what are we going to do...

with this little miss?

she is a stinker.  that melts her daddy's heart...even with a cheerio and food all over her face.  :)

Tessa is 10 months old...

love this little shirt cousin Meredith and cousin Lydia let her borrow.  I can't believe she is already 10 months old!  pretty soon I will have a one year old and a two year old.  aaahhh.  been praying that their little hearts would be bonded together something fierce...

Tessa at 9 months...

miss thang wasn't having her 9 month photo shoot.  I have a ton of these faces....

and then I would get a little grin but of course it would be blurry...

but in the end, this is what she thought of the whole thing...

I gave up that day and told myself to do it the next.  that didn't happen.  imagine.  ha.  she is a stinker.

Tessa at 8 months...

beautiful weather...

the weather was absolutely gorgeous at the beginning of the week!  Tessa took some extra long morning naps which meant Graham and I got to be outside enjoying it for a couple of hours.  I love red trees in the fall but our yellow one isn't too bad...

I raked up a pile of leaves and he loved running back and forth through it.  giggling the whole time...

when Tessa got up, I took her out to take some pictures...

she loved it too!  grinning and jabbering and trying to eat things.  we didn't stay too long because I didn't have enough hands to keep things out of her mouth.

I LOVED the weather and time outside with my kiddos.  here are my favorite pictures from the day...

Tessa at 7 months...

bubba...

it's 8:45 in the morning...WAKE UP! and come play with me.  I have been up for 2 hours and have been waiting for you to come make me smile!

sweet potatoes...

we finally like  LOVE food.  sometimes to the point of scariness because she goes after the spoon so quickly I think it is going to gag her.  I forgot how fun the food stage is.  I had been really dreading it but got motivated to make sweet potatoes and carrots last week (which seriously took less than an hour).  it is so fun to see little miss smile when it is time to eat.  plus, it means its getting closer to a time when I will not be nursing her so often...

mom I want to play with sissy...

but 10 seconds after this picture was taken, he had EVERY ONE of those toys scrunched up in his lap.  she had nothing.  and the fun begins...

Tessa is 6 months...

I couldn't decide which picture to use.  she is so full of smiles, I can't click fast enough.  :)  thanks to cousin Kate for the cute outfit!

happy sunday...

love...

pray they always smile and hold on tight to one another...

back to school PAT 2011...

Parents as Teachers puts on a back to school day where the kids can go and play, ride a school bus and eat lunch.  we didn't go last year because I thought Graham was too young.  but this year, he really enjoyed it!  we got to play for a while and he actually left my side.  we are not to the stage of playing with others yet so he was off by himself.  he cried when we had to leave to go ride the bus but then great on the bus.  it was HOT.  :)  here we are and all of his friends and my hot momma friends...

he wasn't about sitting with the others and getting his picture taken but got kinda close...

then I thought it would be fun to have a picture of us by the bus...not so much fun in little man's eyes.  bahahaha.  

we were all done and ready to go by the time we were done with the bus ride so we didn't stay for lunch.  its hard juggling little miss schedule and a grumpy boy...

maybe I do like it...

Tessa was a happy little monkey eating cereal today...

maybe we are starting to like it?! Graham gets pretty jealous when sis is sitting in his chair...

since Max got the kitchen done, we have been sitting at the bar that he added. I believe we are going to have to move and actually sit at the table soon and graduate him to sitting in a big boy chair so Tessa can join us. fun times in the Unruh house. :)

Tessa at 5 months...

quack quack quack...

we went to the park last night to feed the ducks. it was the first time in a long time that we have done anything just as a family. not on our way anywhere, not split up, just together. it was nice. Graham laughed and watched and laughed and watched. I love seeing his little self come out...

Tessa liked it too...maybe. ha. she was awfully sweaty when I got her out of the stroller...

this was right after Max threw the bread into the water. it was a crazy mess of birds everywhere. I thought G would get scared but he did really well...

I feel like we are at the house so much with schedules and all. an hour together out doing something was good for this momma's heart...

not a fan...

of cereal quite yet. everything that went in came right back out. we've only tried it a couple of times so far...mom is procrastinating a little because it adds more things to do but someday soon we will get there. :)

oklahoma city with Kek and Kiki and the girls...

last weekend, we went down to Oklahoma City to meet up with Grandpa Ken, Kek and Kiki for Grandpa Ken's naval reunion. it was a whirlwind of a weekend with a lot of chasing children but so good to be together. here are the highlights...

Tessa actually went to sleep in Aunt Karen's arms! she is usually a stinker and won't sleep without being wrapped up...

Graham loves his mommy's kisses. you can totally tell by his face. hahaha.

swimming Saturday morning in the hotel pool...

Saturday night we went to a "70's show" with singing and dancing to music of the 70's...

and Sunday we headed to Cabela's and Toby Keith's Bar and Grill in the revitalized part of Oklahoma City...

so good to be together...