little moments: november

I may have lost most of my phone pictures in November, but I didn't lose my spirit! Amazingly, I had a string prompting to back up my photos and combine mine and Andre's phone pictures on the cloud about a week before my phone died. If I hadn't done that, I would have lost almost all of Tessa's pictures. A serious blessing that only a few things were lost.

But November was great! Fall, the festivities, the beautiful weather! Here are some favorite moments:

Exploring the discovery room at the nature center by our house. It was a hit! We happened to go on a super cold day and couldn't hike, but we'll be back!

 Free day at the zoo! On another super cold day (but I swear the weather really was good this month?) I've never seen the animals so active! We had so much fun getting up close with the baby giraffe and seeing the river otters run on their exercise wheel.

 Tessa tried her Johnny Jumpup for the first time. Apparently it's delicious. She's gotten the hang of it more since them.

 Sleep issues. Sick + teething = baby who will only nap being held. We're working on it, but it made for some long nights. I'm just trying to remember that it won't last forever and enjoying the snuggles while I can.

 "Mom, will you take my picture by these rugs?" Sure. We ran across a steal of a deal on a huge rug for the basement that we're turning into a playroom. I lugged the rug through the store and to the car while Rhett pushed the stroller. We were quite a sight, and now I'm glad I have this cute picture to remember the experience.

 Rhett started gymnastics! He's done it before, but these classes are way more intense. They were doing handstands on the first day with no instruction! Rhett's not the best in the class, but it is so good for him to learn to keep trying and he'll get better.

 Tessa is turning into a music lover. She's always been a Daddy lover.

These two have been giving me a sneak peek of what life will be like when they can actually play together. We might be in trouble! Tessa loves Rhett and already goes along with whatever he says.