Little Miss Personality

Tess sure is letting her personality shine through these days! She's making all kinds of new sounds and finding her voice, which is: loud. We're happy to report that she found her toes on November 21 and rolled over, tummy to back, on December 1.


Please tell me that time slows down so I can enjoy my baby forever!!!

Halloween Baby

Tess enjoyed her first Halloween dressed as a cow. She was so happy in her costume and loved watching all the activity at the Halloween party!

Earlier in the day, she had some playtime in her jack-o-lantern hat — a gift from her cousin Caleb.

Before trick-or-treating even started, Tess had already enjoyed her fill of candy! Looks like she's ready for some Pepto Bismol.

Our Little Pumpkin

Tess enjoyed her first visit to the pumpkin patch last weekend. Unfortunately, she received her four-month shots at the doctor the day before, so she didn't feel like smiling for any pictures. Luckily, she recovered pretty quickly and felt like posing with our pumpkins on the porch a couple of days later.

Other news: she's trying to roll over! She's staring to throw her hips and leg over to one side ... it won't be long now. Just this morning I went to get her out of her crib and she'd turned herself all the way around and was sleeping on her side. Goodness know what she does in that crib all night long — that little devil!

Professional Baby

Tess just had her three month pictures taken today and they are beautiful! Here are a couple of my favorites.

Baptism

My very good friend, gretchen Sausville, recently became an ordained minister in the Presbyterian church and we were fortunate to have her at our home last weekend to baptize Tess. We were surrounded by family and the amount of love around Tess that day was amazing. It was a day we'll never forget.

Smiles

We absolutely love our darling daughter! Watching her learn to smile has been very exciting and heartwarming for us. I was lucky enough to capture one just yesterday ...

Two Months

Our little sweetie is two months old today. I can’t believe it! She’s now sleeping four hours at a time during the night … I never thought I’d be so happy to only get four hours of sleep, but it feels like heaven.

She’s started smiling at us and giggling a little bit — it completely melts our hearts. She’s also reaching out to things, but isn’t able to grab yet.

Bath time is a lot of fun and over the last two weeks she’s decided that she likes baths pretty well — except for the part where you have to get out of the water and dry off.

She weighs about seven and a half pounds and is a little over 19 inches long — about the size of a normal newborn. I’ve really enjoyed my tiny baby … it feels like she’s been my sweet little newborn baby for a long time and I love it.

Here are some pictures of her enjoying (and not enjoying) her baths.