Happy First Birthday, Annie!

Happy First Birthday to our little, Annie Banana!



Your big brown eyes light up each room and we just love your 3 teeth smile these days!

Last year's first snow fall was on the day Annie was born. We have had a few flurries so far this year, but no accumulating snow. I wonder if it will snow on Annie's first birthday.

Annie is lucky enough to share her birthday with my dad, Annie's Papa. Happy birthday, Dad and Papa!

Annie's First 1st Birthday Party

Annie modeling her First Birthday bib.



Annie's own First Birthday cake.



Cousin Jake, Mammie, and Silly Aunt Debbie, the creaters of Annie's birthday cakes. Didn't they do a great job?



A bunch of banana cakes.



Annie discovering her own cake.



A tired Annie with cousin Jessie. Annie still sucks her thumb when she's hungry or tired.



Cousin Shelby gave Annie this little car for her birthday. Not only did Annie love climbing up and down and all over the box after she opened it, but riding on the car is extra fun too!

Thanks to our family members for making Annie's First 1st Birthday party a complete success. We are very grateful for everything you did to make our little Banana feel so special!

Happy Thanksgiving

Our two little turkeys, modeling their matching dresses from Mammie.

Blocks!

Who knew a few colored blocks could be so exciting?

Pinkalicious, The Musical

Last Saturday, Lauren, Aunt Stephanie and I had a very special girls only outing. (Mammie was planning to come, but because of Papa's knee injury she was unable to make it) We saw Pinkalicious, The Musical!!!!


Meeting the cast and getting autographs after the show. Lauren wanted to meet the characters, but when it was her turn to take a photo or talk to them, she clammed up.


So happy to be spending time with Aunt Stephanie in the big city!

Two Little Monkeys

We had so much fun celebrating Halloween with Aunt Stephanie!

Daddy and Lauren went trick-or-treating, while Mommy, Annie and Aunt Stephanie stayed home to pass out candy.



Last week we had a surprise visit by Mammie and Papa on a Tuesday evening. They were on their way to South Dakota and delivered Lauren's big bed to us. What a better way to spend a Tuesday evening than carving pumpkins with Mammie and Papa!



Annie was already in bed when we carved pumpkins that Tuesday evening, so she and Mommy had a special carving Sunday afternoon while Lauren was still napping. Annie sure loved holding onto the big spoon and pumpkin.



Monkey See


Monkey Do

Highwood's Pumpkinfest 2011

What a beautiful weekend we had for Highwood's Pumpkinfest.


Boxes and boxes of pumpkins just waiting to be carved.


Lauren carved three pumpkins. One with Mommy and two with Daddy.



The main pumpkin wall.

There were pumpkin walls all throughout town holding a total of over 31,000 jack-o-lanterns!!! The word throughout town is that the world record was broken and the title is now held by Highwood.


Watching all the volunteers light thousands of pumpkins.

Thank you Highwood for such a fun family filled weekend!