tiki

at the parking lot of a touristy store - the parking lines are flowers
tiki statues and a little fake volcano
this is my sorry attempt of surfing. fake surfing.
Tessa with a mall elf.
Big Save chicken with babies

enjoying the pool

snuggles with dad on the patio
at the pool - Tessa learned that the water wasn't scary. she loved it after that.
she liked her froggy. she actually fell asleep in it
snoozing in the stroller all the way back to the house

the condo

it was a cool night so she's wearing long pants. crawling to me to get the camera
and standing up at the coffee table. she wore this to dinner. I love that hat!

Coffee, Canyon and power failure

the power went out for just over an hour. the resort gave us glow sticks and Tessa LOVED them!
snoozing on the tropical couch
we visited the Kauai Coffee plantation
coffee everywhere!!!
we drove up the Waimea Canyon. it was amazing. Mom hated it.
Canyon chicken
it was high up. and cold up there. 70 degrees. brrrr
the look off was amazing. you could see waterfalls flowing down into the canyon
Danger!!

helicopter ride

me and the pilot about to take off
the safety instructions
Andrew gives it thumbs up
Dad taking a picture
this is our shadow after we refueled on the other side of the island
the Napali coast - you can only get there by boat or air - there are no roads up there
one of the secluded beaches. we didn't get to go here.

more Kauai

Tessa crawling in from the patio
having a conversation on the patio with Dad. this is our ocean view.
Snoozing on our super cool tropical couch

Kauai November/December 2009

eating sand in the sunset
this is our beach
the tropical sunset

10 months old

Tessa is 10 months old today. I did her pictures with Sushi and her collection of puppies
Sushi doesn't like getting her picture taken. she usually looks sad because she's in a stay.
She is getting really good at standing up against things now
she's not supposed to be in this room with the kennels. she likes sneaking off to places where she's not supposed to go

blocks and breakfast

kisses from Danger
Tessa loves her new toy blocks
breakfast is a little messier lately.

this morning she discovered the dog water bowl. she splashed in it like she does in the bathtub. water everywhere!
today at her friend's 1st birthday party. birthday-boy was climbing stirs, so Tessa decided to give it a try.
these two are causing trouble together already!
happy birthday!!

pulling herself up

trying to reach for the camera strap
happy little girl
starting to get up on her knees
and getting into things

dangers of pot roast

veggie peeler. serrated for a sharper peel
fingertip gone. ouch
mmmm dinner.

mmm cupcakes

Tessa loves her cupcakes!
in her hear, in her ear (Sushi helped clean that up)
nomnomnom
she loves feeding Danger too.
Danger making his crazy-eyes-cupcake-face.

Danger with is brothers Savage and Kai. Danger and Savage are 2 and Kai is 8 weeks old in this pic.
the birthday girl did not want cake. she touched the icing, then she wiped it on the table...
Tessa however dove into her cake. icing on her dress, face, hands, all over my clothes, on the floor, on someone else's diaper bag. Tessa enjoyed her icing.
I cleaned her up, but not until after I took a picture.
there was a room with a huge mirrored wall. Tessa loves the baby in the mirror.
practicing her crawl.
and lots of fun with tunnels. Tessa wouldn't go inside though.

Tessa's giggles

she really finds George funny. we don't know why. he really doesn't do anything funny at all.