Happy Holidays

Tessa and her boyfriend, Ben

hiking on the coldest day this year in Colorado Springs!

4 Generation shot!

Well, Miss Tessa is 9 months old and is doing wonderfully. I just thought I'd post a few more photos and a cute video I took today. She has another check up with her Ped. Tuesday; she's been eating quite a bit better, so I think her weight gain won't be an issue this time! She has started liking to eat what we're eating better than her baby food, so we've been letting her experiment. She loves crackers and bits of tofu, but she wants to feed them to herself. We're staying in Colorado for Christmas this year. We're spending Christmas Eve with Grandma Karen, Grandpa Michael, Uncle Kiahi and Aunt Anne at Aunt Kimmy and Uncle Bob's house this year (with all of the cousins, of course), it will be a blast, I'm sure. We will then be spending Christmas Day with Grandpa Terry and Grandma Nancy, as well as all of the uncles, aunts and cousin, Alex. Tessa and I leave for Mexico to meet up with my family on January 2nd for a week. We will miss Daddy, of course, but are excited to lay on the beach and play in the pool!
Happy holidays to you all!
Love,
Lindsay, Jesse and Tessa

Big Girl!

Stephie and Andy
Tessa and Tessa
Uncle Michael
Great Uncle Lee
Joy just loved little Tessa
Uncle Charlie. Nice headband, hey? :)


Uncle Jake and Tessa's cousin, Alex, born November 20


We had a great time in Minnesota--Christina's wedding was beautiful and she was a gorgeous bride! Great Grandpa Ownie, Uncle Lee, Stephie, Andy, Brady, Janelle, Kirk and Janelle's Mother all came from South Dakota for Thanksgiving. 27 people (including the King's and the Mozingo's) came over for the big feast--we had a housefull! Tessa got to meet Tammy's new baby, Mason, and spent quite a bit of time with Owen (Jessie's boy).
Tessa has quite the personality these days...she mimics us, babbles up a storm and even throws mini fits! She started crawling a couple of weeks ago and has figured out she can get what she wants by crawling to it. She is actually eating fairly well these days--she likes sweet potatoes with butter, fruit, yo baby yogart and her new favorite is mac and cheese. Her Pediatrition says if she keeps eating well and takes a couple of ounces of Pediasure a day, she should gain decent weight. Maybe we'll get to see what it would be like to have no medical worries for a while! She so sweet and gets cuter by the minute (however that may be possible:).