Big girl, Big travels

She's not so sure she likes the pool in this one!

Great Grandma Maeger came to visit about a month ago now
Tessa's first time in a swimming pool (last month) at Grandma Nancy's country club

family photo at the ranch

some of Tessa's first friends: Gracie and Benjamen




We took a family road trip to the mountains this weekend; it's SO nice to have that freedom to travel up there, now that her little heart is healed! Sunday was Grandma Karen's birthday, so we headed up to Rifle Friday evening after Jesse got off work. Tessa did very well in the car for the 4 hours it took to get there! We celebrated Saturday evening at Base Camp Cafe (Karen, Michael and Dan's restraunt in Rifle) with Great Grandma Sharon, Great Grandpa Dick, Grandpa Michael, Uncle Josh and two of Josh's friends from Jackson Hole. Sunday night, we met up with some of Jesse's high school friends at a pizza shop in Carbondale. We took basically all day Monday to drive home after another great skillet breakfeast at the cafe. We stopped to visit with Great Grandma Sharon in Aspen and walked around downtown for a bit, then headed up over Independence Pass. Jesse showed me around his old stomping grounds on our way out of town. It sure is beautiful up there!
Tessa has apparently been on a growth spurt these past few weeks. We went into the Pediatrition today for a shot and weighed her in at 13 lbs 8 oz! This would make sense, for she has been a restless sleeper these past few weeks--waking every 1.5-2 hours to nurse. Last night was a good one, so lets hope that trend continues so I can get some more rest!
Tessa has been very active lately. She loves her new Jumperoo and is getting into everything! She is very interested in everything Jesse or I do. She gets better at sitting up on her own every day and is starting to like eating her organic rice cereal.
Go to: www.sewellphotography.com/tessa to see a slideshow of photos from the photo shoot in Minnesota.