Santa Claus!

We've been getting in the holiday cheer with Christmas shopping, holiday parties, and visits with Santa. This is our favorite time of year and having Elise enjoy the excitement of the season makes it even better! Yesterday we attempted to visit Santa and take a horse & carriage ride but the frigid temps put a damper on that. Thankfully we were still able to visit Santa but instead of taking a picture with him outside by the beautiful Christmas tree, he was indoors, sitting on a bench in front of a stark white wall. We were anxious to see how Elise would react to Santa and she did pretty well at first, but then when she turned her head to see who was holding her, she got really scared.


Doing pretty well at this point!



The beginning of the end...



Get me outta here!



Here was the original spot where the pics with Santa were supposed to take place:



Don't let our lack of jackets fool you - it was in the 30s! BRRRRR!



Getting ready for a Christmas party!!



Happy Family!



We hope you're all enjoying the holiday season as much as we are!
Love,
The Pattees

Update!

There has been so much going on with us that I have neglected the blog for a couple of weeks! Elise is as active as ever and has even started to walk!!! She has still not perfected it and is much faster when she crawls, but she's getting the hang of it and is doing SO great!! She has also gotten her two incisors, most commonly known as the "canine teeth", giving her a total of 10. She's been drooling SO much still that we think she's most likely getting her molars soon too!

In other news, we had a great Thanksgiving with so much to be thankful for! Greg, my dad, and I ran the Thanksgiving day half-marathon and while it was the hardest thing I've ever done physically, it was such a great accomplishment and so much fun to do with both Greg and my dad! We're already planning our next race! My mom made the BEST Thanksgiving dinner and we had a great evening eating, laughing, giving thanks, and being with each other!

As if that's not enough, Greg just had his 29th birthday! Since it fell on a Monday this year we decided to have a party on Saturday to celebrate the special day! We hope you enjoy pictures from the last week.


Our little walker!!!



Greg and I with our marathon medals - did I mention I beat him by about a minute?!



Greg, me, and my dad with our marathon medals next to our Christmas tree!



Elise LOVED our medals!!!



Celebrating Greg's big 2-9 with birthday brownies!



Adorable pic of daddy and daughter!



We hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving and you're enjoying the start of the holiday season!

Love,
The Pattees

1-Year Stats and Party Pics!

Elise had her 12 month well-visit last Friday and everything went great, besides those 4 vaccines she had to get - ouch! She weighed in at 22 pounds (50-75% percentile) and measured 32 inches long (off the charts!). The doctor told us to start on whole milk, which Elise has taken a liking to. I'm sure it tastes SO much better than that formula!

We had Elise's 1st Birthday party last Saturday which was so much fun. Both sets of grandparents were there, Aunt Natalie, and our good friends, Katie and Jeff with their two kiddos. It was a little get-together but just perfect - we missed Aunt Jodie, Uncle Bob, Aunt Jill and Brad though! (Wish you all could've been here to celebrate!) Here are some pics of the celebration:

Not sure why she's being so sassy in this one:



No matter how many times I look at this picture, it still cracks me up! :)



This is when we were singing, Happy Birthday to you...



Eyeing her home-made smash (cup)cake!



Enough with the song, can I puhlease eat some cake?!



So excited!



Not exactly sure where to start!



Yum - this tastes pretty good.



She's got the hang of it now.



That's all I get?



Do I have anything on my face?



Time to clean up!



Can't wait to sing in this real microphone! :)



Elise loves her new baby - she takes her everywhere with her!



I could get used to this!



Daddy and Mommy with the Birthday Girl! :)



Can't wait till next year!



Such a good one of both grandmas with Elise!



Celebrating the best year yet!

The Big 1!!

Happy 1st Birthday to our little cupcake, Elise!


























We're celebrating this fabulous day on Saturday so until then, Happy Birthday to our sweet baby girl (who I guess isn't really a baby anymore!). We hope you enjoy her one-year pictures!

Love,
Kim

Tons of Pictures!

Hope you enjoy some new pictures of our soon-to-be 1 year old!


Peek-a-boo...I see you!



Elise playing in the closet - never too far from her blanket.



Sitting in her chair like a big girl - look at that posture! :)



Playing operator - we love dressing her up!!



First time touching pumpkin guts - I think she liked it!



Trying to figure out what this stuff is!



Hanging out with her new pumpkin pal!



Trying to take a bite - I'm not kidding when I say that she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth!



Our little strawberry - getting ready for the Halloween party at my office.



The cowboy, bumble bee and strawberry - too cute!!



We hope you all have a Happy Halloween!
Love,
Kim