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I just wanted to do a quick update while Tessa slept and Hannah is asleep and Remi is still at work! I have survived 4 days alone and one evening flying solo! I'm quite proud of myself!! I even managed to have some sort of "dinner" on the table every night! yay! I'm so not the cook in the family that credit all goes to Remi!

Hannah's vocabulary has just taken off!!! Last Sunday we were at church saying a prayer and she heard everyone say "Amen" and she repeated it right back! Amazing! So her word for Sunday was AMEN AMEN AMEN all day long!!! Let me tell you the cuteness ran out pretty quick!!! She can say 2 word sentences no no momma is her favorite, "do you want to help me change/burp/feed/play with Tessa" No No Momma, Let's go honey, (when leaving the park,) No No Momma and takes off running. Time for night night, No No Momma! haha

But she doesn't really mean it b/c she says NO but does what I say for the most part!!! She's been a wonderful BIG sister and really only has problems towards the evening when I'm trying to nurse Tessa. Or has Hannah calls her "Tesh" so cute I just LOVE it!

Hannah amazes me everyday, I can tell her things to do, she listens, understands and follows direction. She's not a baby anymore she's a toddler that's into everything!

I have started going to a bible study at our church, Walking with Purpose its great and I love all the women there! But for me the thing i love is CHILDCARE! So Hannah has been going once a week with me and loving the play time with her friends while I get my study on! :) Today she had a hard time letting me leave her, she fussed and held onto me and it broke my heart!! She has NEVER cared if I left her somewhere!!! But when I picked her up they said she was fine! She was having a blast and didn't even notice when I came in to get her!

Tessa-

She's doing AMAZING!! I could just sit and hold and snuggle her ALL day long!!!! She's nursing great and I even got time to pump the other night and she took a bottle from her daddy!!! Made us sooooooooooooooo happy!!!! I don't want to jinx it but she's sleeping great, 4-5 hour stretches (I say that's b/c I fill her up during the day with the every 2-3 hour feedings!!!) So I usually feel some what "refreshed" in the am! Especially if I get up before BOTH of them and get to shower in peace and quiet!!!!!

I love how she smiles when she's sleeping! Makes my heart melt! She's becoming more and more aware of her surroundings and has a few hours of wake time a day now! That's usually when Hannah is kissing, crawling, patting her back! haha

I think all of us adjusted well and it seems like we have been a family of 4 for ever!!! I look back now on the time before Tessa and after Hannah went to bed (7pm) and say man what did I do with all that time!?!? I would LOVE for that time now to SLEEP! But I learned with Hannah not to wish it away b/c time passes quickly enough.

Well I'm off to just relax for a bit before Tessa's bedtime routine starts!

The girls and their friends......

Well here's the past few days, just some busy days at home catching up on housework and having some visitors over to entertain Hannah! And my #1 helper of laundry..She gets a kick out of putting the clothes into the washer and then into dryer. But what usually happens with her clothes is she cant' part with them to dry so she carries them around the house and they end up being walked on, dropped and dragged across the floor and back into the laundry it goes!!!!!!!

OR she just crawls into the dryer! Silly Silly Hannah

 

Just sleeping away looking pretty in her boppy! I LOVE that thing!! Makes breastfeeding easier, Hannah holds her in that and it makes a great neck pillow (says Remi) AND a great sleeping place for Tessa as well!!!
She was smiling so much and I tried to catch it, but I kinda got a half smile here. But still love this picture of her and the way the light is hitting it.....precious!!!!!!!

The other night we had a visitor an uninvited one! :) BUT it was cute and friendly so it's alright! I was putting the dog out or bringing him in when I came across a frog stuck on the sliding glass door. It freaked me out at first but then realized what it was! haha and of course Mr. Photographer Remi had to grab the camera and snap some pictures of it! Funny thing is Teddy never noticed it and the frog was NOT out of his reach. Would dogs eat frogs?!?!?

Remi asked if we could keep him and me being mean said no, luckily when we came back a bit later he was gone......I don't need anymore pets, and with 2 kids I stay busy! 

Hannah and her BFF Maddie and her mom Carolyn! She's pregnant and due in December with a GIRL! So between us we will have 4 GIRLS!! I think the daddys are going to go crazy!!!! We can't wait to meet their little one so for now they are all about Tessa!! 

Train Museum

This was our first outing as a family of 4!! We packed up and headed to Baltimore to introduce Tessa to the world of trains, a favorite by Remi and Hannah!!! She was so thrilled she slept the entire time!!! haha

It's very hands on so Hannah loved it! She was pulling all the levers and saying choo choo pretty much the entire time!!

It was kinda empty the day we went so she was running around going up and down the trains.

The little engineer hard at work, I have always called her a little engineer b/c she loves to tinker with her toys and try to see how they "work". She turns them over and finds where the batteries goes or where to turn it on and off. Pretty impressive!

ahhh so pretty.

Her chariot awaits.....she's waiting for prince charming..........BUT

She will just have to keep looking and waiting.........

Her daddy is her Prince Charming now and for the next 30 years!! :)

But she's ok with that, she loves her daddy!

Riding the Choo Choo!!!!

Hey where's my snack!!?

and don't forgot my water!!!!!

Hey I want it now!!!!!!!!

BYE BYE trains!

Checking out the stoplight!

 

One more time pulling, climbing, tinkering with everything! 

1st bath!

  Her faces are just priceless!! She's probably like "all these people are crazy" haha

Here is Tessa's first bath, she hated getting undressed but once she was in the warm water she seemed to actually enjoy herself. Despite what the picture is showing you. This was like the first 5 seconds of getting into the water!

This cracks me up it's like she's moving away from the water.....she's a mover and groover!

Just sucking it up and dealing with the water,

Almost done!!! She is like as big as Remi's hand! Tessa is so tiny compared to Hannah when she was her age!

Snug as a bug in a rug!!! I love the mouth open and how she's moving her hands around! She loves being all warm and snuggled against your body!

My little peanut!

BIG sister and little sister time! Hannah LOVES holding her little sister and jumps at the chance too!

Pumpkins Picking w/daddy

Hannah feeding the donkey's!! She loves animals and getting up close and personal with them is just her cup of tea!!! Her and daddy had a day out together while I was at home with Tessa!

 What are you looking at!?!?

 Not only she did have to pick her own pumpkin but she had to carry it herself too!!! She's sooooooo big!!!!!!!

 Loving getting her picture taken! And daddy loves to take pictures too!!!

Posing with her pumpkins by the tractor, she loved the hayride and didn't want to sit with daddy, she had to sit on her own away from him! haha Little Miss Independent........which means trouble for us! :)

The best BIG sister in the world!!!!!! She loves to give "Tesh" kisses, rub her head, hold her, cover her ujp, bring diapers, the ONLY negative thing I have to say is when I'm feeding Tessa that's when Hannah wants/needs my attention and nursing a newborn, recovering from surgery, and having a toddler crawling all over you isn't the best feeling in the world! :) haha So far so good! I'm dreading Remi going back to work though, I love him being home and being a family of 4!!! The days will definitely be longer when it's just us girls!!! 

Fri 10/08 Baby Warming Party

 So the day after we came home from the hospital we had a little gathering at our house so everyone could meet Tessa and eat some yummy food! So thanks to my mom and lovely hubby I rested while they cooked and cleaned!!!!!! We had a lovely turnout not too many people but enough to give us a full house!! the kiddies ran wild and the adults chatted and Tessa was a huge hit!! Thanks for all the lovely gifts and good laughs!!!!!!!

 My papa Billy holding his 2nd great granddaughter!!

Remi had the kids upstairs in Hannah's room playing "race", riding the small and big wooden horses across the room, and this toy she loves the ball popper. All we heard downstairs was screaming and laughter!!!!! It was priceless!!!

 Hannah and Gavin and their balls, such sporty kids already!!!! (that's her future boyfriend too, but they don't know it yet haha)

Hannah and her BFF Maddie or as Hannah calls her "mat-dy" aww so precious!!!! They are such girls together and get into everything together!!!!!!!

Well that's it for now people! I have finally finished uploading ALL the pictures taken the past few weeks and I'm slowly catching up on the blog nightly!!! Right now I'm off to feed Tessa and get ourselves ready for ZzZzZzZ's!!!! Tessa has been sleeping great!!! She usually goes 3 1/2-4 hours between feedings at night so I can NOT complain about being tired but honestly I'm still tired!! But I guess I will be now and for the next 18 years or the rest of my life!! haha!!! Have a great week!!! 

More Hospital Pictures.....

 Stop taking my pictures please and let me sleep! Check out her fingernails they were incredibly long when she was born!!! I had to "file" them down hours later!!! 

 Tessa and her Aunt Gemma!!! We were so glad Gemma and Kenny were able to be there this time for the birth of Tessa!!! She missed Hannah b/c she was teaching but with a repeat c-section it made planning easier!!!

 Shes so tiny and alert and moving her head... A LOT! It's crazy how well she can hold her head up!

 ZzZzZzZzZ......with daddy!!! He loves snuggle time with his girls!!!

 Photo time! I love that gummy bear smile!!! (Even though she was mid yawn!!)

 Eating, sleeping and pooping is hard work, but someone has to do it!!!

 Big sister Hannah and little sister Tessa bonding!! Hannah LOVES holding her and giving her kisses!!!! ALL day long!

 Come on I'm ready to go home with my mommy and sister!!!!!!!!

Buckling up baby sister......Hannah was so happy we were ALL coming home with her!! My parents kept Hannah while we were in the hospital so a HUGE thanks to them, I know Hannah was in good hands and loved every minute with her Nana and Papa!!!! I'm sure she was getting spoiled!!! :)