tess - over time

it happens to all of us with digital cameras (i'm pretty sure)... we take heaps of photos & most of them remain in a file, on our computer, rarely to be scrolled by again. Memories of a cupboard or box somewhere filled with 4"x6" prints awaiting an album... And so it is with me. Busy with clients' work, busy with life, busy with dear baby tess. But tonight, i scrolled through my 'tess file' & took myself on a little journey. Here's what i came up with...

1st day - 12 hours old - (LA - Cedars Sinai Hospital)...

2nd day (LA - at Kat's place)...
1 week (malibu)...
1 week (malibu)...
2 weeks (back home on hornby)...
3 weeks (hornby)...

tess' new seat

we have friends on the island who have a little guy who's 1 1/2 years old. And they have everything! And they very happily are passing whatever we think we need/want for tess onto us. So sweet. The jolly jumper, for example. And this rubbery seat that tess is just starting to get used to. She usually only lasts about 5 minutes in it before she wants out & held, but i'm thinking that will lengthen in time. Here she is, sitting in it, with a couple of her favorite toys - the triangle chicken & the bright bug... very entertaining. Tess mostly loves to try & eat them. Hoping that's not a habit that carries on into later childhood (bug eating, at least...)

tes - more jolly jumping

tess is getting more & more familiar with her jolly jumper. Lately both her feet hit the floor & she does these exuberant kicks, several in a row, & then hangs out there for a bit recovering from all that excitement. It's a great name for this fabulous gadget... lots of jolly, for sure...

tess - baby in a basket

i meant to take more photos of tess in this beautiful willow basket - handmade by a friend on hornby & given to us as a wedding gift. These were taken back in early september, but she's outgrown it now. Soon, i suppose, i'll be able to sit her in it. Such changes... but also more photo opts. And she's a whole lot cuter than the laundry it's normally used for.