Santa! I KNOW HIM!

"Huh Santa's pretty cool....lots of lights and pretties to look at yeah whatever...."


"A hug? Alright Santa....."

"Wait Da what did you say - no PRESENTS this year?"

"OMG NO BUT I'VE BEEN SOOOOOO GOOD!!"

"woooo woooo hoooooo"


Man hard to believe this was last year

Cooking in the Kitchen

So the present theme this year for Will somehow turned out to be all things "kitchen". One of his presents arrived (and because I'm getting tired of all my pots & pans all over) I decided my sanity might be worth sacrificing a small gift in the short term. After looking at this picture I got to thinking. Maybe my imaginary fantasy hook up with a certain scrumptious chef named Tyler Florence wasn't fantasy at all!!! h ahaha ah Oh who am I fooling such a goof ball child could only come from Tom & I.

PS. A week after our horrible ER visit from the "Little Tykes Plastic Shopping Cart Incident" you can't even tell. Lets just say said cart has found a new home in the basement of forgotten toys.

PICTURE TIME!!!!

So the results are in. With the exception of the "group" shots (becuase I think I look like I mopped up the floor) they turned out beyond words can describe. You can probably tell from the shots that Will had a ball during the session.

Click on the link below and enter the site. Then click on "Clients" and enter the password "koppman" (check your spelling its just one n)

HeidiLynnePhotography

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Well this about sums up the weekend. Not like we caught up on sleep, but it was for the most part low key. Saturday we had our scheduled photo shoot with Heidi Lynne and (knock on wood!) it seemed there could be some potentially good pictures. We shall see Tuesday! With any luck the pile of cash I sported out for look-alike cream sweaters and red plaid scarves paid off. Then again at the rate I'm going we will look like the crazy bunch of fruits we truly are. Speaking of fruit - or did someone say ham....with a side of cheese

Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We had a fun time back in Buffalo and of course I have limited pictures from the weekend. But in the interest of posting pictures, yesterday I picked up Will and his pictures were ready from picture day. Its amazing how much he's changing and growing. I know we were especially thankful this Thanksgiving for such a healthy little goof ball who always makes us laugh.

I'm a Ninny Muggins

Happy Anniversary Aly & Steve!! Not only am I a day late (after actually talking to you on the phone on said anniversary) but your card is sitting on the counter in the "to be mailed" pile. I swear I was even proactive in finding the right card; argh I suck. Hope you guys got the chance to enjoy a quiet moment alone together. xxxxoo

Oh yeah Will is an elf! lol

Elf-kins Will

What a week

Well it's been a long week. Will managed to give me the scare of my life cutting his finger (on all things a Yankee Candle?) which landed us in the ER. Thankfully no stitches needed. On a positive note while playing in the examining room I did notice he managed to have FOUR teeth cut through. No wonder the poor kids been out of sorts at night. Meanwhile Bella has been sick with assorted malaise. And poor Tom's been sick with a bad head cold. This morning we woke up to quite a beautiful picture. Its snowing! This provided a great opportunity to explain to Will the magical time of Christmas and how soon SANTA will be coming! He was more concerned with getting some juice and bananas. For some reason I'm dying to toss in a fire in the fireplace and cook a huge Sunday feast.

Earlier in the week it was 60 degrees out. While the sun was pouring through the front of the house, I came down the stairs and noticed the below picture. I hate to ruin the artistic grace of our resident spiders. So I'm justifying this as art and not my lack of cleanliness.

Weekend Catch up

The last few days Tom has been in Buffalo at a sales conference so I've been holding down the fort. Thankfully he's back home. I won't lie we missed him pretty bad, especially me. And I'm also completely thrown off with the time change. No matter how hard I try, I cannot get used to 5:00 pm = pitch black darkness. Its just not right.

Anyhow back to the post at hand. Over the weekend we drove to Ithaca to see Nana (and Aunt Aly & Uncle Steve!!). Here are a few good shots from Saturday.

Magically Delicious

Well I couldn't wait until Wednesday to dress up the poor souls who live here. Here's a taste of whats in store for us on Halloween. Will thought it was utterly hysterical that Bella was a spider. I'm sure she is already plotting her revenge.

Franken Berry, little Boo Berry and Count Chocula

We also made it to Harner Farms to check out the pumpkin selection. Keep in mind it only took us a month and a half to coordinate getting over there. Well on the bright side, at least its still October.....

I love you mister snow jacket!!

Well Old Navy delivered today in spades. Will has been home sick today recovering from puking his brains out the other night (of course the night Tom & I were about to fall over from exhaustion). Thankfully our favorite brown truck delivered a bag-o-goodies mommy ordered the other day providing time for a fun fashion show (and time to chase Bella as a giant yellow cheese doodle).

"But mommy I KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOW its like 80 degrees outside I DON'T WANT TO take my jacket off!!"


Ah yes, who said terrible twos won't come until later?!?!?!

Homecoming

What a weekend. Of course when I got the chance to grab the camera and take pictures I missed out on the best parts of the weekend. It was PSU Homecoming so Friday Tom, Will & I headed down to the cafe to take part in the fun. Tom dressed up as Tony the Tiger and got harassed by all the inebriated young ladies awaiting the parade. Again, missed grabbing the camera. This weekend we tried to catch up on tasks around the house. Our big trip was to Lowes for random supplies - most importantly giant mums. It was Will's first ride in the Lowes/Nascar cart. So we celebrated by dressing him in his authentic #3 jersey - WE MISS YOU DALE! (Notice how Will is even giving a shout out up to the heavens).

Sweet lord we've been living in PA way too long.....

More Grandma & Grandpa!!

Grandma & Grandpa came down for the weekend!! Always a fun time Will had a blast. Everything was perfect even the weather - except when it came time for someone to actually sleep through the night. At least its a long weekend. Filled with cider, peanut stix and the best Butterwoods apple pie ever!! Yea!!!

Walk to the Park

Will & I walked all the way down our street to the path that leads to the school. From there we scoped out the playground killing time for daddy to come home. Will, getting ever more balanced on his feet, loved running around checking things out. Good thing mommy remembered the apple juice!

Jeff I miss you move to SC

I can't stop laughing....

GIANTmicrobes

Thanks El Hefe you made my night. I now have Christmas present ideas for the whole family. You better pray I don't get your name in a few weeks or else its salmonella for you!!!!

Aunt Aly I'm walking!!!

Aunt Aly check out Will taking steps!! Linus is the white Westie across the street who Will is fascinated with. He loves to run to the front door checking if he's out - its pretty funny.

mmmmm Otto's Beer

So Will is fascinated with the Otto's growler lately. It cracks Tom & I up since he likes to tip it up taking a "swig" (yes its empty!!) and carry it around the kitchen.

We had a rough weekend. Will had a bit of a head cold prompting lots of coughing and runny nose issues. Coughing so bad we took him to the emergency room Saturday night (probably a bad move but when you're running on a complete lack of sleep you don't think straight). 4am he was checked out and we were discharged with "let it run its course his lungs are clear". Argh. But he's better thankfully. Knock on wood this weekend is better than last.

PSU vs UB

What a great weekend! Lauren, Pete, Andy and Jes came down from Buffalo to hang out at Gibson Place and throw down some serious football cheering. At first UB looked like they actually had a chance against Penn State, but then Penn came back strong and finished out with a win 45 to 24. A shout out to Carolyn for the best seats in the hiz-ouse! The weather was awesome and it was a lot of fun to catch up with family. A big thanks to you guys for lugging down all the fixings for a great tailgate (what good are hot dogs if they aren't Salens!) and some wicked good Chiavetta's chicken for the grill. Will definitely misses everyone and all the attention!

More Books Please!

Lately Will loves to grab some books and plop down you your lap for a few renditions of "Where's Thomas", "Puppy on the Farm" or other assorted Pulitzer Prizes. He recently figured out that instead of climbing the stairs, that they make the best reading spot. I caught him quietly sitting (and trying to scoot his rear-end) onto the step to read "Spots Easter". It was pretty cute. Even Daddy had to take a seat and join the fun.