That is a direct quote from the doctor this morning when we took Tessa in for her 6 month check-up. She came over to the examining table to give her a look and Tessa rolled right over surprising her. She said, “Wow, so I guess she is rolling over these days.” I started to say, “Oh she is even up on all fours ready to crawl,” when Tessa sprung to up to all fours as living proof. That got another, “Wow!” She continued examining her and she did her pelvic thrusts, gripped her hands and stood very well. She even sat up for a time.

So the doctor made sure she took some time to assure us that we needed to double check all the areas in the house she could get into. She mentioned it was pretty early for her to be that physically adept and the children she sees doing these things at this age are usually the climbers and ones getting into everything. She suggested we get our running shoes on and get ready. Oh BOY! And I thought Isaac was hard to keep up with!

And her size. Wow! That is all I have to say. She measured at 90% for head at 17.25 inches and 90% for weight at 18 lbs 6 ounces. Holy Moly! And her height? She was OFF. THE. CHART. What? For fun I asked what the highest mark was on the chart, it was 27.5 inches which would have been 97%. Tessa is 1 inch above that! 1 INCH! Did I say Holy Moly? Okay, how about Holy COW!

She is moving into her 12 month clothes this week so no surprises there. She is so much fun still. She is still laughing and as joyful as ever. I mentioned to the doctor that she loves to be scared and she was also surprised by that. I suppose most babies don’t like to be scared, not our little girl. I think the doc is right, we will have our hands full!

At any rate. We are loving every minute of our little laughing love. She is truly a joy to us. Here are some more pictures from the last month.

 

I thought I would capture it for you so you could enjoy her special talent as well.

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A few nights ago it came about with a fun game of “Pop the Bubbles”. The neighbor boy that likes to come down and play with Isaac and point out the weeds in my flower garden *ahem* *ahem* was over as well. He was playing the game with Isaac and Isaac just got a case of the giggles. So thankfully Ben reminded me to grab the camera!

Sorry the clip long. I was going to cut it but I just couldn’t figure out what to cut. It all makes me giggle myself.

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This video was taken just Friday afternoon. Earlier that morning before Ben left for work I told him I thought she would be crawling by the end of the weekend. Perhaps I should have put a little wager on it. We will see!

A few days ago she started scooting backwards and practicing her skills in the early morning hours when she awakens. It has apparently paid off because her skills have quickly progressed. Here is a little video so you can see. (Sorry she isn’t wearing a shirt, her dress was getting in the way! And for Isaac’s crying in the background. He was a *little* upset at having to come in from outside.)

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Tessa & Jude:

 

Grace, Isaac, Jude & Tessa:

 

But nonetheless we are here, the weather has been beautiful and it is not home. So we are having fun. Here are a few pictures from the first part of the week.

 

There are jellyfish out there in the ocean, but here at the vacation house there are just jellyfaces. Oh my!

Isaac was introduced to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches about a week ago. He loves them. Ben made him one for lunch but the only problem was that we only had blackberry jam at that point. Yes, it is a ton more messy then grape or strawberry. He is not usually a messy eater so these are some rare pictures.

He made us laugh.

 

Daddy, come on! I'm thirsty!

We got a good laugh over Tessa trying to get a hold of Ben’s beer the first evening. Apparently she was thirsty! Well, or she thought the bottle looked like it belonged to her. (Don’t worry, we didn’t really give her any!)

See, I can do it!

We are vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina this week with Ben’s brother Jesse, Naomi, Grace and Jude. It was a bit cloudy and rainy and we were a bit sun spent from the day before so we ventured down to the aquarium for the afternoon. I have been so excited to take Isaac to an aquarium because he just LOVES anything that is in the water – fish, whales, dolphins, etc. It was a smaller aquarium but a perfect size for our little clan on this particular day. (Remember, clicking on the photos will bring up captions.)