Monday, September 28, 2009

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 ;)

7 comments:

Rob and Erin said...

The picture of T and Mom is priceless! She is getting huge! Ciaran too with his little baseball cap on backwards. What a fun trip! I can't believe how grown up everyone looks and we were just there a couple of months ago, or a few. Her sweater with the ears is super cute! She's taking after you in so many ways already, Tara, cat-lover, piano-player, fashionista. Thanks for posting!

David said...

This is Mom ...
Love all the pics you posted ... she does love being outdoors, and it was fun at Sea World, with the drizzly rain, and nice and cool for a change, as well. It is so nice to see all the new things little babies can do! Love, Mom (Dad too) xox

Melanie said...

Growing up!!! So cute!

J'Nette said...

so cute, i LOVE that she got out of her sleeper, that cracks me up! we should get together over christmas sometime! i would love to meet your little one!

Melissa said...

The one arm out picture reminds me of Marcus after his first mouth surgery as a baby. He manged to get his arm out of the little straight jacket they put him in.

Teresa is growing so fast and there are so many new and fun things she will be doing soon. I hope we get to see you this weekend. I am praying the flu stops with Olivia. I have quarantined her in her room and Lysol is my new best friend!!

Aislinn said...

OH, look at that gorgeous baby! She looks so proud of herself for getting her arm out of the sleeper, LOL. She's so cute with the cats, too. Tara, you're looking really good, too.
Sea World was a blast...so glad you guys came with us.
The piano playing is adorable! It won't be long before she's pounding out the classics just like her mama! Love the picture of T with Mom, too...look at the cute grin! Awwww...

fiona said...

Aww, she's so adorable! I'm pretty sure every comment I write abt her starts that way...oh well, it's true! I love that she loves the cats so much! Very nice of the orange ones to hang out with her ;) And her little arm! Hahaha! Can you imagine how hard she was working at that? No wonder she looks so pleased! She's sooo cute, Tara! A's kid are also, it's fun seeing the pics of everyone! I love Ciaran's backwards hat, too :D You and little T will playing duets before too long! I can't wait to her/y'all!