Trick-or-Treating with friends

This was Alex's second Halloween, but the 1st time "Trick-or-Treating" and she went with her pals Alexa and Billy Hamilton. It was a great night and luckily it was decent weather for the last day of October in Montana. Mom and Dad had a great time eating the candy too!

1st time riding the Helena carousel

Alex and her Dad rode the carousel in Helena. I love that the animals are all different and include Montana species. She rode a bison first, then a horse, and finally we put her on a bighorn sheep. The carousel is beautiful!

Halloween party at school

Halloween is my favorite holiday. It is always happy and fun and full of candy and chaos! Alex got to join me at school once again and join in the festivities. The students had fun with her and she had fun observing their "fifth-grade" behavior.

6th graders dancing with Alex

Alex spent some time with Mom after school. Some former students stopped by room to play and dance with her. I wish she could be.there at school with me everyday!

Look Mom you can ship me!

This was a box that her new toy bin came in and she was very curious about it. Daddy put her inside with it standing up and she thought it was fun until it began to fall over.

Fall pumpkin patch pics

It was fun to get pictures taken for fall. Alex loves pumpkins and loves to throw them too.Thankfully they were fake. She did very well sitting and posing for the photographer. She also stood up on her own to show off. She has been doing that for a couple of days now. I wonder how long it will be before she walks. She also discovered how to turn the CD player from pause to play so we played a mock musical chairs game for about 20 minutes. Everyday brings something new to learn.

C is for Cookie

Snacktime with "C is for Cookie" makes for a fun day! Did you know that the moon looks like a "c" but you can't eat the moon? Alex is just going to have endure some of my favorite Sesame Street songs. It brings back great memories.

My big little girl

Alex is definitely a toddler now. Gone are the days of the bottle and binky (for the most part). It is exciting, but it regrettably puts me in a pensive mood at the moment. I can't help but reminisce about her first year. I think of how fast it went by and wonder how I can slow it down. Time has a way of making you chreish the moments of time gone by and appreciate future moments yet unknown.

Daddy's girl

Alex fits these boots perfectly... Watching her try to walk with these on was quite entertaining! She should have been sleeping it was 9PM but we just got home from Bozeman and Daddy wanted to play with his little girl.

Wedding fun!

 

This photo was taken at her Aunt Brittany's wedding in Bozeman. It was great time for all of us and how lucky we were with the weather. The year Alex was born (2009) there was over a foot of snow on the ground. Everyone thought Alex looked very cute. I am thankful that my parents took her to the doctor because she was sick for the whole week before. It ended up that she had an ear infection in both ears. 

Go Vikings

She knows what team to root for! This is her cousin's ball and it happened to be a Vikings ball. We were at her Aunt Brittany's rehersal dinner at the Lindley Center in Bozeman.

Alex's Godmother

We were lucky enough to be able to see Brittany Balog who is Alex's godmother yesterday in Missoula. She was visiting her parents. Brittany just had a baby boy named Evan in July and it was such a delight to meet him. It is hard living so far away from them, they live in Arizona.

Fall fest, furry things, and fun

We had a blast at fall fest today. It was hot though. It got to 88 degrees which is very warm for October!

We love bathtime

Alex loves water. Whether it is a bath or swimming she truly enjoys it! At this moment she was speaking jibbirish and was laughing. Then, she started clapping. I started to laugh so hard and that is when the splashing began. Needlesstosay, my princess soaked me.