Aunt Jan Comes to Visit!

"Look at me, I'm a big girl now!"

This past Wednesday my Aunt Jan came from California to meet Tessa and spend time with Kyri and Aubry at Grandma Nancy's. They all had a great time together and Kyri thought it was really cool that Aunt Jan is the big sister and Grandma Nancy is the little sister just like she and Tessa are! Aunt Jan took tons of pictures of their adventures together so here a just a few...

Tessa spends a lot of her time in the Jungle at Grandma Nancy's house.

One time, Grandma Nancy and Aunt Jan found Tessa like this in her jungle!

She rolled over for the first time!!

(That's the only time it's happened so far, but we'll keep watching for more rolling!)

The group went for a nice walk and ran into one of Grandma's neighbors. They were invited into his backyard and got to see his fish. This neighbor's backyard looked more like a park, and they spent all morning there!

They were worn out on the way home, so they snuggled up in the wagon.

But were full of energy when they got home and made time for bubbles!

Aubry and Kyri love dressing up like fairies these days...just like their idol, Tinkerbell!

This fairy got caught in Grandma's flowers.

This fairy got caught in Grandpa's shoes!

The next day, they traveled to the Morton Arboretum and had fun playing in the rock river.

Then everyone met back at Grandma Nancy's for dinner Friday night.

Kyri loved the soft grass. (A little different than our grass!)

Then on Saturday, we went downtown to Lincoln Park Zoo. We were debating whether we should chance it because rain was predicted for the whole day, but we went in the afternoon and it turned out to be a beautiful day! So glad we went!

Tessa smiled the entire trip!

She LOVES going on outings these days.

Kyri and Grandpa petting a bear!

This was Grandpa's first trip to LP Zoo!

That silly smiler again!

(Such a difference from the first month and a half of her life!)

What are these?

Even TB loved looking at all the animals.

Kyri had a whole conversation with this turtle.

But her favorites were the frogs in this tank!

A beaver!

Tessa preferred watching people over animals!

GREAT Aunt Jan and her GREAT nieces

We had a great time with you, Aunt Jan, and are so happy you were able to come visit! We'll miss you but we hope to see you again soon!

Update of the Past Three Weeks

Tessa's Baptism

She did so well at church. I was worried she'd get fussy, but instead she was very smiley. She slept during the mass and then woke up and listened to the priest intently during her Baptism. At the end of the mass, she even got to go up to the altar with the priest to get introduced to the whole church! I was so proud of Tessa B for being such a good girl.

My happy girl!

She was all smiles while waiting in the back of the church with her Godmother

Her little lip came out briefly when the priest poured the chilly water on her, but she was fine after I held her back up.

Family pic

(I guess the flash was too bright for Kyri and me!)

Uncle Owen, Tessa, and Auntie Kay

The Godparents

Mia's First Birthday Party

She had a pirate princess themed party.

Check out this awesome cake!

Present time with her mommy and daddy.

Love her bling!

Happy girl playing with her new toys!

Kyri LOVED all of her "goodies" she got in her goody bag!

Arghhhh!

We had a ton of fun at the party!

Mother's Day

We started out the day with a Mother's Day Brunch.

The food was delicious and the girls were entertaining!

(I forgot to bring my camera, so I had to steal these next few pictures from Kay's blog!)

My girls

My mom with all of her kids and grandkids

All of the moms after the brunch

Later in the day, Great Grandma Mickow stopped by to meet Tessa B.

Four Generations

The rest of the day I got to spend playing outside with my beautiful girls on a beautiful sunny day! I even got to take a nap when they both napped! Best present ever!

"Mommy, put the camera down and come play with me."

"Oh, great, Mom's got the camera again!"

I've been back to work for three weeks now. I have to say the days are flying by. Things have been pretty busy, but luckily the transition has gone pretty smoothly. Tessa continues to sleep through the night, which makes things easier! While things are going okay now that I'm back to work, I am still counting down the days until summer. Only three more weeks to go!