8 Months

Another month has come and gone and I'm still trying to wrap my head around how fast this girl is growing. She has such a cute little personality and it's showing more and more everyday. She is so much fun and we couldn't imagine life without her

Fun things about Tess:

-She talks out of the side of her mouth like "Popeye" and it's so cute 

-Anytime we are eating, no matter what it is, she think she need to have some

-She gets into EVERYTHING!!!!

-She loves to eat Baxter's food. As soon as we put it down on the floor she heads right to it and laughs at us when we tell her no.

-She LOVES the bath

-She is starting to be a little Mommy's girl

-She says Dadda all day long

-One of her favorite things to do is crawl through the bottom of all the chairs

-I had to move the pictures under my end table because she constantly was attacking them

-She is getting better at taking her naps

-In the mornings after she wakes up from her nap Baxter gets so excited and runs in her room. When she sees him she gets so excited and starts kicking her arms and feet, it's so cute!

-She loves to attack Bax

-Still in size three diapers

-She is wearing 6-9 months and some 6-12 months

-She still fake coughs and when we do it with her she gets excited and laughs

-She loves to drink out of my water bottle

-She is still sleeping from 7:30-7

-There has been a couple nights where she woke up at 5 but we just ignored her and she went back to sleep. It made both Cory and I feel so bad to let her cry in her room but we didn't want her to think that every time she cried that we would come and get her. 

-Loves Factiming with Aunt Wee

-She has two teeth and her top two are starting to come in

-She still isn't walking yet and she doesn't seem interested in it at all, thank goodness!!!

 

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Pumpkin Patch

I don't know how I've never been to a pumpkin patch before but this was my first time and definitely not my last. It was so fun and I'm still amazed at how many pumpkins there were. Tessa was long over due for a nap so it was hard to get good pictures of her, weird, but we were able to get a few of her.

We went with our really good friends and Cor's mom to the pumpkin patch. It's so fun when all of the little kids are together and to watch them play. Lauren is a little more than a year older than Tess and Parker is three weeks younger than Tess. I'm so glad all of these cute little kids are so close in age so Tessa has friends to play with. 

Indiana Trip

Cor's brother Greg got a job teaching at Indiana University this fall. Cory's favorite football team, Mizzou, was scheduled to play there so we thought it would be the perfect time to go and see Greg and go to the game. We had so much fun while we were up there with him. Cory and I had our second date night since Tessa was born, we were long overdue for a night out with just the two of us. We are so grateful that Greg watched her for the night so we could go to the football game, which they won!

Greg took us on a tour of IU's campus and it was really neat. The campus is HUGE and had so many cool old buildings and a lot of open green space. I have seen frat houses before but not like they had at IU. Most of the houses looked like mansions. It was so fun to be back in a college town again, I forgot how much I love being in a college atmosphere.

We stayed with Greg for two nights at his brand new apartment. His old apartment in Chicago it was really small, but his new apartment was so nice. I'm actually jealous of how big and open his kitchen and living room are. Cor and Greg went to the local Farmers Market on Saturday while I stayed back with Tess. They said there were a lot of local farmers there and live music. I'm sad I missed it but Tessa is no fun when she misses her nap. She has a hard time sleeping when she is out in public because she loves to look around at everyone. I wonder where she got that from? haha

 

 

7 Months

Tessa is now 7 months old and growing like a weed. She is seriously the best baby and is so fun to be around. I feel like this month she has changed so much and became so much more active than she was before. I wish I could keep her this little forever, she is growing way too fast!!!

Fun things about Tess:
-She started crawling one week after she turned six months, way too soon!!!
-She loves to chew on our nose and on our water bottles
-She loves when I sing "twinkle twinkle little star" to her at night
-She loves to give us kisses
-If things are in her way she crawls over them and usually gets high centered haha
-She loves to crawl through the bottom of her jumper and then onto the end table to play with our pictures
-She has been doing a fake cough lately which is so funny
-She is still a great sleeper. We put her down between 7 and 8 and she usually wakes up around 7:30
-She pulls herself up on things and walks along side of the couch
-When she is going places where she shouldn't and we go get her she laughs and crawls faster
-She loves Baxter and loves to play with him
-The only food that she hasn't liked is avocado
-She is still is size three diapers
-She is wearing 6-9 months but they are still a little big on her
-Mom still pumps every five hours but I still have to supplement her because I don't produce enough for this little chunk
-She eats oatmeal morning and night
-She usually eats fruit for breakfast and than veggies for dinner
-I make smoothies in the mornings and she loves when I give her some
-She is starting to get a little stranger anxiety but not bad
-She loves to fall asleep sucking on her blanky
-Still make her cute little sucking noise when she is tired or hungry
-Tess LOVES her Daddy. When he get home from work she gets so excited
-She says 'Da Dadda" all the time and only says "Momma" when she is really tired
-She loves to stand at the front door and look outside
-When we are out she loves to watch everyone around her
-Still sleeping in her bouncer but we are working on getting her out
-Because she is so active we have to put in her in her jumper or pack n play a lot which she doesn't like anymore
-Her hair is starting to get longer and its finally over her little ears

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Destin, Florida

     We had been wanting to go to Florida for a long time and labor day weekend worked out the best with our schedules, so we decided it was the perfect time to go. On both to and from Florida we left at four in the morning because we wanted Tessa to sleep a lot in the car, which she did. We were a little worried about how she would do in the car for that long because she doesn't like to be in her car seat very much but she did amazing on the trip! She was such a happy girl and she only cried when she was hungry. We are seriously so lucky to have such a sweet baby!

     Our hotel was right on the beach which was so nice because it made it easy to take her back for naps and for me to pump.  Luckily, we were on the first floor of the hotel with a door that led to a patio with direct beach access so that made it even that much easier. When we first took Tessa into the ocean, she wasn't really sure what to think, but after a few minutes she loved it! She smiled and laughed the whole time she was in the water and we had a great time playing with her.  Tessa is in the stage where she puts everything in her mouth and sure enough when she sat in the sand the first thing she did was grab a handful of sand and try to put it in her mouth.  Fortunately we caught her before she got it to her mouth, that would not have been too fun if we hadn't. 

     We got to Destin Thursday about 5 pm and went out to the beach for 45 minutes or so after we had checked into our room.  There was a pretty sunset that night and we were amazed at how white the sand was there, the pictures do not do it justice.  The next day we rented a couple beach chairs and an umbrella and spent a lot of time hanging out on the beach and swimming.  It was sunny outside and in the low to mid 90s but the constant breeze from the ocean made it feel really nice so we had a great time out on the beach.  That evening at around sunset we went out on the pier and enjoyed a beautiful night and had an awesome time.  While we were on the pier we saw dolphins swimming all around us, a big sea turtle and some jellyfish; it was neat to see those animals and we loved being out there.  Saturday we spent the morning exploring Destin and went to the Harbor Walk Village, which is a big shopping center with lots of restaurants right on Destin Harbor.  For lunch we went to Harry T's which sits right on the harbor and has an outdoor seating area that has a great view of all the boats coming and going.  It was really fun to sit outside and enjoy delicious, fresh seafood while sitting just feet from the ocean.  That afternoon we went back to the beach and played in the ocean for a while, there was a storm coming in so the waves were huge compared to the days before!  We only stayed for an hour or so because of the storm, but that night we spent time relaxing and went out to the beach for another picturesque sunset.  It was so fun to spend the weekend with my cute little family in Florida and I loved every minute that we got to spend together!

                            This is Tessa at four in the morning haha