Tessa finally learned how to drink from a straw! She learned in Havasu when Auntie Madi shared her capri sun with her. Once she figured out the drink was sweet she sure understood how to use a straw. Tonight she had her own glass of water while we had dinner at Red Robin. […]
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Lacing Beads
After Gymboree Tessa and I stopped by Toys R Us to find her some lacing beads. I’m trying to do more structured activities with her and I thought lacing beads would be something fun. Tessa can’t completely lace the beads independently yet but she understands the concept. She knows the string goes in the hole […]
See MoreLetters
Tessa is learning so much these days that I decided to start teaching her the alphabet. I figured if she learned all the Disney princesses she could learn letters. We took a trip to Lakeshore Learning and bought large magnetic upper and lower case letters. I found a website that groups the letters so you […]
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Last week on Thursday night Tessa had a fever. She was miserable all night but woke up feeling better. I figured it was teething and we moved on. Friday night in Havasu she had a fever again and wouldn’t sleep all night! It was terrible I felt so bad for her. Nothing could comfort her. […]
See MoreWake surfing and tubing
Even though Tessa wasn’t feeling well (we didn’t know at the time she had roseola) she had a blast in Havasu this weekend. She rode the wake surf with Auntie Madi for the first time and even stood on the board! We are so proud! She wasn’t scared at all. Then she went tubing with […]
See MoreDance moves
Tessa pays close attention to what movements in kids are making in the Barney movies that she watches. She constantly asks for Barney songs on Pandora and today she was doing the movements with the songs! It was so cute. She is making a tree and showing the grass growing around. And in the second […]
See MoreWater baby
Aunt Penny brought home Tessa a new baby from her Colorado trip. Her and Gigi went to go help Paige move into her dorm room. It is a water baby like we had when we were growing up. We aren’t putting water in it now because it will be too heavy for Tessa to hold […]
See MoreShopping Cart
Tessa loves to play with her shopping cart. She piles it up with food, sometimes puts in her baby, and pulls/pushes it all around the house. James took this video while I was at work today.
See MoreFrozen yogurt
We took Tessa to get frozen yogurt for the first time tonight. We chose vanilla for her since she didn’t want to try the banana. She loved it!
See MoreDisney Magnet
Tessa is in love with her disney magnet. She has been walking around with it all day.
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