Happy Halloween!

She was very excited about the small container of Play-Dough she received!

Alexa wants to eat all the candy with the wrappers on!

On our way to go trick-or-treating

Smile, little pumpkin!

Alexa's First Visit at Chuck E. Cheese's

It was a windy day and Alexa seemed to enjoy it!

Alexa and Masen riding the Kiddie Roller Coaster.

Keep your eyes on the road, baby!

She couldn't reach the steering wheel with her seatbelt on.

Masen is excited to go down the slide first.

Happy 1st Birthday, Alexa!

The birthday girl is in the cooler!

She just started taking her first steps days before her first birthday.

Look at all those great Halloween costumes!

There's Fred, Pebbles, & Wilma Flintstone and Bam-Bam,

Betty, & Barney Rubble, the Fairy Good Grandmother, and Mr. Slate.

The Flintstones & The Rubbles

Present Time

Masen decided to clean up early

It's a good thing Fred wore shorts underneath!

(Sorry these cake eating photos are in reverse order!)

A big smile while everyone was singing "Happy Birthday" to Alexa

Alexa having a blast with her cousin

We took Alexa and Masen to the grand opening of the

new Babies R Us/ Toys R Us store. We were excited to see

how they would react to seeing the characters in costume

and luckily they weren't afraid. I think they had a great time!

Masen wants to pull Strawberry Shortcake's hair!

Then we took the kids to the mall and let them play on the

indoor playground. They were exhausted when we got ready to go home.

Daddy ran the Columbus Marathon today!

Trying to keep warm

Hanging out with Uncle Andrew while we wait for Daddy to cross the finish line

Daddy let Alexa wear his medal. He looks pretty good for running 26.2 miles!

Kisses for the baby
I think Daddy deserves a piggyback ride!

Congratulations on breaking your personal best time!

(Matt finished the marathon in 3 hrs 45 min.)