First Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!!

We just celebrated our first Halloween with Samantha. All of these "firsts" are bittersweet - so exciting and wonderful, but they go SO quickly. So, we took lots of pictures - shocking, I know! ;)

The evening was even to eventful for Miss Sadie, who joined us in trick-or-treating, with her pumpkin t-shirt. She was completely worn out. What a sweet doggie!

Even before Trick-or-Treating we had to wear the Halloween outfit and headband Nana got us. I swear this child will wear anything on her head!

It is getting harder to take pictures of Sami, because she tries to get you and the camera. :)

It looks like she is growling, but she is actually giving us a piece of her mind - do you think "bababa" means "get that camera out of my face." Oh well. ;)

No goodies in there Sami, you are too young - this year Daddy gets to eat all the candy.

We only got a few pics of us with Sami at the end of the night - she is so tired. It was just too much excitement for one evening. Of course she had no idea what was going on, but it must have seemed exciting, because after the first several houses she would clap and giggle after we went up to the doors and got candy - coincedence, probably - but precious nonetheless.

Daddy was her buddy this evening - he went up to the door with her. I have to admit that despite how much I wanted to take her around, we both felt a little silly going to the doors when everyone knows she is too young to eat the candy. Oh well - rite of passage - right?!

She was so darn cute in her monkey outfit. Thankfully it was a warm outfit because it was cold outside...brrrrr.

What a wonderful Halloween! Kids really do make all of these moments better. I am so excited for Christmas I can hardly contain myself. Yes, I know that is getting ahead of myself (and sadly blowing right past her first birthday)...but God help those of you that follow this blog - it will be picture overload. What can I say, I am a woman in love....ahhhh. :)