Weekly Update

Tenley and I did some Christmas shopping at The District:

When we got home T had some gifts from Grandma & Grandpa D to open up- these Disney ornaments that connect:

T has started to love baths again thanks to the Princess Bubble Bath that I bought:

We baked Mickey Mouse Christmas cookies...

...and T got to taste her very first cookie and it was a huge hit:

The sugar made for a pretty fun day:

She is obsessed with talking on my phone and in this picture it looks as if she's intensely saying, "Hold on... I'll be right there!":

She also loves to play with my hair (like at all times):

On Thursday, this big kid slept in...

...while St. Nick stopped by our house and left T a dollar and some awesome socks:

...Tenley was very curious about the dollar:

...then took off with it:

She has also recently started to undress herself during diaper changes:

She is in lurve with her new winter hat:

 She still loves chicken...

...and hiding her "food" in her kitchen:

 Ed worked doubles most of the week so Tenley and I went to dinner with Frannie, Matt and Chris. While I got ready Tenley thought she would do the laundry...

...after T finished the "laundry" she was finally ready to go:

...and Tenley entertained us all at BWW:

Since Sunday was Ed's only day off, he slept in while Tenley and I colored. Tenley ate more crayon than she got on the paper, but I'd still consider this her first "masterpiece":

When Ed woke up we ate Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies that Karina baked us and Tenley was practically begging for more. She is now a lil' cookie monster:

(Thanks, Karina!!)

We went to Town Square to see Santa and there was a 2 hour wait. Instead on walking around outside we put our name on the list and headed to the conservatory at the Bellagio to see their Christmas display and it did not disappoint...

...Tenley Bear even got to meet Polar Bears:

...T also got to see the Bellagio fountains for the first time:

We headed back to Town Square and waited in line for 45 min to see Santa...

When T was next in line she was bouncing up and down- so excited! She was even waving at him, but he wouldn't wave back at her or anything (even when the kids before us were done). They were so stiff (not fun and festive like they were last year). As soon as I moved close to Santa Tenley immediately clenched my arm and started signing for milk with her other hand and began to cry. I started to pass her off to him for that typically hilarious picture of baby crying in Santa's arms, but he said he couldn't "hold her". So the creeper with a handlebar stache hid behind us for a family photo:

Maybe we'll try it again somewhere that doesn't have such a long wait. Either way, my lil' chickie still looks adorable.

Until next time! :)

Weekly Update

Tenley Bear is now 13 months old...

...baby girl has TEN teeth (two of which are molars) and has added a few words to her vocabulary, such as: no, book, dog, and "quack, quack" (although she only says them when she wants to say them, of course). She has been down to only 1 nap a day for about a month now and sleeps through the night, unless she is teething realllly bad; which happens to be a lot these days since she only has molars and canines left. She eats just about everything that I cook and will demand that we share any food that we are eating. She absolutely loves to dance, if music is on her legs automatically start moving and grooving- she has spunk. She loves to grab your hand and lead you to what she wants and most of the time she will be running to your destination. She really keeps Ed and I on our toes and constantly keeps us laughing. Each day is something new and exciting and we wouldn't have it any other way!

She is such a smarty pants that when I asked her to show me her favorite ornament she, obvi, showed me my Steelers snowman:

T went to the pediatrician on Tuesday for a follow up regarding her ER visit and the doc said she seemed to be doing much better. Her visit must've exhausted her because she fell asleep cuddled on Mommy's chest:

Pearl is starting to let Tenley get a little more touchy:

Tenley loves to show me the Christmas tree (and rearrange the bottom ornaments):

She also loves to prepare me "meals" in her kitchen:

She likes to climb on the couch and open the blinds for Pearl- teamwork:

Since I took off the ornaments on her Christmas tree she has started to decorate it with her toys:

T got dolled up to do some shopping...

...I couldn't help but notice the little neck she has developed since she has begun to thin out:

(My lil' babe is losing her chunky neck... the chunky neck that used to hold so much neck cheese when she was a baby... I'm going to miss that...)

T was bummed that Daddy had to work on Saturday so we had lots of picnics until he got home...

...Ed surprised me with these beautiful flowers when he got home:

(Thanks, Ed!! I love you!!)

We decided to take a little road trip to Mt Charleston to show Tenley some real snow and take some pictures of her for our Christmas card. When we asked Tenley if she wanted to go "Bye, Byes" Pearl jumped in the car and refused to get out so we decided to make a family event out of it and Tenley couldn't have been happier:

The snow ended up only being on the very tip of the mountain and we couldn't even get to it in our car so we were only able to look at it from a distance. We made the best of our mini road trip and stopped at one of the trails to enjoy the scenery:

We're looking forward to going back when there is some actual snow to build a snowman!

Until next week! :)