It's Halloween....and Gabi is WALKING!

That's right.  Saturday, October 30th Gabi was playing her little toy piano and then decided to just walk about six feet or so over to our coffee table across the room!  I just got a new lens for my camera (woot!) so I was busy with that when G decided to walk.  Obviously I didn't get a video of her first big walk but I got some photos!

We had just gotten home from my parents' not too long before this because Gabrielle spent the night there while Nick and I went to Jason and Corinne's Halloween party the night before (that was so much fun, by the way)!  Nick went down to our neighbors to check on the haunted garage really quick and when he got back I told him " your kid can walk"!  I guess he thought she just did her couple of little steps and fell down again....but I stood her up and she walked across the room toward him!  Crazy!!  Nick was pretty impressed. 

This is the length that she walked for the first time -  from the piano on the right to the table on the left!

I got the video camera out after she started walking, but of course when I tried to video her walking she fell over so much quicker than when I wasn't taping!  Haha, of course.  Here are a couple of videos - in all actually she walked at least three times this far in one try her first day walking...I just didn't catch if on video that day :(






She still hasn't stood up by herself in the middle of the floor....she will either "pull up" on something or we'll just stand her up and she'll take off.

Here are just a couple of pictures I was able to take with my new lens before the walking festivities started!

Another fun fact we learned - Gabi can turn our dishwasher on.....that was interesting.  The can reach up and nudge the knob to make it move and turn on.  Awesome. 

Earlier this week a bunch of us participated in a children's Halloween parade at a local nursing home.  We dressed the kids up and took them to visit with the residents...many of whom hardly ever get any visitors :(  Gabi had fun seeing all of the different people and she brought quite a few smiles to the patients.

Nick and I had such a good time at the adult Halloween party.  It's nice to have a night to be totally free of responsibility!  G got some quality time with her Grandma and Grandpa and we got to go out!  I have quite a few pictures of that night...but her are just a couple to show off our costumes :)

I was a candy corn witch and Nick was "Link" from Zelda........

Uncle Jason and Aunt Corinne

Even Grandma Billie dressed up......she was "Biker Bill"  So funny!!

Actual Halloween day was pretty fun too.  Nick had soooo much fun at the haunted garage that they worked so hard on.  It was really cool and countless kids and adults got pretty scared in there! 

The scare crew

And our little unicorn on her first Halloween......:)

This is how the hood was the majority of the time.....gotta love a big head!

Gotta show off the tail and wings!

She didn't want her picture taken with dada.....

Our little walking unicorn had to show off her walking skills to everyone before we got started.  She can walk through the kitchen, around the corner, and into the living room.  And she started walking 24 hours ago!!

Happy Halloween!!!!!!