Sleepy Girl

I guess she woke up and decided she wasn't quite ready to get up yet.

Big Girl

Tessa is now in her Big Girl car seat (thanks to Aunt Kirsten). I can't wait to turn the seat around when she is 1............OMG that is only one month away. It just seems like she is growing so fast now. Every week there's something new she is doing and learning. For a German, I am horrible at rolling my RRRR's, but sometimes I can hit it right. The other day Tessa was taking a bath and I was rolling away, well she started trying to roll her RRR's. It was so cute. I think she is also trying to say 'Ball'. Balls are her favorite toys (no pun intended).

She has also started playing hide and seek with us. She loves running from our den around the corner to the stairs. Then she sits on the 2nd or third step and waits for one of us to come. Mike will rattle his keys and she starts laughing because she knows he's coming. I thought it was so neat that she can associate sounds like that already. Of course, I hope she doesn't think of her Daddy every time a Janitor rolls around with his keys jingling on his belt loop.

Buns of Steel

I had to do a seperate post because this "situation" just deserved a whole post on it's own. Tessa stayed with Omi on Saturday night and unfortunately was up most of the night, so Omi may be able to blame fatigue on this one. She is determined to use ALL of the Size 2 diapers she has, even though Tessa has been wearing Size 3 diapers for a few months now. When I picked her up and brought her home, I noticed the strange shape of her diaper under her pants. When I finally pulled her pants down to see what the hell was going on, I found this..........................a GIANT wedgie!!!!! Half of Tessa's diaper was stuck up her butt cheeck. So of course I did was any mother would do, I took and picture and then changed her. Enjoy!

Weekend Party

Tessa went to her first Birthday party this weekend and she had a blast! Her buddy Jack turned 1 and Tessa and Morgan (Reilly's daughter) were the only two girls there..... holding court amongst all the boys. Dylan (Devin and Naddienne's son) was there also. He has gotten so big. Jack absolutely loved his cake and was a great host (just like his mommy and daddy). The weather was perfect and it was just a great day.

Easter

We had a wonderful low key Easter at The Ellis Family house. We had some great family friends from Germany visiting, Gabi - her daughter Danni and Danni's son Max. We have know them for a very long time. Danni used to baby sit my sister and I when we were younger. Max was our ring bearer at our wedding. And although not related, Gabi looks like she could be my mom's sister and they are as close as sisters. We also had Kathi come for Easter. Kathi is an intern with my company, Turner Construction. She is from Germany and works for Hochtief (who owns Turner). Mike had to remind us to speak Englsih every now and then so that he could keep up. The weather was absolutely beautiful and after brunch we just sat around outside and soaked up the sun for several hours.

Our Easter didn't start off that great. Tessa was up most of the night with a 102 fever, but we all managed to rally for Brunch and Tessa even wore her cute dress. It was VERY cute, but not practical for the active little girl that she is. After her nap we changed her into some pants and a shirt.

Flock of Seagulls

I think Tessa was channeling Flock of Seagulls with her hair-do on Sunday morning. When she gets tired at night or wakes up in the middle of the night, she likes to pull her hair. I guess that's why it is always sticking straight up. I attached some cute videos of her walking / running ("I Ran" - again FOS). She is wide open - just like her Daddy.