THANKFUL

I want to take a moment to be truly thankful for all that we have in our lives. This year has been a big one and we are extremely blessed to have Alisha in our lives. We are also thankful to have such a wonderful family and many special friends that have been so good to us in the past year. We look forward to sharing years and years of Thanksgivings with each of you.

A special thanks to Grandma Joan for putting together another Great Thanksgiving dinner. We had a fun day!

First Haircut

Before

Enjoying her Haircut (and Lollipop)

Oh No! The hairdryer!

Don't I look PRETTY!!!

UPDATE: Alisha does not usually get Lollipops, however whenever she sees a picture of one in her books or play cards, she always points to her hair and says "Haircut". She still can't say Lollipop but knows when she got her first Lollipop!

FUN WITH THE LEAVES

What's Fall without a ton of leaves. Jerry and Alisha had a great time playing with them the other day!

A few days later, Alisha enjoyed the puddles and the leaves. Who knew I would have such an "outdoor" girl.

Happy Halloween

Alisha had a great time on Halloween. She LOVED her Minnie Mouse costume! Unfortunately, her ears kept falling off as we were walking, but she kept trying to put them back on. TOO CUTE!!

We went out Trick or Treating with Brian, Dawn and Jack (as Buzz Lightyear). We weren't sure that Alisha would actually go up to each of the doors but she did GREAT! She walked right up and took the candy. She still wasn't able to say Happy Halloween or Trick or Treat (even after working on it for several days) but she made sure she said Good-bye to all our neighbors.

By the end of the night, she could barely walk because her Pumpkin basket was weighing her down. But there was no way she was giving up the basket. We finally had to carry her the last couple of houses.


Back to our house to relieve Grandma Pat (who came by to see Alisha for Halloween) who stayed at our house to give our candy so Jerry, Alisha and I could all go out together. Thanks Grandma, it was great that you could celebrate this day with us.

FALL FUN

We took Alisha to the local farm this weekend to enjoy the fall festivities. First we went on a Hay ride and honestly, I think she enjoyed the pumpkin bread more than the ride. Afterwards we took a walk in the pumpkin patch for Alisha to pick out her special pumpkin. She was curious but she let her Daddy find her the perfect pumpkin!

Our First Look

One year ago today, we saw the face of our little girl for the first time. Isn't she beautiful!






Then we saw this picture...







Then finally this picture! Well at least we knew what we were getting ourselves into.






We fell in love with her instantly and a year later words can not describe how lucky we feel. She has filled our life with tons of joy and happiness. We look forward to sharing the rest of our life with our little angel.

Summer's Over

We snuck in one last trip to the beach before the summer ended and introduced Aisha to Dewey Beach! She had a great time, playing on the beach, eating Grottos pizza, going to the Rehobeth Boardwalk.

Always takes Miss Cautious a bit of time getting use to things and the rides on the Boardwalk was no different. We had to at least try the Carousel. She wasn't too happy and couldn't wait to get off. Well.... there is always next year.

Check out Alisha doing her latest move... TOUCHDOWN! Wonder who taught her that!