Helping daddy do the dishes

A big week for Tess!

This has been a pretty eventful week for Tess. Not only did she take her first few steps this week, she also popped her first tooth...yes you heard me right....first tooth. We were really beginning to wonder if she even had any teeth. She's been teething on and off since she was 4 months. I always heard moms making such a big deal about their baby getting their first tooth. I used to say, "that's great...it's just a tooth. They'll get a bunch more." Now that I'm a mom, and it's my baby who just got her first tooth, I can see why they made such a big deal about it. I'm a VERY proud momma!!!

She's walking.....

Tess took her first step the other night. I missed it, but Tim didn't. Then today I put her down and she took a step. A few minutes later, she took 5 steps in a row. It's AMAZING how fast they learn! I'll try and post a video a little later.

Tessa'a new friend

Tess and I went shopping for her birthday decorations on Friday.....I know....two months early, but I couldn't help myself. While we were at the party store, she got a pink balloon. She played with it in the store, the whole way home, at home, and she wouldn't even let go of it during dinner. She was sad when she got up the next morning and it wasn't as lively as it had been the day before. We found the balloon a new home in the trash, and we are pleased to say that Tess has moved on and is paying attention to her other toys again. :-)

Another baby in the family!

We are so excited for my brother and sis-in-law. They found out yesterday that they are going to have a baby. Tess will have another little cousin. This will make cousin #5 for her. We can't wait to welcome our new little nephew or niece! Congrats you two!!!!

10 months.....already....

Wow, I really can't believe that our baby is 10 months. It seems like it was just last month that I was in the hospital getting ready to have our little angel.

Tess is getting bigger by the day. She seems like such a little girl and not so much a baby.

She weighs 17 1/2 lbs
She was almost 28 inches long at her last appointment, which was a month ago.
She babbles all the time....such a girl!
She is walking with our help and the help of furniture
She stands on her own
She is little miss independent...she must take after mommy...
She is also little miss attitude...
She still sleeps 12 hours a night.....praise the Lord....I'm praying this lasts
She LOVES her bath time
She is definitely a people person (baby)
She's a daddy's girl and gets so excited to see Tim when he gets home from work
She enjoys her play dates and likes going out to new places

Tim and I couldn't be happier and feel so incredibly blessed to have Tess in our lives!

Here's to our 15 seconds of fame.....

Tim and I have never been one for Valentines Day. We would rather have something special done on a day when were not expecting it. However, just for fun this last week, I entered our love story on Spirit 105.3 FM. To my surprise we won...well kind of. We won for the second weeks love stories, and we have been entered into the grand prize drawing. Every week they pick five love stories they like the best. We never win anything, so both of us were shocked when we got the call. Here's to our 15 seconds of fame.... You can check it out on Spirit1053.com