Halloween Pics (Outfit 2)

Livie-Bug the Lady-Bug!

This was the outfit Livia actually wore on Halloween to go Visit-Treating. We are so blessed to have so many family and friends close-by, that it would be silly if not selfish to just take Liv door-to-door to do the typical trick-or-treating. And it's not like she didn't get plenty of candy from all our visits!

So our first visit was to her Uncle Michael. He had to work on Halloween, but I like to think that we made the day a little bit fun for him  :o)

 

And Livia LOVED the Fire Trucks!

She's so lucky to have her Uncle Michael!

 

Livia got to be in...

And on the Fire Truck!

 

So then it was on to see...

 

Aunt Laura!

Liv and I both received treats from my sweet sister. Livia got candy & Laura's homemade pumpkin bread, and I got the jewelry I ordered from her just over a week before! Laura is now an official Premier Jewelry dealer, and I attended her first party was the previous Thursday. I just love the pieces I bought!

Our next stop took us to Anne & Jack Powless' house. We saw not only Anne & Jack... but Heather, Terry, Lexi, & Zane... and Warren, Jamie, Olivia, & Lincoln!

 

 Lexi, Olivia, Zane, & Lincoln

If it's not cool enough that Livie & Olivia share a very similar name, they also shared a cute little lady-bug theme for Halloween this year! (Note:  Jamie and I did NOT plan this! What can I say? Great minds think alike in so many ways!) We've dubbed the girls "O" (for Olivia) and "No O" (for Livia) when they're around each other. Luckily, the similarity of their names hasn't seemed to confuse them thus far.

 

Pictured above: Liv, Olivia, & Lincoln

Below: O- and No O- sharing a sweet kiss

 

And Liv decided that Lincoln shouldn't be left out

 

Then it was off to Livia's Grandma Trilby & Papa Bill's

 

Livia just loves her grandparents -- and Sugar

Livia keeps not only friends & family in her nighttime prayers, but animals as well. This particular moment, Sugar was outside due to all the excitement in the room! Laughter & squealing definitely rowls Sugar up.

After our visit with Livie's grandparents, we headed out to the middle of no-where. Our first stop out there was to Uncle Don & Aunt Bonnie's

 

Can't you tell how much she loves them?!

And as our good luck would have it...

 

3 Blind Mice were there as well! (ie: The Rat Pack)

 

Liv really enjoyed counting all her candy for Meg

Then it was off to my parents, where I got this wonderful picture:

 

And this one:

As much as she loves her Papaw and Nana, it was starting to get very late. So we made it a pretty quick stop.

And we made just 2 more quick stops for the night -- Livia's Aunt Kendra & Uncle Matt's, and my good friends Kellee & Marcus. I didn't really get any good pictures from Kellee's, but I did get some great ones of Liv's cousins:

 Maggie the Pirate

And Wolverine-Man, Nolan

 

Are they not the cutest?!

And Liv just adores Maggie...

 

As do I...!

So, that's our Halloween for this year! We had such a wonderful time, and I pray that I'll always be able to take Livia Visit-Treating -- she still got to say "Twick-owr-Tweet!" plenty  :o)

Much love and God's Blessings to everyone!

Halloween Pics (Outfit 1)

After finally making time to download and edit some wonderful Halloween pictures of Livia, I thought I should share some of the loveliness! Now, Liv actually had 2 outfits -- one that was only worn around the house, and was far too big for her. She just loved it so! And I couldn't tell her "No." So here is her Abby-Cadaby outfit, that she'll surely be able to wear for years to come...!

In our front yard

 

 

On the sidewalk just beside our house

 

 

She just loved her wand!

 

 

And in our own back-yard.

I was fortunate enough to get the day off the day before Halloween (I still managed to get in 39 hours for the week though!) so I got so spend all morning with Livia, and she just loved dressing up and showing off for me!

More to come very soon featuring Liv's 2nd outfit on Halloween Day!

Flashback Friday ~ Halloween 2007 (My Lil' Pumpkin)

After doing my last Flashback on last year's Halloween, I wanted to go ahead and look back upon Livia's very first Halloween...

My Mom picked up the cutest little pumpkin costume for her, and a few weeks before the big day, we decided to do a photo shoot with her:

We used my parents garden for the back ground, and I still cannot believe how cute the pictures turned out!

 Henry the black cat even joined in the fun -- now, we couldn't have planned a more fitting prop!

Liv was still pretty little at this time... Not even 6 months old. So it was no surprise that she was getting pretty tired after several hundred photographs.

And her sleepiness led to some really sweet pictures (like the one above)

It's sometimes hard to even remember her being this small! Yet other times, I can't help but still look at her as my little baby. I guess she always will be my baby in many ways (right, moms???) The first is always special...

And her 1st Halloween was just as special as she is!

Flashback Friday ~ Halloween 2008 (A 'Magical' Day!)

Last year for Halloween, Livia was a Purple Unicorn - she was so incredibly cute, and luckily I have some great pictures to remember it by. Our life was insanely busy back about a year ago... There were days where I had trouble remembering my name! Luckily, I did remember to take photos!

Is this outfit not the cutest?!

Here she was at her Grandma Triby & Papa Bill's

And she even crawled around like a 'real' unicorn!

This pic just cracks me up every time I see it!

Over the course of a couple of days, we were able to show off her get-up to those who love her the most... The Thursday before Halloween, CMOE (Childrens Museum of Evansville) had a wonderful party, which my Mom's work helped to put on. It would have been crazy for me not to take Liv there for the fun... and to see her Papaw & Nana!

She loves them both SO much!

We also made a trip out to her Papa Bill & Grandma Trilby's...

Somehow, the best picture of all was without Sugar the white German Shepherd... Sugar just could not stay away from Liv this evening! I think it was the outfit - who knows what that poor puppy thought about it!

Livia and I also made a trip out to her Aunt Kendra & Uncle Matt's... And what did we meet, but a real-life Princess!

Maggie's Princess Costume

She totally fits the part!

So would could be more magical than a Princess and a Unicorn? But wait - shouldn't the Princess be on the Unicorn instead of the other way around...? HA!

And speaking of laughing, this gives a whole new perspective to ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing - yep, that was just for you Mom. Love ya!)
Other than the whole purple being my favorite color, the best part of her outfit was her little black shoes. I thought they looked like little horse hooves.

This is definitely one of my favorite memories, and I hope to never forget how cute she was!!

Now it makes me want to go ahead & get her Halloween outfit ready - no, I still haven't done so. For one, I've been thinking, and since Halloween is on a Sunday this year, I may need 3 outfits for her. 1 for Friday (for daycare), 1 for Saturday (for going out to see family), and 1 for Sunday - a very pretty, dressy church-appropriate one of course.

Any ideas? :o)