Henry's First Halloween!

This year was hands down the best Halloween I've ever had. For some reason Hank and I initially decided not to dress up since we thought we'd just quickly take Henry trick or treating...but we decided that was totally lame and threw together some costumes. Hank picked up a hot dog suit on his way home from work, and I had planned on wearing a sailor costume I had from a couple of years ago. Upon finding the costume in our closet though, I realized that that little sailor's ship had sailed a long time ago. I wouldn't say the outfit screamed "tart!" exactly, but it definitely was too short to be appropriate, or to be anything I was interested in wearing now. So instead I threw together a "nerd" costume as we walked out the door. Next year though you can bet we're going to put a lot more thought into our outfits and I can't wait!

Halloween was so much fun- our little town is all about it, and it was the perfect night for trick-or-treating. The photographs below can tell the story a little better, so enjoy! And I hope all of you had the happiest Halloween.

Then & Now: Happy Halloween!

It's amazing how much changes in a year. Last October we were anxiously awaiting Henry's arrival, putting up Halloween decorations and daydreaming about that next year when we'd be able to take our almost one-year old son trick-or-treating. Fast forward 12 months and Henry is here, and tonight we're taking him trick-or-treating. Looking back like this never ceases to amaze me with how quickly time goes by, but also how wonderful it is that in a year's time, life can become so much better than we'd ever imagined. Thinking like this makes me excited for next year, and wondering what will be happening then as I look back at this year and Henry's first Halloween.

Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope you have the most magical night full of spookiness, candy and fun. We'll be heading out with our little monster later tonight.

xoxo

Our Town's Halloween Festival

This weekend was full of family time and Autumn fun! Saturday we headed downtown to our town's Halloween Festival and checked out all of the fun costumes, fall holiday booths, and spooky games. It's so small town and so, so cute. Henry was wide-eyed the entire time and we had a great time looking at all of the older kids and all of the super creative outfits everyone had on. I can't wait until next year when Henry will be walking and talking with the best of 'em. Exciting.

This year Henry is a monster, and he pretty much hates wearing the hat of his costume (as shown below!). Tomorrow we are going trick-or-treating, so I'm going to attempt to somehow grab a photo of his whole outfit, but if yesterday was an indication the odds are not in our favor. We shall see though!

Here are some photos of our fun day: