Our Anniversary As A Family!

I can't believe it's already here but Tuesday, October 2oth was the one year anniversary of the day Alexa came into our family. It has gone so quickly but at the same time it seems as if we've always had Alexa. I can hardly remember what my life was like before we got her. The last year has been amazing and we just feel so blessed and lucky to be the parents of this beautiful and energetic child. She is so full of joy and life and keeps mommy and daddy quite busy:) Alexa has changed so much in the past year. You forget how much until you start looking back at pictures and videos and then you think, wow...were you really ever that small and that bald?:)

We had a fun day celebrating with Alexa. Daddy of course had to work so Alexa and I went to the library for story time and the weather turned out so beautiful that when Daddy got home we had to make a trip to the playground. Alexa is getting so independent now and loves to go up the steps and down the slide all by herself which of course kinda scares me. After the playground we had planned to take Alexa to this nice Vietnamese restaurant in town and of course when we got there they had a sign on the door that they were closed that night due to equipment failure. We were so disappointed but wound up just going to our favorite restaurant so it was fun. We will take her to the Vietnamese restaurant next week. We got Alexa a small cake which she loved and kept saying her favorite word, "more". She didn't like the icing on her hands though and kept trying to wipe her hands off. That evening we sat down and looked at Alexa book of our adoption journey. Nic took off work the next day and we made a trip to the Zoo to enjoy probably the last day of really nice weather.

Here are some pictures of our day:

Alexa is enjoying her cake very much!

She was not loving the icing on her hands but she kept saying "more"

Daddy's little girl...learning how to use the computer.

Daddy pushing Alexa in the swing...her favorite part of the playground.

Going down the slide all by herself.

Chillin' out on the bench in the play area.

Checking out the pond at the park.

Trying to be a big girl at the top of the playground...scary!

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

Alexa and her Buddies

I am so excited that we got to take Alexa to the pumpkin patch for the first time! This is my favorite time of the year and we just missed getting to take Alexa last year since we had just gotten home from Vietnam the day before Halloween. It's so hard to believe that we have had Alexa for almost a year this month. A year ago right now we were running around like crazy getting ready for our trip to Vietnam. I still remember thinking last year that I couldn't even wrap my mind around the fact that we were getting ready to fly halfway around the world and meet our baby. It just didn't seem real at all and now I can't imagine my life before we got Alexa. We have been so blessed this year.

Anyway, here are a few pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch. It was a very nasty, dreary day when we went but we had a great time with our friends anyway. We'll still be going a few more times before fall is over so it was worth it:)

Alexa's not so sure about the Hay yet...

Alexa & Daddy watching Mommy Zipline

Alexa looking pretty in the outfit Mommy made her

Alexa having a blast in the Giant Corn Box (so much better than sand!)

Climbing up the Hay Bales to go down the Slide

Having Fun in the Hay

Farmer Alexa on the Big Tractor