2013 Project 52

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Birthday Eve*

365 days ago, you my precious, were delivered from heaven and changed our lives forever. 365 days ago, you made Calder a big brother. 365 days ago, my heart grew as I held you in my arms for the first time. For 365 days we have loved you, adored you, and cherished you. For 365 days our world has been happier because of you. For 365 days we have had a daughter, a baby girl, our Tessa Camille. 365 days of Tessa, Little T, and Tessa-Bear. For 365 days Calder has had a sister, a playmate, a best friend. For 365 days we have smiled bigger because of you and laughed more because of you. For 365 days we have thanked God for blessing us with you. 365 days of you.
*Ok, so here's the disclaimer. I have to fess up and admit that I didn't actually write this. I randomly found it elsewhere on the web...but as I reflect on the last year, this just completely sums it all up in a way that I never could have put on paper myself. Aside from the obvious changes, I didn't steal it totally word for word...does that count for something?

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Teaching her early

"1, 2, 3..."

"Hey, look at that. I was right. It is 6:00!""That's enough learning for today. I'll just go back to my favorite activity."

Learning Letters

I'm so happy that Calder loves to learn. The other day he was showing me all the letters that he knows how to write. Before moving on to the next letter, he would say "What else are we going to learn?"

Letters from courtney on Vimeo.

Sing us a song, piano men!




Friday, January 8, 2010

Baby, it's cold outside!

Winter is always so tough. Being cooped up inside with two little ones can be challenging! It snowed again last night/this morning, and Calder was dying to go outside. It was really cute when he simply suggested that he and I could go out to play and Tessa could just wait inside.

Tessa was fascinated when she discovered the heat register. It held her attention for almost a full 3 minutes! :)

Little Miss Curious





Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Fun Stuff!!

Tonight, I finally had the chance to play around with the digital scrapbooking software that I got for Christmas. How fun is this!!?? Thanks, Mom!

Quotes