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.

our spooky house

I know you are scared

the official costume

I got this costume a year ago when I was pregnant. it doesn't fit her. unfortunately she was too sick to go to the big party Thursday with all her friends, so we dressed her up for photos in the yard. the feet kept falling off.
our little penguin
she didn't want to get changed. she kept crawling away. Sushi ran off with the hat.

happy halloween

this isn't her official costume - this is her cow sleeper but she wore it around today
crawling around
we had to take a pic with the pumpkins... with sneaky Danger

For Nicole

thank you Nicole for the awesome Washington State Vet School onesie!! Tessa has plenty of room to grow into it, so it should get lots of wear.

trip to Idaho

last month we went to Idaho for a weekend to play flyball. Let's just say Eastern Washington is not quite as pretty as Western Washington is. I'm happy we live in the west. it looked like this for a few hours. not exactly scenic.
the dogs however did great. this is Danger's team. the dogs are Cricket, Zoey, Wick, Savage (Danger's brother), Danger and Rocket. we took 2nd place in Division 1 - this was our first time racing in Division 1 - very exciting for us!!

9 months old

Tessa's New Snowsuit

I bought it not knowing if it would fit or not. it's size 0-6 months. today she tried it on and I was going to return it if I needed a bigger size. she changed that by spitting-up inside it. luckily there's lots of room for her to grow into it. she could sit but could barely move in it.
she could attempt to crawl but can't quite move anywhere
she would do snow angels if she could move her arms and legs

random pics for today

this week - dogs 3, pacifiers 0 (Danger 2, Sushi 1)
These are the portraits on our wall.
from the other side
those game controllers needs a new hiding place.

Tessa's portraits

This is our photographer's studio - she needed a model to display a new way of framing. she chose Tessa. So when I arrived to pick up Tessa's portraits these were on the wall!

Thanksgiving with the Capsticks

get off my camera hornet!!
Tessa and her puppy
her evil look
the two kids lounging in the pumpkin patch
relaxing in the sun
she chose this pumpkin
what a handsome guy!
Dave gave Ian a green pumpkin
in the corn maze
Ian in the corn maze
last year the maze was really muddy and we didn't go in it, this year it was perfect
lots and lots of corn.
leaving with our pumpkin
mmmmm cheese
delicious cheesy goodness
this year's delicious turkey goodness!
the meal. mmmmmmmmmm
seeds!!!!!

more Capstick visit

Ian decided that he really liked Tessa's ball
paying for parking in Chinatown. Wanda had never seen a parking system like this so she took a picture
Pike's market on a Saturday afternoon
Jimmy Neutron all grown up and has a job
buying fruit
caution!
Tessa dressed up for shopping
flowers
at the first Starbucks with Coachy
buying veggies
the low fat ginger pig cookie


an endless supply of doors
Ian and his sign
Tessa at the cafe
the wise and scary MC Hammer blasting dude
going back to the van
cilantro lime shrimp
roasted marshmallows

Capstick Visit

Wanda and I took Tessa and Ian to the outlet mall for some shopping. it was a successful trip
Puggy MacGee did some crying at the door whenever Wanda went outside
Sushi gave her a pep talk
Tessy in the high chair eating some puffs
mmmmm puffs!
Ian discovered the dog door.
so many ways to explore!

no problem for a toddler!

standing, and swimming

Well she's not actually swimming but she's enjoying time in her floating bulldozer in the hot tub while Danger drops bones into the water.
he's a little intense. he drops the ball, then he stares at it in the water until you pick it up and throw it for him.
working on her standing skills
she's getting much better. she can hold on with 1 hand, balance, play with a toy, and turn to look at me.