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

A Happy Family

Happy Birthday, Tess!

PaPaw is a babyhog.

Tess' First Easter Basket

Two of our favorite girls Annelise and Ella Forrester had a bunny party and invited Tess.