The Christmas Season, Part 2

It's almost March.  It's time for the second Christmas post!!!

After we had Christmas with my family, we flew up to Nashville to spend a few days at Andrew's sister's house.  His parents were there, along with Katie, Ellen, Joe, Abby and Audrey....and Charlie the dog!  We had a blast.

I don't have video or photos of it, but the girls did a duet of the Snowman song from "Frozen."  It was the cutest thing I'd ever seen!!!

The girls together!!

Christmas was a fun day!!!!!

But the week was not over!

We had a fun day at the Opry Mills Hotel!

We were sad to leave, because we had so much fun!  By the way, it was Ali's first time to fly, so she earned her wings!

Christmas with family is always a blast, and we can't wait to see what next year brings!

The Christmas Season, Part 1

And with that face, you know its Christmas time!

     The Christmas season was an incredibly busy one for us, but it was also incredibly fun!  By busy, I mean that Andrew and I still had to work.  Before, after and between work hours, we managed to squeeze in our shopping and random festivities.  There wasn't much chill time, except for a few Home Alone marathons!  All in all, it was a fun time for us as we shared Ali's first Christmas with her.

     We first spent Christmas with Ali's maternal grandparents: Pop and Grandma.

She had her first stocking!

She was lavished with gifts!

And more gifts...

She learned what to do with wrapping paper...

"Thanks, Aunt Laura!!"

"No more presents????"

     Andrew assembled his first toy for Ali!!!

And the joy went on and on and on!!!

     This was such a fun time at the Remy house!  Ali got to sleep, play, eat and cry all while being surrounded by love and happiness.  God gave us the best gift of all on July 10, 2013, and we still couldn't ask for more.  We hope your holidays were blessed!

The beginning of The Lucky Penny

  Its about time that we start sharing a little bit about our roller coaster lives!  Andrew and I can barely find the time to sit still for one moment, but we are still going to try to post an update once a week...or maybe once a month...or maybe one week, then two months later...who knows.  There is too much going on in our lives to NOT share!  So strap yourselves in, and get ready for the timeline to begin.

Today is December 11, 2013.  Our precious daughter is 5 months and one day old!

Alison Beth Penny came into our lives on July 10, 2013.  Needless to say (and every couple who were ever first time parents can join us in saying this), "our lives haven't been the same since!"  And that's a good thing.  She is making us fall in love with her more and more each day.

I mean...

Now...stop reading, and look at that picture again...and again...and again.  She's so pretty!

We'll leave you with a quick rundown of her milestones as of today:

- She can ALMOST sit up on her own.  She can make it 5 seconds, maybe 30, but then she topples

- She loves to laugh

- She LOVES eating real food.  She opens wide wide wide when the spoon comes close

- She has had her first tooth breakthrough

- She sleeps through the night.  Sometimes.

- She is in the 95th percentile in height.  

These are just a few.  And she is sure to add to that list before we post again!  Until then, be safe.  And HAPPY SHOPPING!

The Lucky Pennies