Tessa Kate Turns One

Last year when I found out that my due date with Tessa was July 28 I knew our birthdays would be close and there was a chance we could even share a birthday, but I never thought that would really happen.  Well, when I woke up last year on July 19th having contractions, I soon realized that this third daughter was going to be born on my birthday.  When Kyla was born two days before Troy's birthday we thought that was close.  Apparently, we like sharing birthdays in our family :). On the day she was born I wasn't sure what to think....I am a birthday fanatic and love to have everyone have their own special day.  But, as I am learning more and more, God specializes in giving us gifts better than we could ever imagine to even ask for ourselves.  I think this sharing birthday thing is going to be one of those kinds of gifts.....the kind only God can give because they are just that good. 

And, oh Tessa Kate, how we have fallen in love with this baby over this year.

The birthday girls were ready to celebrate!

All smiles.....the brand new one year old.

However, it is her party and she can cry if she wants to.

Tessa and I both felt the love with sweet cards and gifts.

A year of memories....Tessa's month by month pictures.

Time for some cake! This teddy bear cake is a tradition......I have made it for each of our girls on their first birthdays.

Tessa wasn't really sure what to think of the cake at first so we took a break and came back to it later.  We enjoyed some time outside on an unseasonably cool day in mid July.

After that, Tessa was ready for some cake.....

We had a wonderful day celebrating our first birthday together and a year of loving a baby girl that we just adore.  Happy 1st Birthday, Tessa Kate.

A Day At The Zoo

A couple of weeks ago we got back from a vacation in Florida that I have been wanting to blog about but the truth is.....I have three kids and we are going all day long and by the time they are in bed the idea of forming sentences and typing them out seems like more than I have energy for.  Plus we have hundreds of pictures from our vacation and the idea of trying to sort through them to pick which ones to include......again, by the end of the day, it is more than my brain can handle.  But I really want to chronicle our families memories.  So for today I will write about a very fun day we had in Indy and soon I will tackle the vacation blog :)

Today the weather was beautiful and we decided it would be a perfect day to spend in Indy at the zoo.  A lot of other people thought that same thing because it was very crowded, but we did have a really fun day.  I still get just as excited as a child about seeing the animals and I love seeing the excitement of our kids. 

 

Tessa Kate enjoyed her first visit to the zoo and was very content be in her stroller taking it all in.

After we were done at the zoo we decided to stay in downtown Indy for dinner.  We tried a new restaurant called Bru Burger on Mass Ave. and we thought it was delicious.

These are my favorite kind of days, being together as a family.  Great day in Indy today!