Carousel Fun

Grammy T and Elizabeth on the carousel at Fashion Island

Guess, we got a little distracted from the all the Christmas shopping we were going to get done:)

All Aboard Santa's Train

Everyone climbed on Santa's train to go to the North Pole and see Santa














Elizabeth was pretty excited at first - she thought these Candycanes were real!









But then... things took a turn
Not as happy to see Santa this year!

More Sleigh Rides

Elizabeth and John David out on their first sled date














The Hofer Family














Elizabeth was much less scared of Mrs Claus and even listened to some of her stories

John David also got an earful from Mrs Claus

Visiting Newport

Elizabeth invited Laura over to her playhouse for some playtime fun in the backyard

More San Diego Fun

Ou to lunch with her grandparents, Elizabeth plays peek-a-boo with one for her favorites...
Mmmm...Graham Crackers!

Elizabeth and her 4 favorite friends

Thanksgiving in San Diego

Thanksgiving is San Diego this year was an experience. Soaking wet for the am 5K run started the day. Luckily, once we dried off, all of us enjoyed spending time with family and friends.






Hanging with cousin Vanessa at Thanksgiving











Playing a piano concert for all of us...
Hopefully she'll start a famous music career to support her parents!








After the get-together, we went back to Grandma and Grandpa Shevlin's to play with the dogs again!!

Trooper had some sniffles and Ellie helps find him the perfect kleenex- you have to go through a few to find the perfect one!

On this trip, we finally got a picture of the beautiful plate celebrating 3 generations in Christina's family.

Mealtime Fun

Lunch at Rubys

Dinner at home - Ellie doesn't care about how neat she is when she eats at home!

Visiting Ventura

Elizabeth and Mom went to visit the grandparents in Ventura - Elizabeth had quite an exciting time. Check out her new velcro tennis shoes - they light up when she walks! As you can see, she was exhausted when she was done with her fun-filled weekend.

Dinnertime

Everyone has got their bottles!

Halloween 2008

Halloween night was spent on Main Street in Huntington Beach where Elizabeth was, of course, the cutest kid there!


Hanging out at the street fair all dressed up














The cutest pig I've ever seen!













More candy to keep the piglet up at night!














Elizabeth with a real pig on Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch Princess

Now that Halloween is approaching, Elizabeth needed the perfect pumpkin to go along with her perfect costume:) We had so much fun picking one out.

Dad is going to help find the best one

Elle's got it!
WOW! These are some big pumpkins

Couldn't leave without saying hi to the animals

Halloween preview

Now, her grandpa was a little worried that a pig wasn't going to be cute enough.... what do you have to say now, Grandpa? Isn't she the cutest Miss Piggy ever! We are ready for trick-or-treat

She loves her daddy!

After a long day at the hospital, Jason loves to come home to his smiling girl. Look how she loves her daddy!

Homestyle

Crazy lady hanging out at home in her PJs!

She's got the remote!

In her "recliner", watching TV (Baby Einstein, of course)

Birthday bash

At Newport Dunes, we had a great time celebrating Elizabeth's first birthday! Grandma and Grandpa Shevlin were kind enough to host it at their RV. As you can see, we all enjoyed ourselves.. Especially Elizabeth!
Story time fun!

Elizabeth loves to get crazy with her friends

Big girl with her own birthday cake

the tiny little cupcakes are for everyone else:)

Playing around

Before her big party, Elizabeth enjoyed time with her parents at the park and cruisin in her car.

Big Girl

Because one cake on her birthday could never be enough, our big girl enjoyed banana cream pie with Daddy that night. We can't believe how much she has grown and what a little lady she has become... just look at that etiquette!

Birthday lunch

At the rainforest cafe, Elizabeth went to town on their volcano cake special. There was even enough to share with her Mom:) Yum!!