Scenes from our life as of late...

The newest addition in my childcare brood.

"Go???"

It's heeeeerre......

Oh, what it does to me.

BFF's :)

Pizza and movie with Daddy (someone needs a diaper change, and I'm pretty sure it's not Daddy...)

Sneak preview of Tessa's Halloween costume in the works.

Just a bunch of stuff 'n fluff.

Yeah, I gave up on the shred stuff a long time ago. Just to let you know.

James is still in Kuwait....but only for 10 more weeks. Then he'll be home FOR GOOD. RIGHT, JAMES?

Tessa's awful. Just kidding. She's cuter than Suri Cruise and her stupid haircut. Granted, she's already into her "terrible twos" and she's not quite 1 1/2. Parenting is hard, guys. Not that I thought it wouldn't be, but you just can't possibly know until you're thrown into it. Constant, constant, constant, constant, constant. That's what life with a toddler is like; nothing in moderation. Everything is done with the greatest of conviction, and then repeat that 94 times.

But every once in a while you get moments like *this :

Me: Hide it under a bushel..
Tessa: No

Me: I'm gonna let it..

Tessa: chine

Me: Hide it under a bushel..

Tessa: NO

Me: I'm gonna let it..

Tessa: N..ine...

Me: Hide it under a bushel..

Tessa: CHINE

Me: I'm gonna let it..

Tessa: Pooh.

....and moments like this:

....and a little of this:

..and they're just so freaking cute.

*singing one of the verses to "This little light of mine"

Good Lord, it's another one.

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I'm back.

I'm alive. I just have not been motivated to keep up this blog. Not that I want to get rid of it or anything. I haven't really been taking many pictures...and my brain...well, it's pretty much fried.

So, let me just give you an update.

James came home in January and was home for a month. It was amazing having him back home. And to see him playing with Tessa who had changed so much since he saw her last....it was THE BEST.

James left for Kuwait at the beginning of March and he'll be there for another 6 months. Sigh. Here we go again.

But here's some more photo updates :)

Ahh! I'm posting!

This was fun to me:

1. Rock Star name (first pet name, current car): Sarah Pontiac
2. Gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite shoe): Caramel Pumps
3. Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal): Yellow Dog
4. Soap Star name (your middle name, city you were born in): Anne Clinton
5. Star Wars name (first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Harje
6. Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Teal Pepsi
7. NASCAR name (first names of your grandfathers): Barry James
8. Dancer name (favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Inis Snickers
9. TV news anchor name (Last name of 5th grade teacher, major city starting with the same letter): Basset Boston
10. Spy name (favorite season/holiday, favorite flower): Spring Daffodil
11. Cartoon character name (favorite fruit, article of clothing you are currently wearing): Pineapple Sweater
12. Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast this morning, favorite tree): Waffle Willow
13. Movie star name (name of first pet, first street you lived on): Sarah Bromley

James is home, by the way :)

This bothers me

This morning I came across this.

I'm not a fan of mormonism, but I've got nothing against people who are mormons. Just to put that out there.

Mormon of the year? Really? I don't care what your faith is.....that just seems wrong.

Christian of the year....yeah, that weirds me out just as much.

What makes someone "mormon of the year"?

"I nominate Susie because she did the most mormony things this year."

Am I missing something? Please, someone help me understand.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas :)

Yeah, that's our sad little Christmas tree. But Tessa loves it.

Best Shot Monday

bsm.

In other news, I attended my surprise virtual-bridal-shower-that-I-never-got-to-have-a-year-and-a-half-ago yesterday :) It was lovingly and painstakingly put together by my aunt, mother, and sister. There were no guests. My ideal shower. My aunt even made a special blog for it, complete with a video and photographs that will make you wish you had been there to take part in the joyous festivities.

Love and thanks.

Best Shot Monday

bsm.

Photo Contest - Please vote!!

Hey everyone!

I just entered Tessa in a photo contest online...if you want to vote for her (of course you want to), click on this link. Or click on this link and our entry number is 4398. If we win, we'll get a $50 gift certificate towards any purchase at their online store.

Thank you!

Love,
Jessi and Tessa

Love Thursday

Happy LT.

It's cold

I had to wear two pairs of socks to bed last night, and I hate socks.

Best Shot Monday- Fun with prunes

No explanation needed.

Love Thursday

My mister and me.

Please come home safely to us. We love you.

The madness finally ends.

Thank God.

And for your viewing pleasure:

Colors.

I voted.

Crap Shoot Tuesday

I just loved this one taken at the park over the weekend. I especially love the little blonde girl's huge smile. But the photo was just too dang blurry.

Perfect for today :)

Crrraaaaappp.

Best Shot Monday - Oh, the park.

I know I just posted this photo two days ago but I really wanted to use it for my bsm.

This little girl loves the swings.

Look at everyone else's.

A walk in the park

Our day at the park with my sis-in-law + kids and bro-in-law :)

Oh, boy...

My sister's facebook status yesterday with my Aunt S.'s response:

Jami's vote really doesnt matter all that much! thats not negative, just realistic. so time to stop obsessing over voting poorly. were all bound to do it sometime. 1:51pm

Aunt S. at 3:29pm October 30
We are also bound to have a yeast infection sooner or later, but we really hope we don't get one ...

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So, Tessa sleeps with a pacifier, and a few months ago she figured out that she could throw it through the bars in her crib. Needless to say, I make countless trips under the crib at every nap time to find this pacifier because SOMEONE can't fall asleep when she doesn't have it. It's a vicious cycle. A few days ago after putting Tessa in her crib while crossing my fingers for 2 hours of heaven, so begin the antics of monster baby. I'm looking everywhere for this pacifier. It's nowhere to be found. Holy crap, she swallowed it. Okay, no...it's in here somewhere. Looking, looking, looking.... Meanwhile, I get a whiff of popcorn (that's what her pee smells like), so I put the search on hold and pull out a clean diaper. I pull monster baby out of her crib and notice there's a strange pacifier-shaped lump in her pants. And that's where I found the MIA little bugger. God only knows how it got there....monster baby hasn't fully developed all of her motor skills to do it herself. Monster baby did eventually take a little nap. As for the disappearing pacifier, it emerged unscathed from the pitch-black, murky recesses of her pants, only to be placed safely back in the mouth of the beast.

Happy day of evil things, dead beings, demonic entities, and candy.