I can't believe it has already been two weeks! The other day we had her pictures taken by my niece Chelsey's friend Lizzy. She did a great job! Tessa was a trooper until the end when she had had enough-- can you guess which pictures were taken last? Anyway, she has been a great baby so far and we are just loving having her here! Cute, don't you think???
So, she is finally here! She was a healthy 6lbs 10oz and 18 inches long. She was born the 9th after I was induced. This time around my labor was the opposite of Chase. She was a little harder labor but the recovery has been a dream. I feel great and am ready to get back into the swing of things! As far as her name we decided to go with Tessa Barbara. Tessa was not a name we had in our minds when we entered the hospital but the list of names we did have just never really felt right. Once they started inducing me Randy and I got my iphone app with baby names and just went over all of them and we would add the ones we like to a favorites list-- Tessa was one of them and once we had narrowed them down to our favorites we just kept going back to Tessa and just felt really good about it--like we had with the name Chase. So after taking pretty much the whole hospital stay to officially name her we went with Tessa. Then for her middle name-- I have always wanted it to be a family name and so we went with Barbara after Grandma Watts-- who I love and miss dearly! Anyway, this past week has come and gone in a blink and yet it is all still a blur. We are getting some sleep-- but she is a noisy sleeper so I am not sure how long she will be in our room at this rate. Every time she makes a noise I think she is waking up but really she is just grunting and stuff. Hopefully we will start getting a good pattern here soon but until then we are trying to remind ourselves how fast time flies and to relish every minute!
There is a saying, "it's like riding a bike" in reference to not being able to forget how to do something-- but last summer we thought we taught Chase how to ride a bike but by this summer he had forgotten how-- after working with him-- he finally has it down. He is becoming an expert and he is in LOVE with his bike! The night after he learned how he strategically placed his shoes by his bed and said they would be right there for him in the morning so that he could ride his bike in the morning. He then said he was going to dream about riding his bike. The next day he came out of his room with his flip flops on and his jammies ready to ride. Randy asked him if he dreamed about his bike he said, "yes, and I rode all the way to St. George!" Anyway, it is hard to watch him go because I just worry he is going to fall, (and yes, we are getting him a helmet, the one we have is too small!) I guess riding a bike is good preparation for the days to come when they start driving and stuff like that! YIKES!
