Happy Halloween!!

Carving the pumpkin...

Elissa, Heather and Nick had fun getting into the Halloween spirit by carving Elissa's pumpkin that she found in the pumpkin patch! She also "helped" put sprinkles on the sugar cookies.

Elissa was very excited when we put the battery powered candle in and turned off the lights... she said... Oooh...Spooky!

Go Texans!

We enjoyed watching the Texans win their third game in a row for the first time in Texan history! Heather & Nick enjoyed the game with Brenda and Mike... with a quick visit from Toro and a celebrity siting of "Ocho Cinco".

Headed to the pumpkin patch!

The Boyces had a great day with the Righters. We met at Clay's for a quick burger where we ran into Heather's Aunt Susan, Uncle Larry, Darlene, Darryl, Kendall, Karson and Landon... Karson is about 6 months older than Elissa, so they had fun playing in the sandbox!

After lunch we headed to Dewberry farm to have some fun bouncing on the "pillow" and running around in the pumpkin patch! Shelby and Elissa were quite the duo... Caleb didn't know quite what to think of the girls!

Happy Birthday Our Sweet Elissa!

It is so hard to believe that 3 years ago today we were at the hospital awaiting the arrival of our angel. After thirteen LONG hours, Elissa Nicole was finally here at 12:32 a.m. She is light of our lives, who knew that such a little person could bring so much joy! Even during the difficult days of "no", "why" and picking her own clothes, we wouldn't trade them for the world! Happy day baby girl... we love you! Mommy, Daddy, Buster and Billie too!

Elissa's 3 year check-up

Elissa enjoyed a quick snuggle with Nana before her annual visit with Dr. Miller... She is always so sweet to Elissa. After Elissa's trip to the ICU 2 years ago, Dr. Miller is a little protective of her! We appreciate the great care that we always receive! Elissa is doing great... 50th percentile for height and 75th for weight. Elissa was very good, except when they asked her to remove her new purple shoes (thanks aunt Carol!) to weigh and she threw a complete fit. As soon as she got of the scale, she promptly put them back on her feet. Just one shot today - the good ole FLU shot! Although, Dr. Miller did warn us that next year she wasn't going to get off so easy!

P.S. We are on night #2 of Elissa sleeping in her "big girl" bed! YEAH!!!!

Elissa's Birthday Party

Elissa had a great time at her birthday party today at the Children's Museum of Houston. The Cat in the Hat was the group's party guide. Everyone played really hard, including shopping at the market, milking a cow and learning about money! At last it was time for cake... Heather found a great bakery - Take the Cake on Highway 6 - they did a beautiful job. Cake was decorated perfectly and was super moist!

Elissa's Birthday present...

Heather and Nick got a Elissa a playhouse for the yard... Elissa has been very excited about it since it was delivered last weekend... When Nick opened the directions, it said "takes 2 skilled adults approximately 6 hours to assemble". Well, good news, it only took about 4! Fortunately Grandpa was there to provide a buffer for Nick, not too many bad words were thrown during the process! Elissa loves the house and has promptly "moved in". I think her baby doll Sarah spent the night in it... We look forward to many hours of fun in the new house!

Visit from Grandpa and Nana!

Elissa got in some good quality snuggle time with Grandpa and Nana... She was really looking forward to their visit...

Mmmm...

Macaroni and cheese! Elissa also has learned her first prayer...

Thank you for the world so sweet, thank you God for the food we eat, thank you for the birds that sing, thank you God for EVERYTHING!

"helping" Mom

Elissa helped sprinkle the chocolates that Heather was making... I think that there were more sprinkles on Elissa than the chocolate!

Texas vs. OU

We joined some friends to watch Texas beat OU! Wow, it was a pretty exciting day... not to mention a great day with friends!

Happy Birthday Nick!

Nick had a fun 37th birthday... Heather treated him with a night out in Town Center with a couple of friends. Thanks Deni for taking such good care of Miss Pea while we played!