Nanny for the day

Valerie and Milo were without a nanny on Tuesday so Aunt Penny and I went to Huntington Beach to step in for the day. That was the longest amount of time I had been away from Tessa. It was nice to come home to her walking over to me and giving me a big hug! […]

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Milo’s 1st Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Milo turning one! He had a Very Hungry Caterpillar party. The decorations were so cute and the food was yummy! Tessa stayed at home with Daddy because both Milo and Valerie were sick. Here are some memories from the day:                                  

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Spontaneous Play Date

The Engstrom’s stopped by on their way home from visiting Nana for a spontaneous play date. We are so glad they did!  Valerie is such a good walker now and it has movitated Tessa to walk more. The girls had fun playing and going out to dinner.          

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Preston’s 1st Birthday

Today Tessa went to her first “friend” birthday party (Valerie and Milo are considered family). Preston is a little boy in Tessa’s Gymboree class.  Birthday Boy    His parents went all out! They had the party at Gymboree and the theme was Planes (the movie). Tessa had so much fun playing with all her Gymboree […]

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Granddaughter Play Date

Gigi and her friend Lori from tennis both have granddaughters close in age so they decided to get together for a play date while I was working. Tessa had so much fun playing with a new friend. They both shared with each other and got along great! I see more play dates in their future. […]

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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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Sunday Funday

Tessa had a lot of fun of Sunday! She got to spend the day at Disneyland and then have an impromptu play date with Valerie at Gigi and Papa’s.   Tessa wanted to play in the water around the castle instead of smiling for pictures.           She had a blast on It’s a Small World  […]

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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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HO HO HO

Today Tessa, Gigi and I went to visit Valerie and Milo for a Pinterest inspired Christmas photo shoot. Tessa was so excited to see her friends. They are both on the move crawling everywhere whereas Tessa still has no interest in it. The babies played while we prepped for the photo shoot. The photo shoot […]

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