christmas at the smiths

coop loved hanging out with his auntie liz

best cheese faces ever!!! i love this picture

coop had so much fun chasing the dogs outside and exploring sticks and the sink hole...he asked to go outside all the time!!!

getting down the stockings

coop getting into his stocking

sitting down to open presents by the tree

coop was very interested in this personalized ornament that lit up, that he received from the godwins...thanks!

coop loved playing with his new firestation...he was so into it!!!! too cute

gotta have some new gator gear!!!

coop also got his first piggy bank and loved dropping coins in it...thanks aunt liz and uncle jay!

it's never too early to start saving!

liz and jay at christmas dinner table

cooper's crazy cheese face

uncle chris, GG (great-grandma smith) and dad

christmas dinner

coop and me cheesing it up

pictures in front to of the tree

can he possibly smile any bigger?

the grandkids (and my baby bump)

family pic with GG

four generations picture

christmas in CT

we were able to celebrate a mini christmas at home with just the three of us.....here is christmas eve dinner with some polish and and american traditional foods

cooper getting ready to eat

cooper and michael enjoying some "barszcz z uszkami" a traditinal polish beet soup with wild mushroom dumplings we have on christmas eve every year

cooper cheesing it up for our self family portrait

pictures with mama

pictures with daddy

Christmas morning...... getting ready to open some presents!!! Cooper loved opening everyones presents...the paper was just so much fun to rip off

don't forget the stockings!

our tree

oooh....a new book for cooper!!!

look at daddy's new mug!!!!

picking the perfect tree!!!!

after thanksgiving, we decided to get our tree. we bundled up and then headed to our local home depot with cooper, babcia and dziadziu.

not the greatest picture but the only one of the three of us on our christmas tree excursion

coop loved home depot!!! he ran around so excited that he actually threw up and then just continued running and playing. he had a lot of fun following the home depot tree guy around and just exploring all the things in the nursery.

so many trees!!!

ooh these have pretty shiny things on them!!!

our perfect tree.....a balsam fir that measured a good 8-9ft!!!!

cheesing it up with babcia and the little trees

gotta love the cooper cheese face...squinty eyes and all!!!

thanksgiving

time for turkey!!!!

we were so thrilled to be able to have thanksgiving with my parents this year...thanks so much for driving up to chilly CT!!!

my mom made a delicious dinner and we had such a great time visiting!!!!

this is cooper's official "cheese" face...cute except that his eyes are always closed!!!

cooper and his daddy

cooper and his mama

this was an extra special thanksgiving because as we sat around the table after dinner and read off our cards of what we were thankful for.....my dad was able to read the great news of baby #2 coming in June....this was the first time we able to share our big news!!!! we then, of course, called the rest of our family on speaker phone and shared the news with them.

Cooper's Dedication

while we were enjoying our family vacation, we took the opportunity to dedicate cooper to the Lord. it was such a special time to be with both sets of grandparents and liz and jay. we prayed over him and thanked God for the incredible blessing he is to all of our lives. may cooper grow up to be a mighty man of God!!!!