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Rockin’ October

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

October has been a busy month! Riley got his first haircut and we had lots to do every weekend.

We started out on October 4th with a trip to Breaux Vineyards for Allan’s surprise 40th birthday party, followed by a trip to Pumpkinville at the Leesburg Animal Park. The following weekend we went to Brambleton’s Fall Fest, where the kids were excited to take a ride on a firetruck provided by the Arcola-Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department. On Sunday the 11th we went to our first Adoptions Together Fall Family Day, where we were happy to see several of the other couples we had met during the waiting parents’ meetings had also gotten their babies, as well as families of all types.

The highlight of our month was our trip to NY for Mom and Dad’s surprise 40th anniversary party. After many weeks of planning, especially by Jeannie and Kaitlin, we pulled off quite a bash. Nikki put together a moving video slideshow (see below) that had everyone laughing and crying. Mom and Dad were so surprised and were so happy to celebrate with so many of our friends and family members. It was a wonderful party!

We finished off the month with Hallowe’en. Candy worked very hard on the kids’ costumes - they were the Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna. We were surprised though to find that seemingly no one born that wasn’t born in the 70s seemed to know who they were!