Love, Love, Love

Meeting new family members during the Holidays was a lot of fun.  How did it go, you might be wondering?  AMAZINGLY WELL!  EVERYONE LOVES COOPER!!!  Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Grandparents, and even Great-Grandma!  

 

Merry Christmas

Trying to capture...

...just the right pose...

...for our Christmas Card this year proved to be challenging.

But we finally found it!

Merry Christmas 

to our 

FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

The Eve of the Eve of Christmas

We had our first Holiday unwrapping of the GIFTS!  It was M.A.G.I.C.A.L.!!!   Grandma and Grandpa helped create great memories for all of us.  We had a wonderful dinner...

Listened to LIVE, Christmas music...

Opened Cooper's First Christmas ornament...(with a little help)

And went RIGHT TO THE BIG STUFF...

Riley and Ellie were truly happy to help Cooper open his presents...

Christmas 2012 has only begun.  May the M*A*G*I*C of the Holiday

season be overflowing for you and your family like it has ours. 

I Believe

"Ohhh, I believe there are angels among us..."

Cooper, 3 months

Frankenmuth, Michigan!

The weekend getaway was glorious!  It even snowed big, nickel-sized snowflakes!  We traveled nearly 4 hours to Frankenmuth, Michigan and stayed at Zehnder's Splash Village.  Girls had friends to play with, Cooper was his happy little self, and we all enjoyed each other!  Everyone talked to Santa...and Cooper met Santa and Mrs. Claus for the first time.  They thought he was adorable!

Presents from Santa!

"It was a little extra, but I paid to have it snow!"

 

 

 

One of our FAVORITE families were there, too!

Zehnder's Famous Chicken Dinner

The memories of the weekend at Frankenmuth, Michigan are ones we love most.  Many firsts:  Cooper's first weekend getaway, first swim, first Santa encounter, first snowflake, first BFF spending the weekend with us; first time losing my winter coat TWICE!  Can hardly wait to do it again next year!

Oh! I have been experimenting with the settings on my camera.  So far, I'm NOT doing a good job with the pictures inside...  

 

3 Months

What a BIG BOY!!  Cooper is showing more of his funny and sweet personality!  He smiles BIG (but hard to capture in a pic!).  He has recently learned to hold his head up strong and follow our voice or movement.  He can suck his thumb!  I think it's one of the cutest images I have ever seen...a baby sucking his thumb.  I know, a possible hard habit to break, but nonetheless, ADORABLE!  He can lift his little legs up to the sky and roll himself over to one side!  Once he is on his side, he cannot return to his back yet, but in time...in time.   He anticipates his bottle (takes 3 minutes 27 seconds to steam to perfection) by looking at the glowing blue light and licking his lips.  He is captivated by shiny, blinky things and enjoys short, colorful books.  We sure do love watching him grow.  Girls are making sure Cooper experiences ALL of our Holiday Family Traditions!  OH WHAT FUN!