Last week we had some pictures of Tessa and Chloe taken. They turned out so cute. I know they are small but my scanner is not working so it is the best I can do for now. I can not believe how fast Tessa is growing. She is the best baby. She will be 2 months old in a couple of days. Time has flown by. Last night she only woke up ONCE!!!!! What a miracle. I feel like a different person today. Hopefully she will continue with this and she is not just tricking me. Not much has happened at our house. We have been enjoying staying in our house and staying warm. We are blessing Tessa on Sunday so we are excited and getting everything ready. Today I started to potty train Chloe. She is doing great! No accidents so far. She loves her sticker chart. She will try so hard to go so she can put another sticker on. I know she has been ready for awhile I just have not been. Hopefully we have a good experience because I really don't know what I am doing either. Any suggestions??????

Tessa's cute smiles!!!

Tessa started smiling about a week ago. They are so cute!!! I can't believe how much she is growing. I forgot how much they change in the first few months. She has already gained over two pounds.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Tessa joining in on the festivities

We had a pre New Year's Eve party this year because Ali was going back to Kentucky on New Year's Eve. We had tons of fun ringing in the new year a day early.

Our month in review

Tessa after her 1st real bath. She LOVES her baths. She screams when I take her out.

Chloe is a great big sister. She takes her job very serious.

Abby, Ben, Chloe and Molly getting ready to deliver cookies to the neighbors.

Our Christmas baby!!!

Chloe got this microphone from her cousin Ben for Christmas. It is high school musical and she ABSOULETY loves it. It can be quite annoyinig but to see the look on her face it is totally worth it. Thanks Ben!!!!

My dad with all of the grandkids.

Chloe got to be Mary at our Christmas Eve party. She took her part very serious. If you look at her red shoes they were Christopher's mom's shoes when she was little. Chloe thinks it is pretty cool to get to wear them.

Tessa on Christmas Eve

Christmas morning- We had tons of fun. Chloe was so excited that Santa ate her cookies that she left. She had fun opening her present but if it was a box she would just hand it over to Christopher and start on another one.

Grandma and Grandpa gave Chloe this princess castle tent. She loves it!!! I don't know where we will ever put it in our house. She will get to have it out on special occasions and on days that she is driving me crazy.

Christmas day!!

Chloe wearing her new Christmas dress.

Well, it has been a while since my last post. I am trying to adjust to having 2 kids. Life has been kind of crazy with Christmas, family, and a new baby. I am loving ever minute of it (well maybe not all of the middle of the night feedings). Tessa is doing great. She is growing like crazy. She is getting a double chin and chubby cheeks. It is funny how you forget how much work a newborn is. I think it has to be that way because I don't know how many kids anyone would have. We had a great December with all of our fun family parties and Christmas traditions. Christmas is my favorite time of year. We had such a great Christmas and loved spending so much time with our families. We look forward to 2009. Happy New Year to you ALL!!!

Tessa Lyn Walker

Chloe and Grandpa watching Tessa get her first bath

A proud daddy!!

We are very happy to announce the birth of our daughter Tessa. She was born on Monday, December 1st, weighing 7 lbs 4 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. I know the name is throwing everyone off becasue it is not Charlie or Lily but we decided that Tessa just fit better. I liked the name Tessa at the first of my pregnancy but Christopher did not. About a month ago I told Christopher that we really needed to decide on a name. We were not sure that we really loved either of our names. I asked him again if he liked Tessa and he did. I don't know what changed his mind but we love it. Tessa is such a blessing to our family. Just today I was holding her and thinking that we have only had her in our family for 6 days but what would we ever do without her. She is such a sweet baby. Totally different from Chloe. Not that Chloe was not a sweet baby becasue she was but Tessa is really calm and is a great sleeper. I know that will probably will change but we can take advantage of that now. Chloe LOVES being a big sister. She is so sweet with Tessa. She wants to know where she is at all times and is always kissing her and telling her that she loves her. I thought she would have a much harder time but she is handling it very well. We will see how things go tomorrow when Christopher and my mom have to go back to work. More to come!

Our Thanksgiving Weekend!!!

Chloe with her cousin Ben looking for our tree

Christopher cutting down the PERFECT Christmas tree

The fam

Chloe and Daddy

Trying to get all of the kids to smile for the picture.

This year was our turn to go with my family for Thanksgiving. We get to go to my parents cabin. It is a little wild but tons of fun. After dinner we make gingerbread houses. The next day we go cut down our Christmas trees. It is so much fun. This year I was worried that I was not going to be able to go because my doctor told me not to go. Well we went anyways. I am sure glad that we did because obviously nothing happened. We had tons of fun.

I Fly

Chloe thought her dad was pretty cool!!!

Christopher has been wanting to I Fly ever since it opened. So for his birthday I gave him a gift certificate. Last night we decided to give it a try. He had tons of fun and it was so fun to watch. Chloe thought it was great that her dad was flying. He can't wait to do it again. The pictures are not the best but they are still fun.