Swings!

We took Teresa to the park one day last week, to see if she was big enough for the baby swings yet. Since the weather has been awesome lately - nice and cold in the mornings and then pleasant the rest of the day - we thought it would be nice to start going to the park. I didn't bring my camera, since we just stopped by on our way back from HEB, so these pictures are from my cell phone, which isn't the best. It took me about a year to figure out how to get them from my phone to the computer, so hopefully you enjoy them! The swings are a little big still, but she had fun, and so did we!

The Great Outdoors

Okay, I realize that all I ever post about is Teresa, but...that's pretty much my life now. If I ever do anything non-Teresa centered, I'll be sure to let y'all know.

So, on to the real subject of today's post...Teresa LOVES to be outside. Seriously, any sort of complaining or crying ceases as soon as we go outside. Ever since she was born, too. When she was brand new, a lot of the time she would only let us sit down when she was fussing if we were outside. Which wasn't too exciting this summer when the weather was 100+ degrees everyday. Anyway, she really likes to watch the trees moving in the wind. So. Cute. She usually just sits quietly, looking around, with an occasional squeal or cheer thrown in. Or sometimes she chats softly to herself, so quietly I can barely hear her.

I took these pictures yesterday, when we were out on the grass. Well, I was on the grass and T was on her blanket, which worked out nicely for her, since I came in covered in little bug bites, but Teresa did not. We usually sit on the bench swing in the backyard, and Teresa was definitely interested in the different feel of the grass under her blanket.

hmm, I guess I could have rotated this one...


Staring up at the trees, it was a windy day!



Seriously, how lucky am I to get to see this cute face everyday? I'm so grateful for her!

She's mobile!

Teresa has been moving all over the place recently! I can't believe how big she is getting. She's been getting pretty frustrated recently with her lack of mobility. Especially since most of the time when she tried to move forward she would end up scooting herself backwards instead. Yesterday she figured out some solutions to that problem. Now she will just roll over and over until she gets somewhere she wants to be. If what she wants is close enough, she'll do a little army crawl. It is so cute watching her! I knew you would all want to see it too, so here is a little video. It might have been longer, but my memory card filled up and cut it short. Apparently we've taken roughly 1100 pictures since May 29th. Anyway, Teresa really likes my cell phone, so it is the perfect incentive to get her to scoot along.

Accessories

Back in the day, when I actually put effort into how I dressed, I used to LOVE accessories. Belts, hats, shoes, earrings, scarves, bags, whatever, I love accessorizing an outfit. At one point I owned over 30 belts. Excessive, maybe, but at least I wore them all. Having Teresa has opened up a whole new, previously undiscovered, category of exciting accessories - headbands,bows, and pink! When I was pregnant with T, I was not planning to have her in very much pink, or have her wearing bows and headbands too often. However, I can admit when I'm wrong - especially since it happens so infrequently - and boy was I wrong about pink and bows! How was I supposed to know she would just look so darn cute in them? Here are some recent pictures of T and her bows. And pink. And her pink bows ;)


With Aunt Melissa:



How cute is this dress? And the cute little shoes (thanks Erin)! Oh, and the cute girl in the dress and shoes, of course.







I love how huge this flower is! She'll grow into it...

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!