more birthday pictures

laila's first birthday

Laila is one! It seems like just the other day she was born. When she was a newborn, keeping us up all night, that first year couldn't be over fast enough. However, now that she is one, I wish I could keep her tiny a little bit longer. It's been quite a year, and I am looking forward to her first steps, first words, and many other firsts.

little tiger

One of the fun things about having a baby is dressing them up for Halloween. After I took Laila's picture I got distracted and forgot to take the tiger ears off of her. Several minutes later, I realized that I had a little tiger crawling around my house.

fall weather

fI'm loving the beautiful weather, it finally feels like fall! It was so nice to be outside today without sweating, getting attacked by mosquitoes, or having my camera fog up from the humidity.

barney

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This is Laila watching Barney. She can sit through a whole episode and is fascinated by it. I guess there is something about brightly colored, singing and dancing dinosaurs that babies love.

little pumpkin

What happened to the nice weather? While I was outside taking these, in 90 degree heat, I had to keep reminding myself it was October, not July!

pumpkin cookies

I love the month of October. The weather is cooler, all of my favorite holidays are around the corner. Today I made these white chocolate pumpkin cookies, they are the perfect fall cookie. Also, in celebration of Oktoberfest, Food Network has 100 great German recipes posted. This week I made this and this , it was delicious.