Father's Day Gift

Happy Father's Day to all you Dad's out there!  I got an idea for a Father's Day gift for Scott a couple of weeks ago from Apartment Therapy.  It was a great way to display a collection.  Scott has collected comic books since he was little, and we have boxes of them stashed away in a closet.  He tells me they are worth a lot and also they are worth nothing because he will never sell them.  So I asked him to chose 9 of his favorites for a project I had in mind (I had to promise to take excellent care of them).  So here is the end result.  Happy Father's Day Scott!

(The 11x14 print will be framed and placed in the hallway his office at work)

Peach Farm 2010 (Then and Now)

2009

2010

I am excited to get see how we change in yet another year!

Daddy's Home

words

(random, but cute, picture)

Tessa can say -

Dada
Dog (da)
Cat (dat)
Hi (Hiiiiiiiiii)
Eat
Moo (mmmmmmmm - but she does this consistently when we ask her what a cow says... and what a horse says)
Book
and her newest Shoes! (shhhs)

See something missing?  No?  How about Mama?  This is what I get:

Me: Tessa, say Mama
Tessa: Dada!
Me: No, Mama
Tessa: Dada!
Me: Mama
Tessa: Dada!

I give up.

Need pictures, ASAP

I took a photo of Tessa every day her first year (missing a day here and there)... but I do have a coffee table  book of 365 photos in the works.  I am glad that I don't have the pressure of getting the camera out every day, but I am finding less things to blog about!  So here are some more pictures from her birthday weekend, enjoying her new water table from Grandma and Grandpa McMillan -

A Late Birthday Present

My birthday was yesterday, although I have only received one birthday present so far (Thanks Katie!).  Scott told me that he would take me shopping.  Tessa scribbled in a card, and I was assured yesterday I would get more gifts by this weekend.  But I did receive an e-mail today letting me know that our backyard was to be featured on Ohdeedoh.com today.  I am so excited that they love our outdoor space as much as we do.  Thanks ohdeedoh for a great birthday gift.  You have made my day!

Check it out here.

Mindless Summer TV is Back!

I won't lie - I like love TV.  Even though you are supposed to be outside during the summer, Phoenix is just too hot (105 at 10pm hot), so we are glad to have some new shows airing to keep us entertained inside.  My personal favorite is Wipeout.  You can't have enough of the big balls!  We also began watching America's Got Talent which we used to call America's Got Nothing Better To Watch... but again, it is pretty funny!  And finally there is Last Comic Standing.  The best part is about these shows is that every time we laugh, Tessa laughs, too.