The Grass is Always Greener

We have confirmed that Tess says "hot." Normally it takes a few days for me to verify that she really does understand that she is using a certain word properly and "hot" has now passed the test. Actually, "hot" is a pretty good word for a baby to understand. "Hot" and "Hi" are the words that she consistently uses. This is likely good news for "Horse" and Uncle "Herb."

Legos in, Legos out

Uncle Brian came to visit and Tess schooled him on taking Legos out of the bucket and then putting them back in the bucket. Tess didn't really appreciate the beauty of Brian's lego art and delighted in tearing it down - but he forgave her. We were happy to have Brian and Maggie visit for a day or two.
Tess also got to see her Wisconsin friends Alex, Jackson, Peyton and Christian. This was the week for visiting.
Tess is walking quite a bit now on her own, or should I say, she strolls around like she owns the place.

Emu's and Wallabys and Heifers, oh my!

Tess went to the state fair today. The highlight for her was the petting zoo and especially the pot bellied pig. She held dad's hand and walked around and pointed at all the animals. As we drive, she points out all the cows and horses she sees, although she normally says "choo" which is also the word for train. She also checked out the quilts with mom and the hay show with dad, and visited gramma at authors day. We had a little bbq with our dirt for lunch, catered by our friend who also did the food at our wedding. We enjoyed the lamb chops so much we decided next time we get married we will have lamb.

Birthdays!

Sunday was Shane's 2nd birthday in Cheyenne and Tess was very happy to try chocolate cake. What is a birthday party (or wedding) without pictures of messy cake? Shane's momma Gena was Tess's babysitter when we were in Cheyenne and was GREAT.
If you look carefully in the picture at the bottom, you can barely see the two new top teeth that have recently appeared.

Here I am riding my wooden horse. I can really get to rockin. I get on and off all by myself. If wooden horse is close enough to the furniture, I can use the furniture to stand on the horse. My mother often stood on her bouncy horse when she was a child so this runs in my family. My father of course, didn't bother with fake horses and only settled for the real thing.

Testing one, two, three. This is the place for to say Tess to say Howdy to her friends with the help of her mother.