SHARING

ELISE AND ELIZABETH WERE FIGHTING OVER THESE DOLLS THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK. I HAD TO PUT ELISE IN TIME-OUT FOR BEING MEAN AND HATED TO LEAVE HER LIKE THAT. I'M GLAD TO SEE THEY FINALLY WORKED IT OUT (THANKS FOR THE PICTURE ELISA)!

AIRPLANE ANGEL

I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED THAT ELISE WOULD NOT LIKE THE PLANE, BUT SHE WAS SO GOOD ON OUR TRIP! SHE JUST PLAYED ON THE PLANE ON THE WAY THERE AND THEN SHE SLEPT THE ENTIRE FLIGHT COMING HOME!

MUSEUM

WHILE VISITING DAVE, WE WENT TO THE "PLEASE TOUCH ME" MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA. I WAS A LITTLE HESITANT ABOUT THE NAME, BUT IT WAS THE COOLEST PLACE FOR KIDS! IT WAS ALL HANDS ON AND INTERACTIVE.

OUR TRIP TO DELAWARE

MY MOM, ELISE, AND I TOOK A QUICK TRIP TO SEE MY BROTHER DAVE IN DELAWARE. WE HADN'T SEEN THE FAMILY SINCE THEY MOVED THERE IN SEPTEMBER. IT WAS GREAT TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK!

SLEEPY HEAD UNCLE DAVE AND BABY BELLA

SALVADORE AND BELLA- HOW CUTE ARE THEY?!

ELISE GIVING "BUBBA" (HER COMBINATION OF BABY AND BELLA) KISSES

ELISE REVERTED A LITTLE WHILE WE WERE THERE:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

THIS WAS THE ONLY PICTURE WE MANAGED TO GET ON NEW YEARS! WE HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GREAT 2008 SO FAR- IT IS ALREADY FLYING BY!

NEWPORT AQUARIUM

WE TOOK ELISE TO THE NEWPORT AQUARIUM. SHE HAD A GREAT TIME RUNNING AROUND AND SEEING ALL OF THE "FISHIES".

DADDY'S GIRL


PEEK A BOO WITH GRANDMA


SITTING IN THE FISH SCALE


SHE WORE HERSELF OUT!

CANDY CANE HUNT

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A CANDY CANE HUNT IN THE GREEN SPACE LAST MONTH. I THOUGHT ELISE WOULD BE TOO YOUNG TO REALLY ENJOY IT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES SHE WAS VERY INTO IT!

SHE WAS SO FOCUSED ON GETTING THOSE CANDY CANES.

SCORE!!!

ENJOYING HER HARD WORK!

YUMMY HOT CHOCOLATE:)

CHRISTMAS DAY

WE SPENT CHRISTMAS DAY AT MY MOM'S HOUSE. AGAIN WE HAD A GREAT DINNER AND ENJOYED WATCHING THE CRAZY PRESENT OPENING (WITH ALL OF THE KIDS IT WAS A LITTLE HECTIC)!

ELISE GOT ALL OF THE GEAR TO GO WITH HER NEW BABIES.

SHE CAN VACUUM AND CARRY HER BABY!

SNACKING WITH AIDAN

"TEA" WITH GRANDMA

CHRISTMAS MORNING

ELISE DID NOT WANT TO OPEN ANY PRESENTS- SHE JUST WANTED TO RIDE HER HORSE.

NEITHER ELISE NOR DADDY LOOK TOO EXCITED ABOUT GETTING CLOTHES!

EVEN "#2" GOT SOME PRESENTS FROM DADDY

ELISE PLAYING WITH HER NEW KITCHEN SET THAT SANTA ALMOST FORGOT TO GIVE HER (OOPS- WE HID IT IN THE BASEMENT)

MOVIE STAR

BRIAN'S MOM GOT THIS ADORABLE CARTOON-
IT IS "CARE BEARS FITNESS IS FANTASTIC STARRING ELISE".

CHRISTMAS EVE

WE SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE AT BRIAN'S PARENTS HOUSE. WE HAD A GREAT DINNER AND HAD FUN WATCHING ELISE WITH ALL OF HER PRESENTS!

SITTING PRETTY ON HER PRESENTS

GREAT GRANDMA AND GREAT GRANDPA

UNCLE MIKE GOT ELISE THIS CHAIR AND SHE LOVES IT!

GIVING BETAH (HER WORD FOR GRANDMA) AND PAPA THEIR PRESENT

CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING AT OUR HOUSE

ELISE WAS NOT VERY EXCITED ABOUT OPENING PRESENTS. WYATT IS JUST WAITING TO TEAR INTO THEM!

OUR SNOWFLAKE PJS

WYATT SHOWING ELISE HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE!

ELISE'S NEW BATH TOWEL (MODELED BY WYATT)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

WE HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS!!! WE SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH FAMILY. SANTA WAS VERY GENEROUS TO ALL OF US- ESPECIALLY ELISE. SHE WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMED WITH ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES, BUT SHE HAS BEEN ENJOYING ALL OF HER NEW TOYS.