WAY BEHIND!

I have MONTHS to catch up on. It's a little overwhelming. Here are just a few random pictures of things that were going on in September. None of these were big enough to make their own post.


Dorian and a fish he caught. He did a lot of fishing this month.

Kimber holding a sleeping Tessa.

Tyler and Tessa meeting for the first time. She is quite fond of him! ;o)

A sleeping Tessa. Her mouth cracks me up!

Brian, Dorian and Tyler wrestling. This is all they seem to do these days.


Cute little Tess. ( 3 months old. Taken on Sept. 3rd)


A piggyback times 2!

Sporting their most AWESOME tie-dye undies!

LAST Washington post!!!

Finally it was time to go home. My flight was delayed a few hours (so fun with 3 kids, one of which was 2 months old). We played on the toys for a while before heading down to catch our plane. Tessa cried like a banshee when we first got on the plane, but that soon stopped, THANKFULLY! All in all, everyone was pretty well behaved, it was just such a LONG day (8 hours traveling).
I initially thought I would NEVER do this again, but now that months have past it wasn't so bad. I guess it seemed even worse, because when I got to Boise, my awesome friend picked me up in their truck to tell me that my car battery was completely dead and wouldn't charge. The next morning I was on the phone trying to find a new battery for the van.
It was just a little stressful, but so worth it to see my families and spend a little time with Leslie (she's a mad canner...lots of spaghetti sauce!!)


Carson and James playing on the toys

Carson was bored


His battle wound. It looks like the brick won! He fell straight on his face off the swing....OUCH!

Carson took this picture of me and Tess.



FINALLY HOME!!!


Thanks for a great trip Mom and Dad and Joni and Whitney!! It was so good to see everyone!

For Jen

My friend Jen has been asking me to get pictures up of when I was a baby so she could compare Tessa's looks with my looks. I told her she doesn't look a thing like me, but decided to put the pics up anyway....JUST FOR HER!!! (and everyone else who wants to take a look!)

TESSA JO













MELISSA SUE














hmmm....Jen....maybe I was a little wrong...
What do you think?!?!
Tessa


Melissa


Tessa

Melissa

One of my last days in Washington

I've almost caught up on posting from my trip to Washington back in August...I know...I'm just a little slow!

We went to the Alderwood mall. I got Carson some school clothes since he missed his very 1st day of school while we were away. Then we played. After that I headed over to my Mom's for the last time and hung out for a while.

Here are the mall pictures






Carson and Aubrey

Kissin' the cuz!

James (with Clayton) showing Grandpa his drawing

Carson's drawing. (the grey thing is a frog sitting on a lilly pad in the water)

My younger sister Megan with her little girl Aubrey born 5.23.09
and me and Tessa born 5.27.09
I hope these girls have fun being cousins!

Carson and Tessa loving each other one morning.

James Turns 4!! (11.5.09)

It's weird this year. On one hand it seems crazy that James is 4 years old today, but on the other it seems like he should be turning 5. Only because he is the same size (if not bigger) than Carson. Plus we kind of hold the boys to the same standard. I think I need to sit back and relax and enjoy my James while he's little, because let's be honest, IT'S GOING BY WAY TOO FAST!


NEWBORN
11.5.05

ONE YEAR OLD

TWO YEARS OLD

THREE YEARS OLD
(Seriously?? I didn't take one picture of his birthday? HOW SAD! This was as close as I could get!)

FOUR YEARS OLD


HaPpY BiRtHdAy JaMeS DoRiAn DuCkEr
We love you

The Coconut and more exciting adventures...

Carson was dying for Papa to get a coconut and crack it open and see and taste the coconut milk. So Papa tried....3 times, and every coconut was rotten. Such a bummer. Oh well, it was fun to crack it open anyways.



Tasting the coconut milk....DISGUSTING!!!! (because later we found out it was rotten...ewww!!!)







Chasing a crazy dragonfly. It was the funniest thing. It kept teasing the kids, and I honestly think they could've chased the thing for hours! (sorry for the footage....it might make you sick!)


James running after the Dragonfly

More pool fun


Ashley and Tessa


Uncle Erik (Dorian's best friends. We just call him uncle), Mercedes and Luke with Carson and James. SILLY FACES!


James passed out from too much fun

Carson Passed out from too much fun


Papa and Tessa swinging in the Hammock. I have a picture of every one of my kids in this same hammock with their papa!

Luke, Mercedes, Carson and James on the Hammock


Uncle Evan and Tessa

4 month check up (3 weeks late)

We went to Tessa's 4 month check up on Thursday October 22, 2009. Here are her stats:



Height: 27 inches (98th percentile)

Weight: 16 lbs 9 oz ( seventy-something percentile)

She's growing good and she's getting big. She wears 6-9 months clothes and some 12 month clothes. I would appreciate it if she were smaller, but her dad is LOVING that she's tall. He wants her to be super tall so she can have an extra advantage when she plays volleyball. (silly dad!)

Tessa got 3 shots, and it was a rough 31 hours!!! (yes, I was counting)
She wouldn't stop crying, she vomited, had the runs and a fever that wouldn't go away even with the tylenol. She would cry if you moved while you were holding her, or just plain picked her up. She was acting like her body was so sore. I felt so bad for her (and me) and I'm not looking forward to giving her shots again....


picture: Tessa finally falling asleep after crying forEVER! We were both pooped.