The Correct Photo!

In the previous post, we showed a picture of Adam and Tessie both in cabinets. The picture of Adam was not the one we wanted to post, but couldn't find the one of him in the EXACT same cabinet. Well Tessie's Mimi found the correct photo so here it is. Both Tessa and her Daddy (close to 25 years apart) in the same cabinet.

Like Father, Like Daughter

By now we know that our little Tessie has a BIG personality! What is neat to see are similarities between her and her two parents. Adam's mom was always snapping pictures of Adam when he was young whenever he got into trouble...because he looked so cute doing it. We are going to try to recreate some of these photos...only Tessie style. Some poses, we may not have to prompt. With her big personality comes mischief. Although, we too are grabbing our camera more then scolding these days, oh well. Hope you enjoy!

Our Family Trip to San Diego!

This past week we took a vacation to beautiful San Diego, California. Tessa got to experience her first plane ride and did great...most of the time. We arrived in San Diego to find overcast weather that continued the whole trip. We didn't mind, because it was such a break from the 100 degree weather in Phoenix. Auntie Gentry came with us so we could enjoy her while she is home from college. We chose to stay at a hotel that the Kerger kids are familiar with. We stayed at the Dana Inn which is the hotel my parents had us stay at when we are kids. It was so neat, even more then we remembered. (Although Gentry was a little young to remember.) We took walks around the marina, lounged in the hotel pool, visited Seaport Village, and went to the San Diego Zoo which was the first time for all of us (first time for Gentry at any zoo!) Despite the weather we still made it to the beach and enjoyed it. The water was a little chilly, but our little water baby didn't mind. She even got her sea legs going and started walking (with support) on the beach. The rate she is going, we are going to have a walker pretty soon! We wish we could bottle up some of that amazing weather, but alas.....we are home and sweating. Oh well, we hope you enjoy our photos of our trip. Can't wait to do it again!

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Happy Fourth!

Happy Fourth everyone! Yesterday we celebrated our Independence with some friends and had a great time swimming and watching fireworks. Everyone there was amazed at how much Tessa liked the water. Here is a picture we took that we wanted to share since it was so priceless. We hope everyone had a great day!

Tessa is 10 months!

Tessa is now 10 months, and OH SO ACTIVE! Now that it is summer, we have been having fun together sleeping in (nope, Tessa wakes up early), relaxing (nope, Tessa is on the move all the time) and taking long naps (nope, Tessa doesn't take long naps). We are adapting :-)

We are looking forward to Tessa's first California trip! We can't wait to enjoy cooler weather. We will have lots of pics to post then. We hope you enjoy these. (The last one is my favorite, she didn't know she had a cheerio on her nose!)

Tessa's first trip to the Blue

Over Memorial Day Weekend, a bunch of us Kergers decided to go visit our Grampa's cabin near Alpine, AZ. Papa, Uncle Nick, Aunt Katie, Cousin Mia, Aunt Shelby, Uncle Jake and Aunt Gentry were all there to enjoy the trip with us. We drove all night to make sure the little ones slept the whole way there. Although that made all of us very sleepy when we arrived. Once we got there, we spent the weekend hiking, building dams in the river, looking for crawdads, riding the quads and roasting marshmallows. Great Aunt Ellie and Great Uncle Jay seemed to really enjoy the company and getting to know their great nieces a little better. Tessa turned out to be quite the river baby, never wanting to get out of the river. Tessa got a little color with all the outdoor activity. We even took a trip to Luna Lake where Uncle Jake and Uncle Nick tried to get a little fishing in when the Game and Fish Warden was off to lunch:-)

It was an amazing weekend of family time. We wish we could have had more of our siblings and cousins with us. Maybe next year...wink wink! Can't wait till next time!!

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Tessa is 9 Months Old!

This has been such an exciting and busy month. Tessa is now a pro at crawling, and she is even pulling herself up on EVERYTHING! (This is scaring Mommy and Daddy a bit.) We had our first Mother's Day this month and our first swim in Mimi's pool. We put it all together for you all in this clip. Hope you enjoy it. Looking forward to spending the summer with my little one!

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