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A Weekend of Parties and People

On Friday night we went to Kevin's Christmas Party, I was not good about taking pictures :( However, I did get two good ones.

On Saturday we went to the Smith's for some post-birthday party Wii. Connor had a pirate themed party, and Tim got in the spirit!

And here are some more pictures from the Smith's

Erin holding Tessa while she watched Rock Band.

Amy holding Tessa.

Connor reading a book to Tessa.

Ryan feeding Tessa a bottle. On Sunday, Dan, Jen, and Dave came over and watched football.

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Tessa Enjoying Her Toys in Milford

Leaving for Milford Tomorrow

Well I'm in the midst of packing Tessa, Lou, and myself for 3+ weeks in MA. My car will be quite the sight when I'm done. And I'm pretty sure Tessa has twice as many outfits packed as I do.

While I'm not looking forward to the colder temperatures (and potential for a lot more snow) it will be nice to be near family.

A few Pictures from Last Night

We like to lay a blanket on the rug so that we can play with Tessa on it...Lou thinks its for him... I think its great that he's surrounded by her toys but would never try to play with them.

The Past Week Or So

Tim finished up working for Absolute on Wednesday! And he doesn't start working for IBM until Dec 8th, so we're pretty excited to get to spend some time together before the new job starts.

On Wednesday Mimi and Pop drove down from MA for Thanksgiving. We had a nice relaxing day on Thursday. For the most part Tessa was pretty good. Unfortunately she missed a nap later in the evening and was a bit of a bear around bedtime. Oh well the rest of the day she was a happy baby. We didn't take many pictures (shame on me I know). But here is one with Tessa and Pop.

On Friday, Mimi and Pop were nice enough to offer to babysit Tessa so Tim and I could go out to dinner. Of course Tessa knew something was up and was a little difficult on the way out of the house. But we went anyway and enjoyed ourselves!

Tessa had been waking up 3-5 times a night and things were getting pretty ridiculous so we decided that Saturday would be the day where we let her cry herself to sleep. So starting with the first nap of the day we put a sleepy baby in her crib and let her cry. Thankfully we only had a few times where she cried for 40 minutes or so.

So far things are going well. There's no more bouncing her to sleep for naps and then holding her until she wakes up. And during the night she has been waking up twice and putting herself back to sleep in 10-15 minutes. She has gone 10 hours at night without eating so that's good. Tessa is definitely big enough to make it that long without some food.

So hopefully this will continue and she will get better at sleeping alone. We could all use some good sleep!

It is Late (8:30) and I'm Tired...

Going to bed, I will post about Thanksgiving and the past week tomorrow. Who knows how long the little girl will sleep...

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A little late...

A Snowy Day in MD

Last night we tried giving Tessa some rice cereal, this was a before picture.

We will post a video soon.

Today we got our second dusting of the year...

Look close, this is what happens when Lou eats snow...too bad he really likes to play in it.

If she's going to watch Baby Bach she has to try and sit there by herself.

More pictures of Tessa sitting up

Help mom, catch me before I fall over!

Lots of pictures

Tessa and I went to the mall today to retry getting her 3 month pictures taken. Today she was more than cooperative and we got a few shots I really liked.

3 Month Pictures Here

And I've got a ton of pictures on my camera from November, some I put on the blog, some I didn't.

November Pictures Here

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A Little Bit of Giggling at Lou

Almost 10 O'Clock...And I'm Ready to Play

(And yes these are 6 month pjs...)

New Napping Style...