Here's one of Tess' roommates from the orphanage. Her name is Halina. I think she looks alot like Tess.

Special friends.

Fun at Christmasville with the Heids.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Or nice?

Should I be naughty?

Oh no, not another photo session!

Look! Everyone is playing so nicely together.

Yay! My Auntie M came all the way from Korea to play on my jungle gym.

Okay Papaw, I'll show you how to do this one more time.

Just how many hours does it take three grown men to put together a play gym?

Hanging out with Pee-Pop.

What a cut-up!

Mountain fun with the family.

Punkin time!

Daddy's monkey

Mommy's beautiful girl

Having fun in Blowing Rock with Mommy and Daddy

Martha Stewart Jr. at it again.

Aaaah, bubbles!

And here are two of her adoring fans- Ella and Annelise.

Tess is quite the social butterfly. Here she is at her second party of the day-The Forrester's pumpkin party.

I had to show the big kids how to color.

But I found the dog's ball instead.

The grown-ups wanted us to help find the eggs.

Farm birthday party at Marissa's house.

Nothing rides like a John Deere.

Wow! If only this corn was cooked, I could pack it all in my jaws.

Martha Stewart Jr. decorating her first pumpkin.

Tess' first visit to the pumpkin patch.

Tess loved her teacher-Miss Bethany.

Tess and Grandmere showing off at the library "Once Upon a Lap" class.

This is a very rare glimpse of Tess cleaning our house. Usually she is destroying our house.

Tess loves the park.

I love the playground at Pepop's place!

Dada is showing me how to build a sand castle.

Tessie's first time playing in the sand.

Nothing says July 4th like cupcakes and homemade banana ice cream!

Happy July 4th from an all-American girl!

Don't I look cute in my watermelon dress?

Tess loved her first time in the pool.

Tess' favorite place to snooze-on Grandmere's lap.

One of Tessie's favorite pasttimes is dancing and lip-syncing to her favorite Colbie Caillat CD.

Tess is walking! Tess took a few steps on April 24, 2009. Then on her 13 month old birthday, April 25, 2009 she began to walk. She has been practicing quite a bit since then. Here's a video of one of her practice sessions.

Honorary grandparents- Cathy and Grant

First cupcake