Brave

Tessa was very brave today during free play at Gymboree. Since she doesn’t crawl or ever want to be on her knees she wouldn’t try to climb any wedges or ramps. Out of no where today she pulled herself up and started climbing the slide instead of trying to walk up it (what she normally […]

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Picky Eater

I feel like we might have a picky eater on our hands. Tessa started out loving every veggie (except carrots) and every fruit (except avocado) and always ate well. Lately though she has been going through phases of what she likes and doesn’t like. I’ve been trying to get her more protein since seeing this […]

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Easter gift 

Great Uncle Scott’s parents, Fred and Mary Jo, sent an Easter gift to Tessa. She loves to open gifts! She snuggled with her new Thumper toy and couldn’t wait to have Daddy read her the matching story book. Tessa is lucky to have some many people love her!                  

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Beach 

Today we went to Mother’s Beach with the Engstrom’s. I have anxiety about going because the beach is always crowded and parking is stressful. To my surprise this trip was perfect. The beach we went to had no waves, easy parking and no crowds! We might actually visit the beach more often.  Tessa didn’t like […]

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Disneyland 

James is on spring break this week so we took a family trip to our favorite place…Disneyland! Although we spent most of our time at California Adventure. This trip we bought the $5 map to do the Easter egg hunt. It was a lot of fun! Although I did forget to take a picture of […]

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Dream feed 

I never thought that at 13 months I would still be sleep deprived and waking up twice a night to nurse Tessa. After reading many articles and books on baby sleep and breastfeeding I decided to give the idea of a “dream feed” a try. Part of Tessa’s nightly routine is to nurse right before […]

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Eating with a fork

We are trying our best to get Tessa to eat more food especially more protein. She tried egg for the first time today. Of course she didn’t want to touch it so I put it on a fork and she decided to eat it that way. She eventually realized that she liked it.  Eating with […]

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