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!

Tessa 9 Months from rebturley on Vimeo.

8 Months and the Zoo!

Tessa turns 8 months today. I know I say this every month, but the time truly does fly by. Today we got to visit with our cousin Mia who is exactly 1 month younger then Tessa. They are very curious about each other...and often we have to remind them to be gentle with each other. I guess they love each other so much already it is hard to contain themselves. I also have our monthly shot of Tessa with her Pooh Bear. You can definitely see the age progression since a second after this picture, Tessa picked up her bear and threw it. Long ago are the days when we had to prop her up on top of him.





Here are a few cute 8 months shots. I love her expressions!






We continue to spend a lot of time outside. Recently we found a park close to our house with ducks and geese. Tessa likes to watch the baby birds follow their mommies.





Here are some cute pics of Tessa and her hat. This is the only hat that Tessa will not pull off right away. Currently our hat has gone missing, so family...keep your eyes open for a runaway pink Elmo hat!






Tessa got to see her first glimpse at wild animals the other day when we went to the Wildlife Zoo. We had a lot of family fun. Most of the time, Tessa loves her stroller, but not today. Daddy and Mommy had to take turns carrying her. Even April in AZ is too hot!We didn't end up staying long because we were afraid our little darling would burn...even with sunscreen on. I wonder who she takes after?

One of the animals she paid most attention to was the tiger. She just watched him move back and forth in his cage. We told her it was Mr. Bingley's big brother:-) We will have to come back another time when it is cooler and Tessie is older. We enjoyed our little family outing!








Love,

Adam, Reagan and Tessa

We miss Auntie Raleigh :-(

This month we had to say goodbye to Auntie Raleigh. She and Uncle Shane moved to North Dakota...or what we call very very far away. Auntie Raleigh used to live with us, so having our house so empty makes us miss her even more. We know Uncle Shane missed her too and we have to share her. We hope you are enjoying your new home. We can't wait to see you soon. We miss and love you Aunt Raleigh.





PS: We miss Mr. Kitty too....not Max :-)

Tessa almost crawling!

Tessa is one the verge of crawling. She pretty much can get to where she needs to go these days by rolling, or inching her way there. I was able to catch her on video trying to crawl towards my parent's dog Aggie. (Which we are finding out, Tessa loves all animals. We have to just work on softening our grip a little.) What is neat to see in this video is Tessa going forward, and then Tessa choosing to sit back down. We better start baby proofing the house! Hope you enjoy!

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Happy Easter!

This year we were able to celebrate Easter for the first time as a family of three! Tessa looked so cute in her little Easter dress. We just had to share the pictures!




Tessa was very curious as to what was inside her Easter basket!




Love,
Adam, Reagan and Tessa

A very special dress!

Before Tessa was born, she was given a very special gift. Our 2nd cousin, Sandy, gave Tessa a small dress that was hand crocheted by my grandmother, Tessa's great-grandmother and her namesake - Phyllis. Our Grammy was always crocheting us afghans, doilies and tableclothes. When I opened the gift and I saw the dress, I knew that it was special. In the box was a note from Sandy that said that my grandmother Phyllis crocheted this dress for her when she was one year old. That was in 1941. So the dress is 69 years old. It was such a precious gift to have given to Tessa. I wanted to make sure we got some pictures of Tessa wearing this dress before she grew too big for it. It worked out perfectly that she fit into it during our beautiful but short spring season.

As we have mentioned before, Tessa loves the outdoors. Being outside keeps her happy when Papa is taking so many pictures! (We also squeezed in one more outfit since the day was so beautiful and Tessa was in a good mood.) We hope you enjoy these pics as much as we did. Knowing that my daughter has a piece of my Grammy, her great-Grammy means so much to me. Thank you Sandy for giving us such a precious gift. It will be cherished!

Thank you Papa for being our photographer too! We are so lucky to have that talent in the family!

Our 7th Month Old "Lucky Charm"

It is amazing how fast the months are flying by. This month we really were able to get out of the house and enjoy the beautiful Spring weather. Tessa is quite the "outside" girl. She loves spending her afternoons in the sun. We are running out of ideas as to where to take her next. This month we were able to celebrate Daddy's birthday, meet a dear friend of mine, Mrs. Riser, who happens to have been my 2nd grade teacher, and we celebrated St. Patrick's Day. We got to spend lots of time with Auntie Raleigh before she leaves for North Dakota and Uncle Shane who has already left us. :-( We will miss them dearly, like we miss all our Aunts and Uncles that live far away. Happy Spring everyone. We hope you are able to enjoy the weather while it is still wonderful!

PS: See if you can spot Tessa's two lower front teeth in some of the pics. She is showing them off in her smile these days!

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