First Steps!

Tessa shocked James and I tonight by taking her first steps! We were playing on the floor when she pulled herself up to a standing position then all the sudden she took a step forward. I told James to hurry and grab the video camera. She pulled up again and I scooted backwards then she […]

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Aquarium of the Pacific

Today we took a trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific. This was Tessa’s second time visiting the aquarium. Last time we went she was only 5 months old, but still enjoyed it so we knew she would love it even more now that she is older. We were right! Tessa had a blast looking […]

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Big Girl Car Seat

We decided to move Tessa from her infant car seat to a big girl car seat. The one we originally chose and Grammy bought didn’t work well in my car. When Tessa fell asleep her head would lean forward instead of to the side.   After nights of researching we finally found the perfect […]

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Bye Bye Level 2

Today was Tessa’s last day in level 2 at Gynboree. Level 2 is from 6-10 months. I left Tessa in this group longer because she never crawled and didn’t seem ready to play with kids walking and up to 16 months old. After talking with her teachers they suggested that now that she is standing […]

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Wednesday

Tessa and I had a busy day! We started off our morning playing. She is very good at sharing and handed me toys one by one. After a bath and nap Tessa was very clingy so I had to put her in the high chair with some puffs to make myself lunch. Then we walked […]

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Happy Birthday Valerie!

Today we celebrated Valerie’s 1st birthday! Tessa loved playing with her friends again. It was a great party and we all had lots of fun. Valerie’s party theme was hot air balloons so Tessa had to show up matching the theme Tessa loved that they had different toys to play with. Tessa had fun in […]

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Picture People 12 months 

It is crazy to think that a year has passed since  I started taking Tessa to Picture People to take her monthly photos. Even our photographer, Valerie, was shocked that Tessa is already one and was happy she got to experience her growth over this past year.  Tessa did great this month which was a […]

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