Halloween, 2010

Posing on the porch:



Elmo tires out:



the witch, with vampire teeth :



Our kitty cat pumpkin :)



Daniel's first good look at pumpkin guts:

Daniel's birthday - Round 2! The real thing :)

Celebrated Daniel's Birthday yesterday with a visit from Granny and Poppy. Had a super nice day finished up with a walk around the neighborhood to see all the Halloween lights :)



Singing "Happy Birthday"




Hanging with Poppy - Daniel loves to hear him sing. I remember thinking the same thing about MY grandfather :)



Elmo cake. Original plan was elmo cupcakes but the red frosting in my dry run got a tad out of control. I decided I didn't want the 2nd birthday pics to look like a bloodbath!

Daniel's birthday - Round 1

We had a terrific day today with the Jones family, celebrating Daniel's and Bridget's birthday. Such nice presents and a lot of fun had by all :)

Birthday Boy!



Birthday Girl!



A slightly jealous, but still happy to partake in cake, big sister....



Halloween Cauldron Cake (Otherwise known as dirt cake)

A really great day...

5 years ago I joined an online support group because I'd had a miscarriage. Little did I know those women would turn out to be so much more than just online buddies to me. Yesterday I was lucky enough to meet quite a few of them in person at our own little "convention" in the DC area. It was an amazing day with amazing people. And now I'm lucky enough to call them "real life" friends..

Considering that we all started out having lost a baby, the pictures below make me really emotional. We've all come a LONG way since we came together so long ago.

10 little miracles - sitting in a row -

Happiness is :

Pumpkin Patch!

Beautiful day...

a little daniel focus

2 cute ones I can't resist -

1) The Elmo sweatshirt - the tradition continues :)



A very needed haircut!!!!