Tessa Beverly Burritt

Introducing...

Miss Tessa B.

born Feb. 4, 2011 at 10:05 am

7 lbs. 4 oz., 19.5 in.

Proud Big Sister meeting Baby Tessa

Grandma Nancy and her newest Grandaugther

Chris teaching Tessa all about Fashion

Auntie Donna, Uncle O, and Charlie

Auntie Kay and Uncle B

Gina and Dan

Grandma B with her Newest Grandaughter

Proud Grandpa Larry

Great Uncle Steve trying to persuade Tessa to be an Illini Fan

Great Aunt Sandy and "The Girls"

Pop!

Buddies

Precious!

Family of 4

The Schumanns

Mrs. S

Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Mike

Great Aunt Sherry and Great Uncle Scott

Snuggle Time

More time with Grandpa Larry

Kyri gave her sister two presents to show how much she loves her!

Tessa had so many visitors at the hospital, and it means so much to us to have such loving friends and family. Tessa is one lucky girl! She is changing every day, so I will be updating this blog quite a bit, I'm sure. Can't wait to play dress up with both girls now!! We love little Tessa B so much and are so thankful that she's in our lives!

Blizzard PIcs!

Kyri went out to help her daddy tackle the driveway. She and Ozzie had a blast playing in the snow! I didn't do a whole lot of "helping". I was just the photographer!

Hmm...how am I going to get out there?

Snow up to our table on our patio

Kyle and his little helper

The snow's almost as tall as her.

Snow Buddies

Queen of the Hill

More Snow Angels

Our hero

Sledding down the stairs

Hard to walk in the snow when you're only 31 inches tall!

Ozzie had to leap through the yard. She looked like a deer!

Super Dog!!

Since we've been stuck inside these past few days, Kyri has been finding creative ways to pass the time. She and Mickey turned this purple box into a fun hang-out!

Last Night out as a Family of 3

We had planned to go out to dinner Tuesday night since it would be our last night together, just the three of us, before the baby was born. But, since the snow is supposed to be so bad, we decided to go out tonight (Monday). We headed to Cheesecake Factory. Unfortunately, however, Kyri didn't enjoy the meal as much as we did. She fell asleep in the car on the way there (at 5:30) and never woke up again the whole night! I will say that it was a pretty relaxing meal, though. She never moved from this position throughout all of dinner...

We did prop her up for a family photo right before we left, though. She still didn't open her eyes. The tables around us must have thought we were nuts. We couldn't stop laughing! I just hope our next little one is as good of a sleeper as Kyri!

For those of you who can remember back to December of 2008, there was also a huge snow storm on the Tuesday night before I delivered Kyri. I can't believe it's happening again!

A busy week!

This past week was a stressful one for me. I put in some late hours in my classroom trying to get everything in order and planned out before I go on leave for 3 months. I have a wonderful maternity substitute, so I know my students are in good hands! It is so hard to believe that this week is finally here. 12 weeks off!! We get to finally meet our new little girl in just three short days! I got to thinking that I don't have many pictures of myself pregnant, so I made Kyle take this picture of me last night so we can remember what I looked like with the "baby bump"!

Here are the girls playing pretend at Grandma's house. Aubs takes after her handy dad, and Kyri obviously gets her baking skills from her mom! (Hahahhaaaa!)

I'm a little behind with this post. We went over to Brian and Leslie Boston's last weekend for the Bears vs. Packers game. Although the game was disappointing, we had a lot of fun with good friends and family!

Some of the little Bears Fans (Tatum, Mia, Reese, and Kyri)

Mia and Her Puppy

Ethan and Sophia entertaining us before the game

Cheering on the team!

Future Golduster?

Flying with Uncle B

Some Very Sad Bears Fans after a Tough Game