Nana bread & duck-duck

Nana brought Molly some Nana bread when she came for Becca's party. Molly was so excited to have a huge chunk after lunch today. Way, way, way back in the day, I was the young one eating chunks of Dana's bread. When dad and Dana started dating, I loved going over to her house because she always had bread. It was (still is) the best bread ever. Molly, Becca and I ate half a loaf today!!!

I was shopping one afternoon with Molly and Becca. Molly spied bin of stuffed animals and decided she, Jack, and Becca all needed one. Being in a good mood, I agreed. Molly chose a horse, for Jack, we picked a monkey, and Becca reached out for a duck. All three kids love their animals, but Becca loves hers. When I lay her down to sleep, she reaches for it and tucks it under her arm. After nap/bedtime, she holds onto it and keeps it with her until she is now longer sleepy. We have named it Duck-Duck which she can now say. Here she is with Duck-Duck....

I Love her.

Becca's first Birthday Party

We had a "small" family party for Becca's first birthday. I REALLY wanted an all out, invite everyone we know Becca's turning one party. Scott want the 5 of us and a cake. We compromised and had grandparents and siblings. And if you know our families, that's a lot of people. We ate lunch and cupcakes and the cousins played. It was lots of fun. Here is Becca enjoying her first cupcake...dairy free!

Molly getting in on the action. It is hard for first borns to share the attention. (I know how she feels.)

Getting cleaned-up. Her icing has tons of shortening to make up for the lack of butter/cream. It was very messy!

I can't believe she is about to turn one! Her official Birthday is the 20th! We are going to have more cupcakes to celebrate. Molly and Jack spent the afternoon making decorations for Becca. I love how much they love her. I can see how the baby of the family gets spoiled rotten. But with Becca, it's easy to do!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. When Molly and Jack got home from school, we carved our 6 pumpkins. I wish I had taken a picture of them. The squirrels and chipmunks had done a number on them so a few pumpkins were "abstract". I just cut random shapes to use the 'work' the animals had already done. They turned out pretty cool....

Molly wanted to combine her 2 favorite things this year and went as a princess cat. She looked great and had lots of fun in her costume. Jack was a vampire and was able to scare many people! Becca was a butterfly. She was very cute and round in her costume.

(my pictures will not load in order for some reason today, and after 3 tries, I'm giving up. Sorry)

Jack was VERY tired by 8:00 (rightfully so) so Becca, Jack and I went home 'early'. Scott and Molly hit a few more houses before coming home. This is Jack checking out his haul. Becca loved rummaging in his bag and he was a good sport about it.
This is the crew before we went out.

We met up with our friends the Townsend's to Trick-or-Treat with. Wyatt and Scarlett are the sweetest kids and I'm glad they are our neighbors.

The entire group ready to go!

Me and Becca. We are BOTH ready for bed!!!

Quiet Baby=Trouble

Becca is on the move these days. She no longer "army crawls". She is up on all 4's and moves fast! Today while I was making breakfast, I noticed she wasn't under my feet anymore and very quiet. I found her in the bathroom unrolling TP. You can't be "mad" at something so sweet and harmless. :)