We had a small party for her with family. I made a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake. She LOVES Mickey. One of the things that I remember the most from growing up is the cakes my mom made us for our birthdays. Aaron has the same kind of memories. It's fun to carry the tradition on with our kids.
She loved eating her cake. At first she wasn't sure what we had put in front of her, but after Aaron gave her a taste of it, she dug right in. This just happens to be my favorite part of their first birthday!
She had fun opening presents for the first time. It took her a while to understand that it was ok to rip the paper, but once she got into it, she really got into it! It will be fun to let her do it again next month for Christmas. Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts, she's been playing with all of them this afternoon. 
We love you, Alexis and we are so glad to have you as a part of our family!
Fortunately, we were all feeling MUCH better by Halloween night and it was a beautiful night for Trick-or-Treating! It was only chilly, so we were fine putting jackets under the kids costumes. We were very excited to try out the treating in our own neighborhood for a change. Zack had a blast running up to the doors. He didn't want to keep his mask on for long though, as it got dark he really had a hard time seeing, so I was glad he took it off. By about half-way through he started telling us to stay on the sidewalk and he would go to the front door all by himself. Little Mister Independent! Lexi was glad to be out of the house. She had fun just watching the chaos and getting passed between Mom, Dad and Autie. Aren't they adorable in their costumes?!?!
