so far this summer

First ice cream

learning about cicadas

staying up late playing kickball on the summer solstice

Uncle Dave came for a visit

Standing, WALKING (!), and wrestling

just like annie

Tessa is a little obsessed with curly hair (because Annie has it!)  And the other day she asked to have some curls put in.  And of course that called for a photo shoot!

She has fans. 

Asher's Room

I finished hemming the curtains in Asher's room this weekend (and got the straight pins out of them that have been at baby level for the past 6 months - bad mommy!) so I think I can call it done.

And child proof.

11 months

I cannot believe that he is almost 1!  With all of our travels/birthday/celebrations 10 months passed quickly by.  And I am late at posting this, and so at 11 months + a few extra days, he has begun to stand for short amounts of time (very short amounts!).

And now we have 4 teeth!  And still climbing, crawling and just a little less drooling than before.  He can repeat sounds pretty well - Mama, Dada, Tessa (which sounds like Dada, but I KNOW it's Tessa), and book.  And he LOVES books.  Other loves are musical instruments which all get played multiple times a day and his cars.

23 more days until his first birthday!

Tessa is (almost) four in Paris

peter cottontail

speaking of four...