It's A Girl! Abbey Has Arrived!

                                 Abigail Skye Coppins was born VERY quickly at 11:42pm on Tuesday, September 13th.  She weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces, was 20 inches long and was very alert at birth.  So far she has been a very sleepy baby! Abbey ended up being 3 days "overdue."
                                  We know that we have been away from this blog for awhile, and, quite frankly, updating it from where we left off is rather daunting...So, we hope to start anew from here and keep it going as long as we can! Thanks for waiting so long!

Less than 72 hours old

Abbey's on  her way home!

Big sister Claire meets Abbey

Big brother Charlie meets Abbey

Less than 12 hours old

Chris and Abbey

Bev and Abbey

October and Halloween

The fall leaves were at their peak when we went up north and so we had to go for our favorite walk in the woods.

Claire in her elephant Halloween costume.

Clarie and her cousin Elliot.

Aunt Jean and Uncle Fred had a wonderful Halloween party again this year and this is Charlie after he found his pumpkin in a scavenger hunt.

Suckers were a hit with Claire.

Popeye and Olive Oyl.

I was a gypsy....

This is Claire at her Mommy and Me class party. She had a hard time smiling when she wore her costume.....

There it is:)

This year Uncle Brian and Aunt Sue treated us to the Detroit Zoo Boo. It was a lot of fun!

Charlie at the Boo.

Outside our house before trick or treating.

Our pumpkins.

Charlie "being superman."

September Fun

Charlie, Claire and I went to Romeo to take part in the Peach Festival. Granny K took this picture of us on the tiny train.



I felt like a giantess.



Claire enjoyed the day and especially feeding the animals.

We took the kids to the Michigan Renaissance Festival. Here's Charlie on the "rocking horse."

Charlie and Claire waiting for the parade at the Peach Festival.

Mo and Elliot waiting for the parade.

I can't remember exactly why Charlie is holding his nose, but I think a horse walked by.... 

Charlie is playing a game at Daved and Busters during Grandpa C.'s birthday celebration.

Birthday wishes.

Charlie has captioned his sister under the hamper...

Claire and Charlie under in the Artic Ring of Life at the Detroit Zoo.

Potance Visit August 2010

Claire on the beach.

Lugging Claire up the sand dunes was a good workout!

Charlie and Jaden.

The Potance Family

The Coppins Family

Chris and Claire

Charlie playing in the weeds.

Charlie and Claire in the grass.

Trying to keep Claire from getting a face full of sand!

Chris, Bev, Kristy and Nate.

Charlie stuck in the sand.

Claire stuck in the sand.

Charlie with Lake Michigan in the background. For some reason this pic makes me nervous...

Our family with Lake Michigan behind us.