Park City

We went up to Park City this weekend with Alex's friends-really there isn't anything too exciting, except this...

Look closely. They were all dressed the same. Cowboy-esque, right? It was A-dorable!! And I told them I was running low on things to blog about, so they decided to help me out and take a picture together. Gotta love it.

And Tessa got to ride on this mini-carousel they had at the outlets. I would've gotten a picture of Emmett too, but he started crying before I could get my camera turned on. It was the cutest little face though-I really wanted to capture his pain. Maybe next time!!

Hey-Ease up on the Corduroy Dress You're Wearing

I'm sorry Cailey. I had to do it. This is my lil sis Cailey. She's seven months pregnant-and don't you forget it. I know I can't.

We made fun of her for a whole day because this dress was so tight. (Really she's only like 130 pounds, but it's fun to be fun. We just really want her to develop some type of eating disorder after she delivers the baby. At least that's the hope.)

And, have you ever seen baby bangs like this?...

It's like they are taking over her head. She's cool with it.

Girl Trip

This past weekend the girls got to go on a trip. I bet you didn't know it from my blog title right? We went with the Duncans, who are our besties pretty much. It was way fun! The trip started off a little rocky, what with my mom's car dying, us having to rent a mini van, and the holy ghost being all, "no way girls." But, it was way fun! It's always fun to get away with the girls minus children. We ate good food and did a lot of shopping-everyone got cute tights....more to come on that. But anyway, here is the proof of all of our fun:

Eating breakfast at 25 Main-it was a cute little diner/cafe thing, and there were soooo many scenesters there. (A lot of skinny jeans and suspenders) It was really yummy. Plus, there were these birds in a cage in the front, and one kept getting out and flying around, so there was not only good food, but an element of fear.

There were also really good cupcakes, that I had to feed to my sisters. Good times.The only other pictures I got were of us jumping. They are the best. This is Ashlii, testing if the jumping picture was going to work. It did.We were jumping because we all got cute new tights. Except Cessy, she was just posing. And Cailey's pregnant, so it's hard for her to get too much air.And this is Ces at Ihop. If you look really close, you can see she's strung her hair under her arm. She has really long hair. She did this for a while. It was funny.

Anywho, that's all I got. Until next time!

Horseback Riding

The other day, Alex took Tessa to ride his cousin's horses. Well, his cousin's husband's horses. Anywhoodle, she came home and told me all about it. She told me how she rode the horse and then it went up in the air, which scared her and Jonah, and they cried together, because "they're just kids!" (direct quote from her). But she had a really fun time and Alex got some cute pictures. So here they be:

Tessa and Bella on the haystack-this little girl has more hair than Tessa does, and she isn't even 1 yet!!

Tessa and Jordy.

Tessa and Jonah. She is holding onto his waist...she's so outdoorsy.
You can tell how excited she is-which is funny, because she only gets excited when she sees Stone. Or chocolate.

Dino Museum

Sometimes I get nervous that Tessa is too tomboy-ish. I know that's a bad worry, but I do. I just really want her to be girly, because I don't do sports. Or dirt. So when Alex pushes Tessa to play soccer or go hiking, it totally freaks me out. I try to squash those ideas as soon as I can, so that she won't start to like things like that. That being said, she really likes boy stuff. I can't help it. She likes trucks and she likes dinosaurs. So I figure that as long as she looks really girly while liking these things, I'm ok with it! So I took her to the dinosaur museum today (don't worry, I dressed her in a cute little blue number with her "pretty shoes". So we were ok.) For the most part, she loved it. I think it's because she got to go with her cousins, and not because she's interested in fossilized trylobites. Here is my documentation:

Stone and Tessa waiting on the rocks. They just have these rocks spread out all over the place. Kids love it.Zach came too. He loves getting his picture taken, just like the big kids.Rubie, Sophie, Tessa, and Sebastian. I'm thinking there was something weird with the flash. Or Sebastian developed a creepy eye while I was taking this.Tessa and me in front of the Jaws exhibit. (I know, right? Why is there a model of the shark from Jaws at the Dino Museum? I wondered the same thing.)

Anyway, that was our fun trip for the day. It was definitely special since yesterday her fun trip of the day was to go to Wal Mart. She hates Wal Mart.

Kung Fu

So Alex was cleaning out our closets tonight and found this robe that my mom gave me a while ago. Actually, Tessa must have found it. So she put it on and then came downstairs to show me how to "fight the peoples" (direct quote from my 2 year old). Apparently, she knows Kung Fu.

Also, as most of you are probably aware, I watch a lot of television. Especially since we have TiVo and Comcast On Demand. So I've been watching Mad Men on our on demand, and every episode is brought to you (or me) by Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt. Well, Tessa has caught on to Alex's not so secret obsession of Brad Pitt. So she learned who he was. He'll come on the television, and Tessa will say "there's Brad Pitt," like she knows him. And she does this without fail every single time it shows his face. So the other day I was trying to get her to tell Cailey about it, and she decided to tell Cailey the name of the movie that he's in as well. No, I did not teach her to say it. She just picked up on it. So I guess I'm not allowed to watch TV with her around anymore...I know, poor me, right? Even though we told Tessa that we can't say that word, we make her say it for everyone. So I immortalized it by putting it on film. Again, this is my 2 year old...

And so it begins...

Potty Training. I'm not going to lie, I've been dreading this moment since Tessa was born. Or since she turned two. But mostly since she was born. I just had no idea where to start or what to do, so I've been putting it off-but I figured when your kid tells you every single time she needs her diaper changed, something's gotta give. AND going through a million diapers a day isn't too much fun either. A few months ago we tried it for a day and it was like I had told Tessa Hannah Montana was dead...she freaked out. For realsies-screamed, cried-the works. So we decided it wasn't the best time. So yesterday, we decided to try again. And it's like she's a different little girl-she was super excited about her pull ups (they have princesses on them), she didn't have an accident all day, and she even told me once or twice that she wanted to go potty. So we'll see what happens. I'm thinking a week and she'll be done...I kid. I'm sure it'll take longer. No accidents yet, but it's only day two. I just figured everyone would want to know....hence my post.

Tessa with her pull ups. She is showing me how big she is. Or she's dancing...you never can tell with this one.

Also-Saturday Alex, Tessa, and I got to go to the Park City Arts Festival with my sisters' families and my dad. This is the only picture I got, but it was fun! Look closely and you can see that I'm trying to hide Sebastian...I was trying to make it strictly a couples shot. Not that I don't love the kid...I just have a lot of pictures of him. Sorry Ces. And Sebs.