15 Months

Tessa is 15 months as of today. She is soo fun. I can't believe how much she knows and understands! I like to believe that my AWESOME gym decided to throw her a little Christmas party, I'm guessing since she is there nearly everyday. :) Santa came and she got a goody bag. This goody bag included crayons, coloring book, plane, roll up bracelet, squishy bracelet, rubber ducky, stamp, tattoos, candy cane, bubbles, lolly pop and sparkly bookmark! How sweet is that. I didn't get a very good santa picture.. we'll try again on Friday at the ward party. But here are her cute 15 month pics from this morning and then some. :)

See what I'm saying.. belly, diaper + no smiles.. cute santa though.

She was excited cause a "choo choo" (car) drove by.

She was all smiles when it came to her goody bag!

My fav!

Trying out her new crayons.

 

This one is for my mother-in-law. She sent me and Tessa matching shirts! :)

And as promised, this is her make believe picture from my last post. Excuse the half-nakedness it was 80+ degrees in our house and she was sweating all day.



Playing Make Believe

Today was one of those days I wished time could stop. Tessa was being an angel! Not that she is ever really non angelic.. but today she didn't cry or whine (too much). She ate nearly everything I put on her tray. She laid down for two naps with out letting out a whimper! And to top that all she was playing make believe!

For her birthday a friend gave her two little rubber dolls.  She carried them around for hours giving them hugs, rides in her toy car, she danced with them, laid them down on pillows and constantly talked to them. SIGH.. My sweet almost 15 month old really only knows how to say a dozen or so words.. in English that is. I'm sure its just me, I have no doubt she understands all the things that come out of her tiny chatter box. I completely enjoyed watching her. And I hope no one thinks its silly but I enjoyed it more when she let me play too. She would give me a doll to hug and I'd hug it. Her big eyes lite up every time and she would smile a grate big smile.

I didn't get a whole lot done around the house.. understatement  But Christmas is around the corner and I can't help but want to spend a little extra time away from the hustle and bustle. Yes today was like one of those days I remember as a little girl that went by just a little too fast.

Don't act surprised.. I miss placed my camera cord.. so stay posted, cute make believe pictures to come. Enjoy this for now.

Thanksgiving!

I am super lucky! My husband is going to Florida for work and he is sending me to Idaho for a whole week! Then he is joining me for a whole nother week!!! YAY :) SO knowing that I am going to be out of town I wanted to put up a Thanksgiving post of a bunch of things I love and am so thankful for.

• Family! I have the best!
• Siblings that look alike! It doesn't even have to be siblings. Cousins, aunts, uncles! I just love that!
• Trail Mix! Lets just say if trail mix was its own food group I would have no problem getting my daily intake.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! And my calling in the YW.
• My Beautiful Daughter! And the fact that I get to stay home and be her Mama!
• French Toast! With homemade syrup of course.
• Friends! Close and far. New and old. :)
• The Gym! Gym classes, day care, and cool people that inspire me to go everyday.
• Phone Calls! Not the quick "I'm here so come let me in your gate" but the "I was just thinking about you" kind that ends up lasting a while.
• Crafts! Just cause they make me happy.
• Mitch! Not only does he put up with a bit of a nut case but he loves me.
• Walks! Exercise or leisure. Alone or accompanied. Long or short. :)
• Pictures! I'm obsessed with taking them of Tessa, but I love my old shoebox full of old family and friend snap shots.
• Swimming! I really don't know how to swim! But there are days that I wish I was in Bear Lake swimming with family. Its soo relaxing.
• Tickling Wars! Tessa has the cutest laugh. And I can beat Mitch. :)
• Candles! And all other good smelling things.
• Ice Cream! Even though I'm a bit of a snob after working at Caspers.. Any flavor! Any Time!
• Reunions! Life is so crazy we have to set aside a few days just to all be together. Thank goodness.
• Music! It can instantly change my mood. :) And with out it we would never dance!!!
• Games! Maybe just cause I'm competitive.. I just really enjoy sitting around a table playing games all night!
• Learning! I don't know a whole lot.. but there is SO much out there to learn for everyone! Makes ya want to pick up a book huh.
• Sunshine! Probably cause I grew up in Idaho and winter last for more than half the year.
• Date Night! I learned long before I got married that its important to continue dating through marriage.. but I just recently learned why personally. :)
• Snail Mail! I LOVE getting letters!

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• Babies! Learning, loving, smiling, ooing gooing, so small so perftect! So need another one. :)

Happy Thanksgiving! And here is to hoping we all learn to love a little more this holiday season!



HaPpY HaLlOwEeN

It is our first repeat holiday with Tessa!  

:)

Take note..We like black and white animals.  

<3

Thanks for taking this years pics Liz!

2010

 2011

I'm thinking skunk next year ;)

The Long Awaited

I know you are all just as excited as I am, the camera cord has been delivered! Yippee! Here is the photographic proof of my sweet baby girls first birthday! There are a LOT.. at the request of family. :)

Getting ready to go!

Here are those "oh so" cool pictures taken while people are eating.

Check out all these cute boys!

Present time!

She had lots of little helpers!

These boys were so good, just stood there and watched.

Well mostly just stood there. Lol they are brothers after all.

Cake Time!

It was windy so I was super impressed that Mitch got the candle to stay lit.

Mitch tryed to feed it to her, so she would figure out how good it was...

And when that didn't work he smashed her hand in it.. :( she didn't like that at all!

She just wanted her bottle!

Don't worry Mitch took her on the slides to make up for his mean actions!

And of course she got to stay up past her bed time and play with all her new toys!

It was such a good night. We really are blessed to have so many great friends!

Tessa and I spent some time at the beach. How many girls born in Idaho get to go to the beach on the week of there first birthday? :)

 

We drove through the night that weekend to take Tessa to her first BYU football game. Here she is showing off for the camera after spending the whole night in the car.

 

Not the best game in BYU history..  But it wasn't a waste of a drive. We had a small party for Tessa with my family and spent time with other family and friends! :)

Can you believe Tessa is a year old! :) I love her!

Keep Voting!

I entered Tessa in the Single Dad Laughing's photo contest! Great blog btw. I really really want to win a ceiva photo frame!! How cool would that be! :)
You can vote once a day which we need cause we are way behind!! End Oct. 22. And its Really Easy!

1.This is the website. (sorry if the link doesn't work)
http://www.danoah.com/blog/baby-picture-contest/

2. Scroll down and search for
"My Blue Eyed Girl" 

It'll look like this, 

3. Click Like it!

Sooo easy right!? So please vote, tell your friends to vote and keep voting! :)

I never blog this much..

I must say California has its perks. Not only is the weather nice year round but in the area we live there are some really pretty places to take pictures. Hint hint, hehe.  I know this amazing lady! She is in our ward. She gave me her phone number the first night we met. (At least I remember it being the first time we met) She is such a sweetheart. We've gone walking together :). She took a couple really cute pictures of Tessa and me on the Fourth of July. She has a gift when it comes to taking said pictures. Well this super amazing lady took our family pictures this past week. She sent me them tonight and I just have to share some with who ever still looks at this blog!! Needless to say I highly recommend her. If you want to check her out or just look at more really really cute  pictures her blog is rosebudpics.blogspot.com l Okay here goes. Drum roll please....

Yup. Thanks Liz!