Special Gift from Grandma Great Esplin

Grandma has always been known for her beautiful christmas tree. Ever since i was little I always loved one of her decorations which was a precious moment girl reading her scriptures in a bubble bath. Doesnt that sound so relaxing :) Well, grandma knows how much I have loved it and she gave it to Tessie as a gift. It is so so special to both of us. Here is a picture of her with her first christmas decoration. Thanks so much grandma!

christmas!

wow---I am so far behind! Christmas was such a joy! Christmas is so much more fun when you have kids! Tessie got a dolly and a stuffed puppy! She loves them both! She knew exactly what to do! she pats her baby, tries to put her binki in the babies mouth, and grabs her hands and teaches her patty cakes. Its so amazing the natural instinct in such a small little girl to be a nurturer. she is so precious. Tess loves her doggy. she loves to hug him and squeeze him. The only problem now is that tess tries to point to champs eyes like she does her stuffed puppy. Champ is pretty tolerable.

halloween 2011

Halloween is so much ore fun when you have kids! Last year tess was a basketball(in the womb)I was the hoop and Russ was a retro basketball player.

This year tess was a ladybug, I was a butterfly and russ was a leaf! we went to grammy and gramp Esplins house took pictures and then ate hot dogs and chili. tess loved the wrapper of the one candy she got!

Lessons learned from children

Tess is my angel for so many reasons. But she is also my teacher. The other night her and Russ were playing in the bathroom while I was trying to get homework done. Russ sent me a picture of what was going on. It was a picture of Tessie's hands pressed against the mirror and her lips pressed against her image. Man. what a lesson to me. I try to think about her everyday and that image. If only we could love our own image in the mirror as much as Tess does. If only we could love our bodies so much that we wanted to kiss it and im sure in her sweet little mind she is saying. Thank you Heavenly Father for giving me this body.

Five Fingers

Oh I love watching Tess! Recently she discoverd her fingers. It is so fun to see her so amazed at her body. She looks at her hands, turns them front and back and then wiggles her fingers! You can just see the light on in her mind as she examines every moment and crevice of her hand!

Solids

Tess loves Solids! It was so funny, the other night I was feeding Tess squash. Of course being the crazy mommy that I am I made faces and noises each time I fed her. She would laugh and laugh and laugh. I know eating time is not play time nor is it usually very fun when a child spits food onto your face. BUT...she was laughing so hard it didnt matter i was wearing squash!

This is for the Baily Family

My darling niece and nephew have been wanting to see what baby Tessa looks like. So.. Im finally posting pictures! We miss the Bailey Family so so much! Cant wait to see you guys! Ben keep working hard in school and... GO! FIGHT! WIN!