One Year Home

This time last year we finally brought the Bambina home after an extended stay in the hospital following her birth.  This weekend we celebrated the anniversary of bringing her home with loads of playtime, a relaxing hike, and a visit to the Halloween happenings on the Alexandria waterfront.  

There was so much beautiful fall foliage we kept getting glimpses of, so we found a place to take it all in:

Check out the giant tulip poplar that the Girlie and Daddy found on our hike.  It's nice having a tree expert in residence, even if he insists on quizzing Mommy nonstop.  Do I really have to hear the latin name, too?  

On Sunday we had some downtime in downtown Alexandria.  After a lovely ethnic lunch, we checked out some of the art on display for Dia de los Muertes:

Funky and wonderful!

Then it was time for a stroll:

We topped off the weekend by giving out candy to some trick-or-treaters.  The Girlie welcomed them with open wings (sans headband of course):

Happy Halloweeeeeeeen!!!