Happy Halloween!

Last night we went to our friend Staci's 6th Annual Halloween Extravaganza -- this is our second year attending. We have the good fortune to have friends who love dressing up and spend months thinking and scheming about their costumes. It forces us to stay on our toes. This is our first holiday as a family of three, so I had a lot of fun figuring out our costumes. Naturally, J and I were merely accessories to Little, I mean, Thing One. 

The party started at 7pm and we were the first to arrive. Little charmed the early arrivals for approximately 45 minutes and then decided that parties pretty much suck. I went into the back room, swaddled him and shushed him to sleep and placed him in his stroller where he slept for a solid two hours. I guess the boom of the music and the the loud voices of the 25+ people were the perfect white noise. I was still nervous about leaving him alone where I couldn't hear his cries, but managed to have a great time while checking in on him every 20 minutes or so. 

By 10pm, J and I were both pooped. So, I fed our sleepy baby, wrapped him up tight, and walked briskly home in the rain. Little stayed dry under the canopy of his stroller, but squawked toward the end to make sure we knew that it was way past his bedtime. Halloween was great this year, but we were all happy to be home and tucked into our warm beds.