a lot of fun to meet up with them in the afternoon.

Samantha decided to surprise us with a 5:30am wake up call on Halloween morning. Though it was a bit earlier than we would have liked on a Saturday, the three of us had a lot of fun playing and catching up as a family. After a quick morning nap, we headed over to the Farmer's Market and Samantha even got her very first pumpkin. We attempted to venture out to Useugi Farms (AWESOME pumpkin patch in Morgan Hill) last weekend, but the crowds were too much to brave. I feel awful that Samantha didn't get an "official" pumpkin patch trip this year, but we will definitely make it up to her when it is time to get our Christmas tree!

On Halloween night, we were lucky to have a surprise visit from Uncle Brian, Aunt Allison and cousin Emily (Kayla had a rough afternoon and was hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa). Unfortunately, Sam was eating during their visit, so we didn't get a picture of the cousins in their Halloween costumes, but Emmy looked SO cute dressed up as a Saint Bernard!

We even made it out for a delicious dinner with friends...





Here's a picture of Allison and Samantha



and one of Addison with her Auntie Julie

and yet one more picture of Sammy in her costume...and since it is officially November 1st--HOLIDAY SEASON HAS BEGUN!!!! :) I'm going to go and watch a Christmas movie to kick things off in the proper fashion!