15 months!

Tess continues to amaze us every day as she gets more communicative, and as her friendly, sunny, personality grows. She loves to hug and kiss us, the dog, and her stuffed animals. She is walking like a champ, and has even broken into a run a few times. She tries to climb on pretty much everything (see video) and has a lot of confidence in her physicality. She is having a great time getting to know her Grandma Janet and Grandpa Tim, and just spent a wonderful weekend playing with her cousins Sean, Brendan, and Dean in Boston. She knows lots of animal sounds and loves looking at pictures of animals. And she can identify and point to pictures of things in books, like frog, fish, flower, etc. She doesn't say a lot of words, but she just said "duck" for the first time yesterday.

We moved!

After 7 years in Chicago, we are once again back on the east coast. We are temporarily staying with Chris' parents (thanks Janet and Tim!) while we get settled. Our cell numbers and email addresses remain the same so please feel free to be in touch!

14 months!

Wow, Tess is 14 months old today. She is such a wonderful little bundle of energy and joy. She is walking, and can almost run. She talks a lot (but most of what she says is not in English). She has 7 teeth, but her molars are making their way down and should be here soon. She loves to play peek-a-boo, rearrange furniture, and put things into and take things out of boxes. She also loves music, and likes to sway and bounce her head along to the beat.

13 months!

Happy Birthday, Tess!

Here are a few photos from Tess' birthday party. Thanks to everyone who was there to celebrate this wonderful occasion with us!

one year ago...

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