Recent Happenings

Teresa has been growing like crazy this month! We had to skip her four month doctor appointment because our new insurance has taken longer to set up than anticipated. I'm sure Teresa is pretty disappointed about having to wait another month for those shots...She is starting to laugh a little (not nearly as much as her cousin Ciaran though! If only his mom had a blog, and could put up a cute video of that...). She succeeded in rolling over a few weeks ago! She had been spending a lot of time on her side, not quite able to make it all the way over, but she finally figured it out. Now I spend a lot of time flipping her back over...she can get herself over on to her tummy, and then gets upset when she can't get back. She is reaching for stuff all the time now, and of course thinks it all needs to go in her mouth. She loves to be outside, and will quit fussing almost as soon as she gets out there. One reason she likes the outdoors is because that is where the cats are. She loves to look at and grab at the orange ones (the other two avoid us), and they are nice enough to let her grab big fistfuls of fur, or nose, or tail...whatever is in grabbing distance. Here she is with one of the neighbor cats that think they live with us. I think her name is Zoe, but we call her Tic-Tac.







This is how I found Teresa one morning last week. Not sure how she worked her arm out of the neck, it's pretty snug.



We went with Aislinn's family on a homeschool field trip to Sea World last week. It was way fun, the weather was cold and sprinkly, a nice change from the 100 degree weather we had to endure all summer. We just did the exhibits and shows, and Teresa learned a lot about marine animals while we were there.

Teresa all ready to go - how cute is her sweater? Love it.


If you look closely, you can see the rear of a Clydesdale horse in the background...They were so huge! (The whole horse, not just their rears...)




I love this picture of T and my mom...she is such a happy girl!



And finally, here she is getting her first piano lesson. I was holding her on my lap and playing on Sunday. She spent a long time just staring at my hands on the keys, and then finally decided that she needed to join in on the fun too. She couldn't quite press down hard enough to make any noise yet, but we're working on it ;)

Little Fashionista

Here are some pics of Teresa in her stylin' sunglasses, that she got from her awesome cousin Brigit. Now that she's sitting up in her stroller, it was getting harder to keep the sun out of her eyes on walks. Luckily, Brigit had given T these sunglasses earlier this summer, and they were perfect for protecting her beautiful blue eyes from the sun. Plus, she can't pull them off yet, so they were able to stay on the whole time ;)

August

Lets see, what happened in August...well, Marcus decided to join the Army. He was originally planning to join either in October or January, but the job he wanted was only available starting August 18th. We found that out maybe two weeks before that...so that was pretty fast. Teresa and I were just going to stay in our apartment in Austin, since we only moved there at the end of July, but then we decided to move to Boerne and live with my parents, to save on rent. So, barely a month after moving, we got to move again. Poor Teresa has now had to move twice in her three months of life :(

Anyway, Teresa turned three months old at the end of August. I can't believe how fast she is growing and changing! She's getting very interested in her toys, and is trying to grab at them now. She's still pretty clumsy, but occasionally she can get one in her little fist. Here's her first successful attempts at getting her elephant in her mouth.





She doesn't go back to the doctor until she is four months, so we measured her at home. She's almost 26 1/2 inches long and, if my parent's scale is accurate, she weighs about 15 pounds.

Mom wanted a picture of Teresa and Ciaran together for her Christmas card...we tried to get some after church one Sunday, when they had cute matching outfits, but Teresa was not feeling too cooperative. It might have had something to do with the fact that we had ten people and countless packed boxes all crammed into out little two bedroom apartment...I think she was overwhelmed. Ciaran was great though, he had lots of smiles for the camera. Is it bad that I just love Teresa's crying face? She's so cute when she cries!