Happy Birthday Elise

We celebrated Elise's 1st B'day at home over the weekend and the fact that mum Kate and dad Sean have survived their 1st year of parenthood and 2nd year of marriage!

1. Michelle & Elise 2. Happy B'day to you....
Mum Kate made a ladybug cake. It only took 3 attempts but she finally got there!!

3. Ladybug masterpiece 4. Leonie, Drago & Adam

5. Daddy, Elise, Otis, Reuben & Nat 6. Robyn, Alex, Mich & Tim.

7. Jodie, Paul & Sean 8. Adrian, Grandma & June

9. Elise showing Nana her presents. 10. Elizabeth & Joseph with the cake.

11. Proud dad with Elise.
Elise had a lovely time with all her family and friends and received many, many beautiful presents. Thank you to all for coming along and for your love and support over the past year.

Our Family Holiday

1. How do you get the sand off? 2. Beach babe

3. Helping daddy read the paper.

4. The girls 5. Daddy, bubby & doggy

We packed up and headed off on our 1st family holiday- Nova and all. We found some pet friendly houses via stayz.com.au We went to Callala Beach at Jervis Bay for 4 nights. The weather was a bit drizzly and overcast but there were clear patches so we could take walks along the beach.

Elise loved waving at the waves and playing with the sand (would love to eat it if she could). Nova behaved as if she owned the beach barking at anyone who walked along her beach. Sean went into work withdrawl and held onto his blackberry with all his might....

Then it was mummy's crazy idea to head off somewhere else for 4 nights (she can't quite bring ourselves to stay in the one spot for an entire week yet). We went up north to Pacific Palms. We stayed at Blueys Beach - very pretty area with lots of lakes. We had a spot across the road from the shops and cafes.

6.Elise's 1st ride on a slide 7. Playing in the park

8. Getting the giggles 9. More playing in the park

10. Elise loves her toes/feet

Elise turned 11 months old while we were away. She is getting more and more expressive with screwing her nose up when she is grinning and nodding or shaking her head in answer to our questions. She also started cruising around the furniture and enjoyed the different environments to explore. Not long now until her 1st birthday. YEAH!!!