Tuesday, December 7, 2010

All I want for Christmas...

Me:  Tessa, what do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?
Tess: Presents!!!!
Me:  What kind of presents?
Tess: Purple ones!!!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

My New Business!

I'm starting a little business. Tess and Olivia Designs.  I'm making car seat covers. Check out my shop at http://www.tessandolivia.etsy.com/! Here are some samples of what I have available now.




I think they are pretty cute if I do say so myself.  The minky car seat covers fit right over your original car seat and canopy replaces the existing canopy on your car seat.  Love it!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Olivia Kate



Seven months old! What a perfect little baby!  She has two little teeth peeking out of her bottom gums. She has just learned to sit up without falling over.  She still hasn't learned how to cry!  She is amazing!  She fusses maybe once a week.  She is so happy and easy going. She loves spinning around and around in her saucer. She loves her brother and sister and her daddy.  Anytime she hears Burke's voice, she stops what she's doing (even eating) and looks around until she finds his face and then stares him down until he gives her the attention she wants from him. No one makes her laugh like Tess can. But no one loves her more then Mason. He is annoyingly obsessed with his little sister.  He loves to hold her and play with her.  I love my little baby girl! 

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Outdoors with the fam

We tood a day trip to Silver Lake with Grandpa Stan. Mason the climber, was so exited to climb up this big rock face.  It made me a little nervous. But he was so proud of himself.
Mason loved fishing for about 30 seconds and then was done.

Tess is terrified of the pool but with Dad she had no fear.  I guess that says a lot about how she feels about her dad.

Fun times with Daddy in the pool.

Mason asked me what a brother does and I explained he needs to take care of his sisters.  He thought that was the best thing ever. Here he is feeding our Liv.

Little Blue Eyes

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Summer Fun


Mason went on his first ever tent camping trip with his dad a couple weeks ago.
His backpack was a big as he is.
Mason an Tess love to go to the park where Mason has just learned to go down the fire pole all by himself!


Tess Turns 3

Tess turned 3 years old this week!  Wow!
She had a princess party with all of her little neighborhood friends.
I made a castle cake for her. 

She was very excited about her princess and the frog movie and puppy purse.


All The little neighbor girls came dressed like their favorite princess

Here they all are except for Tess who was throwing a tantrum, and Claire who was asleep.
(Maybe 3 is a little young to start friend parties)
Mason of course wanted to get in on the princess action.  At least he still sits like a boy!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Summer's Here!

I have too many funny and cute pictures that I haven't uploaded yet so here's a quick update. 
First off, my kids got these goggles (Tess called them "gobbles") and they insist on wearing them in the bathtub. The picture of Tess cracks me up everytime I see it!
We had Olivia's blessng.
Here is my cute momma holding her.
I made a quilt for her and am very proud of the way it turned out!
Mason had his Small Wonders Preschool Graduation even though he still has another year of preschool. We love love love Small wonders!!
We have turned he backyard into an amusement park for the kids. Slip 'n Slide, Bounce house, pool, trampoline, and playset.  Are they spoiled or what?  At least they leave me alone with Liv for a few minutes when it's warm and they can play in the yard.
We took the kids to Jungle Jim's.  SO FUN!  Mason has asked to go back every day since we went. It has about 7 or 8 little kiddie rides and they loved it!  Watching these two drive around in the bumper cars was hilarious!!  They woud both give huge belly laughs every time they would crash into people.  They always wanted to ride together.  I'm so glad they love each other!  My battery ran out on my camera before I could take pics of them on the bumper cars!  Dangit!
Tess was all smiles until the horse started going up and down.  Then she was clinging on to Burke for dear life.  The only ride that scares her is the merry-go-round? What's up with that?
Every morning when Liv wakes up they run and get into her crib withher and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"  It is the cutest!  They love their little sister.
Cousin Bailey's Blessing we got the three cousins together to take their first pics together.  Olivia is looking pretty chubby next to these two!
And my beautiful Tess!  What a cutie!!  She got potty-trained in two days last week !  Wooo hooo! 

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Girly girl

Tess picked up this little number this weekend on clearance and thinks she's pretty hot stuff in it! She insists on wearing it constantly.  Today she decided that she needed to wear her matching hello kitty boots with it and watch herself dance in the mirror.  What a little diva!!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Photo Update



Olivia is getting so chubby and smily!
Here she is with cousin Bailey.  So cute!  They are only 6 weeks apart. Hopefully future best friends!
Cute pics of the older two at the park with Mom.
Gotta love those kids!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Weekend Project?

This is our little weekend project we have been working on.  Unfortunately... it took much more than a weekend.  Holy crap these take forever to build.  But it is done and the kids LOVE IT!!!!

Olivia's smiling!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Soccer Mom

So my boy started soccer last weekend.  It was pretty funny.  He doesn't really have that 'killer instinct' yet.  He'll follow the ball for about 30 seconds and then get frustrated because too many other kids are following the ball too.  So he will wander off to climb the fence or sit on the sidelines and have some of the neighbors snacks. But, he sure looks cute in his little uniform
I am so proud of my little man.  He is doing so great right now.  His tantrums are becoming much less frequent and is constantly saying "I'm being a good boy, Mommy". 
He is so smart and asks me how to spell everything.  He loves  both of his preschool classes and has just grown in leaps and bounds. I'm just so happy and relieved that he is doing so great.  We love him so much!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

"wee-va"

Our little Olivia, or as the kids call her "Wee-va"
Sisters are the best!  I never had a sister until I got a whole bunch of wonderful sisters-in-law. I'm so glad my girls will get to have each other.  Tess loves laying down next to her new little sister.  It is so funny to see how big Tess has gotten now that we have a little one to compare her too.
My own little women
But... Mason loves her the most! He always loves babies and is so sweet with her.