Elise's 2nd Birthday!!

Elise had a great 2nd Birthday! She started the day with a trip to Dutch Monkey Donuts with Gigi and Grandpa! Here she is enjoying a chocolate covered donut with sprinkles! :)



Since Elise's birthday fell on a Wednesday, we waited until the following Saturday to have her birthday party. Greg and I decided to make it a small family affair this year and wait till Elise is a little older to have a party with friends. Since Greg's side of the family is in Florida (we're celebrating with them over Thanksgiving!!), it was just my parents and sister but we had a great time celebrating and showering our little angel with lots of birthday love and attention.


Elise loves butterflies so I had to make her a butterfly cake. Don't look too closely - I'm an amateur and I ran out of frosting!!



Hamming it up for the camera during her birthday party!




Blowing out her candles!



Dancing with her new 'dance with me ballerina doll'!



Playing with her new art easel!



Even the grown-ups liked the art easel - here's my dad showing Elise how to draw!



Family pic!

Two Years Old!

It's hard to believe that we went from this, Elise at 3 days old:


TO THIS, Elise at 12 months old:


TO THIS, Elise at two years old:













(We didn't intend to take this picture but we think it's hilarious and such a good representation of our little goofball!)


Happy Birthday to our sweet baby girl who turned two on Wednesday! We're having a small family party this weekend so stay tuned for pics of the celebration!

Halloween Recap

We had a great time getting ready for Halloween and celebrating the big day! First stop, the pumpkin patch. October was such a crazy month with a lot going on that by the time we made it to the pumpkin patch the selection was a bit picked over. We had fun nonetheless and picked a great one!



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After visiting the pumpkin patch it was carving time! Greg and I concentrated on carving the big pumpkin while Elise decorated her miniature pumpkin with stickers!












Next up was the Halloween party at Elise's school. All the children & teachers were dressed up in their costumes and there were games, candy, a haunted house, face painting, etc. for the kiddos to participate in.

Our little cheerleader!





After that we had some friends over for dinner. Elise got all dressed up for her best buddy, Jackson. :)




On Halloween night, we went to my parent's house for dinner and of course some trick-or-treating. We made it to four houses before Elise wanted to go back to GiGi and Grandpa's house - she was such a good sport and is enjoying all of her candy and treats!