A mere two weeks later...

Addie took her first unassisted steps just two weeks ago, as you all know. Well it didn't take long for her to become an expert! She practices all day long--she walks from the front door to the playroom and back over and over. She's often clutching something--a sippy cup (or two--"doublefisting" with one in each hand) or our keys or her hippopotamus sleep pal "Hiccup."





Trying on Daddy's hat

Bundling up for our morning walk! Despite the cold, we still go out every morning unless it's also raining. This blue fleece jacket zips up around the both of us and we stay toasty and warm!

Addie's 1st Halloween

It's time for Adeline's 1st Halloween! Well...sort of. Last year she was around, but she was just a little peanut hidden under a mountain of snow ;) One of the mom's in my mom's group (remember the pile o' babies?) had started planning a big Halloween party months and months ago. We were all very excited, talking about it in the past few weeks during meetups and costume preparations were underway in the Silvestro household (thank you, Bess, for your wonderful sewing skills!)

The morning of the party, my phone rang and Kristi (the host of the party) called with the news that her little son had croup and that she would need to cancel the party. I turned to Steve and asked "want to host a halloween party?" So we rushed home, put Addie down for a nap (she slept for an hour and 45 minutes--how did she know we needed that time to clean? Smart girl) and cleaned our hearts out. Another mom stopped at Kristi's and brought all the wonderful food Kristi prepared over and ta-da---the party was still alive. It was SO much fun. The kids were adorable and all the adults were dressed up--wait, no scratch that. Besides Jolyn who wore cat ears, Steve and I were the only adults dressed up (shocker) :)

Here are some of the pics from the festivities! Our camera has been acting up again (The only time it works perfectly is when I bring it in to the camera shop and show the person working there) so I'm giving photo credits to the wonderful mom's and dad's who also snapped away these photos (M. Yanagi, T. Monfet, and A. Durham)


Presenting....Princess Leia, Yoda, and Han Solo :)

Addie working the room

Princess Kailey, Fish Eleni, Pirate Chase, and Turkey Reese

Helena the Dragon, Wyatt the Ninja, Mason as Tigger, Ellie the Pumpkin, and Mateo as Elmo

Reese decided to bring two outfits--here she is as a Redskins Cheerleader.

And here she is as a Turkey. Peekaboo!

Addie and Reese

In attempts to get all the babies together, we had a bit of a meltdown. Lion Emma began to "roar" and Addie got a little scared

(There are actually some really hilarious ones of Addie crying, but I'm having a hard time downloading them as they were from other's photos--if I can do it, I'll update the post)

Oooh, am I not supposed to have candy yet?

The daddy's (and Kate) with some of the babies

Happy Halloween!!