PARTY!

Wow what a weekend! Charlee's birthday party was just SO much fun! We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends that put in so much effort to make the day possible. Thank you all for your love and support. Here are some of the many highlights from the day. All I can say is that my "vision", a Charlie Brown themed party for Charlee, was realized :o)


Norm picked out Charlee's first birthday dress before she was even born...she looked so stinkin cute!


The cake was so funny! Charlee was not sure at first but once she dug in there was no stopping her!

Mmmmm! My friend Kelly from Oregon sent down this giant cupcake pan...it was a hit!
This cake doubled as a pillow at one point. I guess that is what you get with no nap!

The damageAnya put so much work into making the house look adorable for the big day...here are a couple of her Martha Stewart moments...

The Koppe fam

Julia made it with Loli!

Great Grandma Shirley, Grandma and Papo!

The Stone Family

After the cake Charlee changed into a Snoopy shirt sent by Auntie Jennie in Florida...so cute!

Colleen and her adorable son Luke. Charlee and Luke seem to have a special bond...too cute!

Christy, Aiden, Brian, Amy and Ethan. Amy and I were so excited to finally see each other after ping pong illnesses the last two months!

Charlee's Godparents Katie and Alec. Katie made these incredible Charlie Brown t-shirt cookies for the party. They were such a hit that Anya and I had to split the last one! I am sure Norm had something to do with that.

Here are our amazing neighbors...we are so lucky! Mateus is so freaking cute!

Charlee's best buddy Kalea and our best buddies Riki and Jason.

Charlee rockin in her Princess cozy coup from Grandma!

With Any and Pops

The dessert table...check out those cookies!

My friend Kelly also sent down a handmade sign for Charlee...amazing!

After Charlee went home and to sleep Pops and Gracie put in some serious coloring timeAnd Gracie put in some snuggling time with me :o)

Lemons!

So we thought we would take some funny pics of Charlee tasting a lemon for the first time...turns out she liked it! We got some funny ones anyway.

Anya's school visit

Charlee and I went to Anya's school a couple of weeks ago for a visit and to make pinch pots with the kids. Charlee had a great time and was quite a hit with the kids!

Charlee's Age

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Girl!

Today is the day that our baby girl turns 1! We can't believe how quickly the year has gone. Thank you Charlee for being you...you make us laugh, cry, dance, sleep, make silly faces, but most of all, make us smile. We cannot imagine our world without you. We love you more than you will ever know!

Charlee is Walking!

By the skin of her chinny chin chin Charlee is walking before her 1st birthday! She is now taking at least 4 steps at a time...here are some video's for your viewing pleasure!


She walks!!

Charlee mad at me for not letting her play with the camera :o)

The Phone!

Not surprisingly Charlee Marie likes to talk on the phone...here of some shots. The last one is her being mad at me for not letting her use the camera :o)