Another Two Party Saturday

October has been quite a busy month of events but luckily we all enjoy a good party. This was our second Saturday of the month that we has two parties to attend. The first one was the Pacifica Mothers Club annual Halloween party. Here is Alaina with a couple of her LoveBug playgroup friends, Addison and Jack. My bee and my cat. Halloween night always seems to be so cold and my main priority in picking out costumes is how much warmth they will provide. I love animal costumes and figure this might be the last year I can get Hana to wear one. I am sure she'll want to be a Disney princess or fairy next year (but hopefully not!)
Afterwards, we changed and headed over to Chrissy Field for a friend's going away party. It was a perfect San Francisco day. I wish Hana was included in this picture but she was off playing.
We didn't think we'd stay long but the we all had so much fun that we stayed for 5 hours. Nothing better than friends, BBQ, games and a beautiful background!
Hana even got to dip her toes in the bay for a bit.

Alaina's First Birthday

Since Alaina's birthday landed on a Saturday, we just had to throw her a big party. I opted for a brunch to make the menu easy for me and have the party end right before naptime. Alaina had 3 outfit changes, including a traditional Korean dress that my mother saved from when I was little. I finally gave in and let Kevin buy a bouncehouse for the girls. We had so much fun celebrating with family and dear friends!

Countdown to One!

Hard to believe that Alaina will be 1 in a few short days! I will confess that it hasn't been the easiest year.
Hana was such an easy baby, mostly due to her amazing sleeping habits, but Alaina was a bit more difficult. She cried more, slept less, is more stubborn but I love this little girl so much and will admit to babying her more than I did to Hana.

I've heard that the transition from 2 children to 3 children is easier than going from 1 to 2 but am not sure if we are going to test that theory!!

A summary of Alaina's milestones:

Solid foods - 4 months

Sitting/rolling over - 5 months

Chicken pox - 6 months

Crawling - 7 months

First word (mama!) - 9 months

Whole milk - 9 months

Sleeping through the night - 9 months

First tooth - 9.5 months

First step - 10 months

First #2 in the potty - 10 months

Officially walking - 10.5 months

(The picture in this post shows when we discovered at 11 months that Alaina is not allergic to nuts. Not surprisingly, she hijacked Hana's snack bag of nuts, spilled them all over the couch and gave them a try.)