Kell's Belles: Tess in Show

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Tess in Show

Carter still. I've been tasked with uploading some pictures. We've taken a bunch...here are some of my favorites.

14 comments:

Laura LeeMay 16, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Thank you for posting these! I could look at another hundred just like them. What perfect little girls. Chloe looks so protective of her new little sister. Piper just beams. Sadie is now a big sister and Kelly looks terrific!

Tessa is gorgeous and I can't wait to hold her!
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Laura LeeMay 16, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Sorry, that was Mom. Although yes, they are all really cute and I can't wait to hold her.
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DC DivaMay 16, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Just precious. The big girls all look so cute and Tessa is just beautiful. She's got great lips, good coloring and is seriously so alert!

I like this task for you Carter. Keep up the good work. ;)
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Lisa Marie TrentMay 16, 2009 at 5:15 PM
I can't believe you are home already! (Then again I've been living in a world of 'you can't take your baby home for months).

She is absolutely perfect. She looks like yours, she looks like a Tessa, and I sort of want to kidnap her because she is a healthy baby girl...

I love you guys. Let me know if I can help.
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Sarah SMay 16, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Yes, good job Carter! Thanks for posting pictures, they are so fun to look at. Tessa is darling! I love her cute newborn expressions.
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Sue SMay 16, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Yes, they are all perfect. congratulations. Can't wait to see Tessa in person and hold her. I need to hold a baby!!! However, what is the deal with your tail bone????? Kelly!! What can we do to help? I know your Mom is here, but please let us help.
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carterMay 16, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Lisa, you can help by kidnapping her.

Wait not her -- one of the other ones. Or more than one.

For those who haven't heard: Kelly most likely broke her tail bone during delivery, so...ouch.
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Sue SharpMay 17, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Samantha, Molly and I are going to stay with Jack for Lisa's b-day/anniversary, so maybe a couple of the girls want to come too........
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Brett - Rachel BMay 18, 2009 at 9:12 AM
What an angel! Congratulations you look shamefully good!
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AsialeneMay 18, 2009 at 12:16 PM
She is beautiful! I bet the older girls are loving her! Congratulations to all of you.
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Suzette SeldenMay 19, 2009 at 9:27 AM
She is beautiful! And look at all of those big sisters watching over her... too cute!
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AnonymousMay 19, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Awwwwwwwww... I think these are adorable! I love the big sister circle around Tessa, and what nifty sister-solidarity ribbons in their hair! Wish I was there to help - but I know the girls (including the biggest girl, Kelly ;-) are glad to have Grandma Kim there to keep them entertained!
XO,
Mimi
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AnonymousMay 19, 2009 at 3:42 PM
I have a few favs out of these pics. First, the one where Carter is holding Tessa - can I just say you look just like your dad!?! Weird. Second, I love the one with all the big sisters peering into the carseat with baby Tessa inside. That picture says a thousand words. Gorgeous family!!! So sorry to hear about the tailbone. That is the worst!
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The Garber FamilyMay 20, 2009 at 8:29 AM
That is some AMAZING hair! She's lovely! I feel lame for not having come over or contacted you yet. Although I also want to give you some s p a c e too. We'll be in touch!
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My Favorite Chloe-isms

"Sorry we're late. We were playing this really, really, really fun game. It's like time stopped....just for us..."
"I don't know whether to believe reality or fantasy." Chloe, on contemplating the existence of Santa Claus
"I do bath stories. I'm a bath story mastermind." Chloe, convincing me that she should go entertain her bathing sisters.
"We'll just have to remind them to remove the singing robots." Chloe, as Carter tried to convince her she shouldn't be afraid to ride Splash Mountain when we visit Disneyland this month.
"I hate my math book. It poisons my mind." Chloe, after being asked to complete her math homework.
"I had such a rough day that I think I'm going to die of roughness." Chloe, reflecting on a tough day at school that included a recess injury that required a visit from Mom.
"Whew! I have such a headache from using my brain all day!" Chloe, upon completing her homework after school.
"This land is free. But you don't let me be free!" Chloe, upon being denied access to a television program.
"I've had the fear of silence since I was three years old." No doubt!
"You might need to know Sadie needs more practice at that." Chloe, to her Aunt Katie after Sadie was told to be patient while Katie was driving.
"These sleeves are not pleasing to me." Chloe, trying on a dress with her aunt.
"Is Santa aware? It's not like I'm going for a coal collection." Chloe, after being told she could stay up past her bedtime at a sleepover party at her aunt's house.
"We get to pig out on french fries?!?" Chloe, speaking for her sisters, after being offered my leftover fries.
"Because I'm more smarter than some people!" Chloe, explaining why she only has to do part of her weekly spelling list. Touche, Chloe. Touche.
"Nobody is sitting next to me. I guess I'm not very popular . . ." Chloe, upon realizing she was the only one sitting on the couch during Scripture Picture time.
"I'm not a dress kind of girl." Chloe, on why she doesn't want to wear a dress to school.
"I got moved to Table 3. Now I'm boy-trapped!" Chloe, explaining her dire circumstances in school (she had to be moved because she was talking too much).
"Sorry about the racket, Daddy. We're laughing our heads off!" Chloe, after being confronted about the noise level in the playroom.
"I'm a person who is NOT a statue!" Chloe, after being commanded to hold still while getting her hair done.
"If only my hair weren't messy, I'd go watch them." Chloe, on the possibility of observing her father play basketball early one Saturday morning.
"Does that mean he was a zombie?" Chloe, after hearing the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead.
"I was just talking to the dentist today about the Chesire Cat's teeth! What a coincidence!" Chloe, happening upon her little sisters watching Alice in Wonderland (on the same day as her dental check-up).
"I hate these [jeans]. It looks like a bear scratched them." Chloe, casting aspersions on her distressed jean shorts.
"C'mon Piper! Let's go do a happy dance!" Chloe, upon learning some good news.
"Mommy!!!!! Piper's being a tattle-taaaaaaaale!!!!!" Chloe, from another room, in a whiny tone.
"I need a zipper for my mouth!" Chloe, brainstorming ideas about how to talk less "excessively" in class.
"I felt like Piper was making me be a mad machine today." Chloe, discussing why she kept getting in trouble for fighting with her sister.
"Mommy, you don't need to say anything else. I can tell how mad you are." Chloe, interrupting me mid-lecture (it was on why one should NOT dump out a laundry basket of folded laundry on the floor).
"Do you know why I didn't say 'Amen' ? Because my mouth was full of food." Chloe, after a blessing on dinner.
"I stick my finger up there all the time so I should be used to it." Chloe, upon learning she would be receiving her flu vaccine via a mist up her nose. The PA had to leave the room he was laughing so hard. He said it is definitely one of the Top Ten funniest things he's heard a kid say during his tenure in the office.
"Sure, I know what that is--a celebration with pies!" Chloe, when asked what a "python" is.
"I can't help it. I'm a 'why' person." Chloe, explaining why she has to follow everything I tell her to do with 1.5 million questions.
"Whoa! Tessa just did a firework of spit-up!" Chloe, describing her sister's gastrointestinal distress.
"Uh, Piper, do you know about cops?" Chloe, in response to Piper's request that Carter drive the car faster.
"I know. I'm a wild animal. You should take me to the forest now." Chloe, after she accidently banged into Tessa and was told she was being too wild (both Chloe and baby were bawling when this was uttered).
"Too bad you have to love your enemies." Chloe, after a lesson on the Beatitudes.
"Mommy, I can't go to sleep because a bad thing is worrying me. Is Mad Cow Disease contagious?" Chloe, calling from her bed.
"I hate cleaning up. Cleaning is NOT awesome!" Chloe, on picking up toys.
"Can I have some cinnamon on this? [Vanilla yougurt] tastes a little silly without cinnamon." ~Chloe's request at lunch.
"Please bless that Piper can be even gooder." Chloe, in prayer
"I'm so glad I have a mommy who is powerful." Uttered by Chloe after I replaced the batteries in a previously non-functioning toy.
"I need a new brain. This one thinks up bad things to do." Chloe, after being caught doing something naughty
"Nobody wants to go outside. Not even strangers. Only me." ~Chloe's response when I refused to let her play unsupervised in the front yard during a snow storm