Elise's 1st Birthday!!!

Elise turned one yesterday!!! We can't believe she is a year old. We didn't have a big party for her, but Grandma and Grandpa Brown came down for a birthday celebration and to spend Thanksgiving with us. Gifts that Elise received include the Little People Garage, Little People Airplane, cars and some touch and feel books. We also will be making a donation to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, thanks to the generosity of our family! We asked family to send donations instead of gifts and we are up to $1450.00!! We are so blessed! Thank you to all!

Below are pictures of Elise with her cake that Aunt Janet made especially for Elise. It was excellent!

Elise is attempting to blow her candle out .

Elise enjoying her cake that Aunt Janet made.

Here Elise is playing with her Little People Garage.

Elise and her touch and feel books.

Elise loved playing with the card that Aunt Andrea made for her.

Elise cheesing it!

Over the hill to Grandma's house

This past weekend we went down to see Grandma Diane and Grandpa Mike in Lake Alfred, Florida. That meant a seven hour car ride with an eleven month old. Rough. We were also able to hang out with "Steely" Dan Heely, and go to the Pasco County Bug Jam. We had a great time and met some of Mom and Mike's friends from Lake Alfred and went for a swamp buggy ride into some of the local orange groves.

Here's Grandma and Elise hanging around outside the house.

Here I am at the Bug Jam. Unbelievably, I got to meet the Higgins family. They make repair videos for VW's. Chad on my right does most of the welding, and his dad Rick performs most of the repairs. Rick has 50+ years working on VW's.


Grandma Diane and Grandpa Mike getting Elise ready for her warm-up birthday party


(Warm-up) Birthday girl enjoying her cake.


Mom, Elise, and Dad getting ready to blow out the candle.

House and Halloween Pictures

These are some long over due pictures of the outside of our home in Pensacola. I'll take some interior pictures once I have cleaned. :)

Mom planted some mums and pansies for me. The mums aren't doing too well. The pansies are in the flower box under the front window, they seem to be doing well.




Elise loves playing with Tinker!



Elise was a rabbit for Halloween. Her costume was thrown together at the last minute and just consisted of some rabbit ears and a white long sleeve onsie. To our surprise she kept her bunny ears on all evening. I think she is having fun posing in this and the next photo. Elise just happened to be playing in the bathroom at the time of the photo.