LADYBUGS!

A few weeks ago, Tessa got to have some fun with ladybugs! Every year, her Mimi (grandmother) buys them at the store and then releases them with her students. This year she saved a few for Tessa to enjoy as well. Tessa was a little nervous at first, but it didn't take long for our fearless Tessa to jump in and let the ladybugs crawl all over her. She loved it! Now when we go to Mimi's, we often get questioned about where the ladybugs went.   

Now that she is fearless of "ladybugs", sometimes we find her picking up other not so cute bugs. We will have to work on which bugs are good and bad :-)

Tessa, Queen of Accessories

Tessa often amazes us. She is very bright, she is very inquisitive and she can often be very silly. Little did we know that she had a knack for accessorizing. 

I think the beads, SpongeBob beanie and turtle glasses will be the new craze this season. Watch out world, she is ready for her runway!

Our New Screensaver

Tessa decided we needed a new screensaver....

Sweet, Sweet Story!

This was aired a few months ago, but it still brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it! I hope you are touched too!

Ballerina Bowler

These were too hilarious to pass up. So our Tessa got into her closet recently. She saw her pretty purple tutu and decided it was a good day to be a ballerina. Then she saw her bag of bowling pins and ball, and decided that was a good idea too. What do you get with a tutu wearing ball thrower??? You guessed it...a bowling ballerina. That's our Tessa!

A Hug From Their Great Grandma!

The Kerger family has been blessed with four little girl cousins so far, Tessa, Mia, Gracie and Krosby. At Tessa's baby shower, she and I were given a very special gift. A relative of ours had a dress that had been made by my grandmother many decades ago. My grandmother had made it for her niece for her first birthday. She had kept it all these year. When she learned of Tessa middle name, Phyllis (my grandmother's name), she decided that this was a perfect opportunity to pass this dress on to the little one named for her. This handmade dress is so beautiful. When we put it on Tessa for pictures, it was like she was getting a hug from her great-grandmother in heaven! How could we not share that special hug? Here is Tessa in it.

Here is Mia.

Here is Gracie.

And recently, the youngest finally got her opportunity to share in the hugging. Krosby was the only one of the girls walking by the time we took pictures of her in the dress. It was even a little short, so her mommy thought ahead and brought some white leggings to the photo shoot. Smart thinking mommy!

We are so happy that all the girls got to partake in the hug from above! We miss you Great-Grammy! But we know you are watching from above enjoying all your grandkids from afar!

Puppy Love! (Our 100th Blog!)

It has been awhile since we posted some cute bulldoggie pics of our Pearl. She is getting so big! Last time she was at the vet about a month ago, she weighed 25 pounds. I hear her brothers are even bigger! She is such a lover! She loves to be around people, especially our kiddos. She is always trying to follow Tessa around, and comes and sits by Nate whenever he is on the floor.

Our lab Chimi and Pearl have grown to be best buddies! Here they are trying to squeeze into the crate together. Silly doggies!