Christmas continued...

Elizabeth sent us some new pictures from Christmas we thought you would enjoy. Thanks Koppe fam! Merry Christmas Everybody!

The Koppe girls got Charlee her very own stuffed pig...so cute and soft!


With Aunt Nanny Patty...Charlee just loves her!

Christmas

Hard to believe that Charlee's first Christmas has come and gone! We had such an incredible time from a morning video chat with the Marshalls to breakfast with Anya and Pops to a delicious turkey dinner with 16 friends and family. We felt so blessed to have everyone in our home and were so grateful to everyone for pitching in and bringing food. A special shout out to Elizabeth for the delicious pecan pie and festive decorations!Amazing that Charlee and Gracie will never know a time without video chat! Are we in the Jetsons?

Charlee loved her gifts but loved the bags more :o)

It poured on Chrismas morning and Norm decided to baptize her by dunking her head in the rain...it made for a pretty super sweet hairdo

Anya in all her Christmas morning fashion glory!

Mmmmmm, Turkey!

Charlee with her Grandma's and new baby doll from Grandma Sally...it looks just like her!

With Great Grandma Shirley, Grandma and Papo

With our amazing friends the Balli's-- we were so glad they could make it for dinner and bring Daghan who is almost exactly two months younger that Charlee. Charlee wanted to give him kisses :o)

Eating a yummy dinner

The Pollards, our fabulous neighbors also joined us for dinner...we just love them!

My Martha Stewart moment...check out Norm's expression...he was not impressed!

Papo had so much fun he fell asleep snuggling with Charlee's new Minnie Mouse (which by the way, is bigger than she is!)

The Koppe fam!

Charlee's Piano Concert

Charlee loves the piano! She can crawl over to the bench, pull herself up and reach the keys to play. Granted, she does not play anything particular but we are pretty sure that "The Habanera" from Carmen is next! Katie and Alec came by for a fun filled afternoon and Alec caught these amazing shots.

Gingerbread Extravaganza!

We had a fabulous time making amazing (we are taking artistic liberty with that word) gingerbread houses with Brian and Christy and a couple of their friends. It was a great date night out and as you can see we came home with a beautiful product :o)

The Leonards as Elves!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Rub a Dub Dub- Daddy and Me in the Tub!

Charlee is now taking baths in the big girl tub and loves it most when Daddy joins her. Here are some cute shots we caught last night.

"Charlee" Brown Christmas Tree

Grandma Sally came to visit and spend the day with us on Sunday and got Charlee her first Christmas Tree and ornament. We, of course, had to get a Charlie Brown tree and it fits perfectly in the house. Charlee loves reaching for the ornaments and lights...so fun! We know that Christmas is only going to get better and better now that Charlee is with us :o)

All decorated-- and no, that is not an optical illusion, the angel really is almost as big as the tree!

Sick Schmick!

Charlee officially has her first cold...it was an extra gift from Gracie last weekend. She is in such great spirits even while fighting a fever that I just had to take some pictures. We went to the doctor today and Charlee is now 17 lbs! That means she is 10lbs heavier than birth...hard to believe!

Cold, what cold?

"I may be sick but a girl still has to teeth!"

Stand up!

Charlee is up, up, up! She can pull herself up on just about any furniture and loves to stand and get a new perspective of the world. Norm and I are thinking she is going to walk sooner than later! She is also super giggly and we got a funny video of her last night a bit slap happy in her highchair...enjoy! We are so excited to celebrate Andrews Family Christmas this weekend with Jenny, Jim and Gracie in town...yea! I am sure we will have TONS of pictures (after all this is the Andrews Family!) and I will post those next week.

Well Hello there!

Fun with Pops!

This event from Thanksgiving warrants it's own post because it was so funny. Charlee loves hanging out on shoulders and she found Pops' to be particularly fabulous. She was particularly enjoying eating his head and she left a delicious trail of drool in her path! There is a video at the end for your viewing pleasure.

We had such an amazing time at Thanksgiving this year...the babies are getting more mobile, the kids are getting taller, and the adults... well... we are getting wrinklier! How thankful we are to have such an incredible family...we are so blessed!

Norm doing the famous thumb trick...Mason figured it out right away but Norm had Connor going for quite a while.

Charlee and Hanna in their matching bibs...Charlee LOVED Hanna!

She also wanted to 'borrow' Hanna's binkie

"This is great"

We presented James with a Mason decree from the 1920's that belonged to our grandpa. Anya found it amongst the memories and it could not have found a better home with James.

The cousins and Anya and Pops

Loving cousin Mike!

Gramma's with their grand-babies

Jim serenaded the family...we just LOVED it! He played all of Charlee's favorite songs...it was very relaxing late in the evening. Hanna even fell asleep during it :o)

December Already!

We can hardly believe that it is December already! The season has definitley changed in So Cal and the long sleeves have come out of storage. I will add the Thanksgiving pics later tonight but here is a cute shot of Charlee and me from a lunch with two girls I have known since Kindergarden! Michelle and Jenni are doing great and we had a great time catching up :)