Tessa-Bells

She's just so stinkin CUTE!

It's been a while, yes, I know

So here's what's new with the Alfrey Fam....



My Brother Conrad just got home from his mission in Russia. He's a cutie huh?


My Sister Stacy, her husband Kent and their daughter Andi came down to visit. We took them to the Farmer's Market here in Redlands.


We took them out to Red Robin (thanks Katie, now I'm addicted) which happens to be Caiden's favorite Restaurant because it's full of "boons" and "pies" (balloons and French Fries).


Grandma Jacobs (Justin's grandma) came down to visit Jesse for his Birthday!


I put together a baby shower for my dear friend Katie, who decided to go into labor three weeks early on the day OF her shower, so it got cancelled. These are the invitations I made.


This is a picture of Caiden channelling Draco Malfoy from the 6th Harry Potter movie which, by the way, was so stinkin awesome!!!


Tessa turned 4 months old today!!


Does every mom think her daughter is the cutest baby in the world or is it just me?


She's just sooooo cute!


THE END!

Malibu Baby!

Every year we have a family reunion at Carpinteria State Beach for a week. This year the camp was full so we went to Leo Carrillo in Malibu. It was so much fun because almost everyone was there! My sister Stacy who lives in Idaho and my brother Conrad on his mission in Russia were the only ones we were missing.


It was great for Justin to have some time off from work... he's been working super hard.


Thank Heavens I remembered Cade's dump truck! It was a "must" at the Beach!


Everyone who knows my dad, knows that he has magical powers when it comes to babies. Here he is burping Tessa!


Here is Cade with his cousin Ashley... and his other cousin, Ashley! (It's a very popular name in our family)


When my cousin Spencer was little, the big boy cousins always took good care of him and made sure to play with him. It's so neat to see him doing that with Cade now that he's the little guy in town.


My Malibu Baby Girl looked more like an Alaskan Baby Girl! (You know me, I am always afraid my babies are too cold!)


One picnic table and a pothole and you too can have a son that looks like this! He's tough though.


Caiden sure loves driving in a car. He wishes that Malibu was farther away just so that we could all sit in the car longer... Come on Cade! Tell us how you really feel! (I hate traveling too!) It was only 2 hours, but I felt the same as Caiden looks in this picture.

Come on, don't be a Sissy!

So... I just had a baby, and I feel fat, how about you? I was thinking that it would be fun to see how many of you are up for a little challenge...

It's time for me to get into shape...meaning a different shape than I am already in... less round to be exact! So I have decided to get my booty in gear for the 2010Camp Pendleton Mud Run! This is the World Famous Mud Run! The Mud Run is a challenging 10K run with hills, tire obstacles, river crossings, two 5-foot walls with mud on both sides, tunnel crawl, slippery hill climb, and the final 30-foot mud pit. Along the course there will be 6 water points with personnel staged at each. Doesn't that sound awesome? If you want more info go to www.camppendletonraces.com.

So who's in? I know that most of you are pregnant, or like me just had a baby. But you have no excuse because it's over a year away! I think it would be so fun if we could all run this together! If you live in another state, you are more than welcome to come and stay with me and we can all drive down together! I know my Fisher girls will be down, probably Katie too! Wendy will do it I'm sure. Jenny will say yes and it would be great to get Shelby out here... the Murphy twins will be due for a visit anyway (Michelle this is right up your alley!)... Ashley is probably already on line registering...Summer? Charis? Stacy? What do you guys think??? (Brandy, you are mega far away, but it would be greatness if you came too!!) And anyone else can come too, even those of you I dont know who are way into blog surfing!

(by the way, the pic is from a fabulous night of mud football when I was up at School)

Sleep...Who needs it! Not me!

I'm too sleepy to write anything really deep... sorry. Not only have I been up with the baby every night, but Caiden got really sick, threw up 5 times, and I have been helping Leo save the Unicorn (Little Einsteins) ever since. My poor Bubbas! (The song of the Unicorn is Caiden's favorite episode... at this point I'm not sure if DVR is a blessing or a curse). Maybe I can talk Cade into rescuing the instrument fairies (also little Einsteins) after this episode, just to switch things up!

P.S. "There is no charge for awesomeness!" (Name that quote!)