A lot has happened since the Holidays.. We sold a house,
moved into our new one, and started settling in. Before I talk about the house
I am going to talk about all of the little things that have been going on
in-between. One of the times we were driving to Dallas we stopped at our normal
stop Buc-ees and Tess wanted to walk the dogs. Tess doesn’t really walk the dogs
she really gets walked by the dogs. It’s pretty funny. 
On one of our trips to Home Depot to get the house ready to
put it up on the Market Tess wanted Daddy to carry her. This is one of my
favorite pictures I have of the two of them. You can’t see their faces but I
know she is having the time of her life and this picture pretty much sums up
their relationship.
We had to pack up a lot of Tess’s extra toys since we were
putting the house on the market. There was one day that Tess and I both needed
to get out of the house. We went down the street to the park, it ended up being
the last time we visited this particular park.
She decided she didn't need any help going across the bridge anymore. She got to the other side and forgot the part where she didn't want any help. She made it though and her smile showed how happy she was doing it all by herself.
Swinging is always a favorite at the park. I cant wait till she cant swing by herself and we don't have to push her :).
While people were viewing our house we would stay over at my
parent’s house. Tess got really good at taking pictures from my phone. They
were mainly of Lexi but sometimes other people were in the shots as well. After
she was done taking the pictures she wanted to scroll through all of them.
Tess finally got over her fear of her airplane. She rides
her plane all over the place. It’s nice that she has gotten over her fear and
that her airplane is finally getting some use. We just have to keep it charged
now.
Tess celebrated Go Texan Day at her new school, Clayton
still does not get the glory that is Go Texan Day. I never knew that other
places did not celebrate Go Texan Day, how that is possible I do not know. Our
child will grow up with the same illusion until her daddy bursts her bubble and
lets her know it’s a made up day for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. She
was pretty cute this year, and she tried to get the dogs to pose in the
pictures with her, as you can see it did not work out for her but the struggle
is real. I did realize in the one picture with Lexi sticking her tongue out
that Clayton and I are in for some big trouble, I mean look at that face. 
Lexi scratched her eye again somehow and spent a lot of time
in the cone of shame. Clayton took her to the vet and they misdiagnosed it at
first and when it didn’t get better he took her back. It wasn’t healing
properly and they kept having to re-scratch it to help it heal. She hated that
cone of shame but we are happy to report that she eventually was freed from her
prison of shame.
Anadarko sponsored an Appreciation Day at the Downtown
Aquarium, and we decided to take Tess. She loves to watch Fish but it was so
crowded it was not the best decision we have ever made. She liked some parts of
the aquarium but I don’t know if we will go back anytime soon, it is really
expensive for how little it is. 
Easter Sunday we also celebrated my sister’s birthday. We
all went to church and then went and ate lunch and the original Ninfas. I had
picked out Tess’s dress pretty early and she would see it in her closet and
want to wear it and I of course would tell her no. Well when she finally put it
on the first thing out of her mouth was, I don’t want to wear it. Finally I
convinced her it was a princess dress and then she was fine wearing it.
Again Tess took over the camera on the phone but this time
it was my sister’s phone. She was taking selfies with Diana and then decided to
take pictures of everyone at the table even if they were not ready for her to
take their picture. 
We went up to Dallas to celebrate Caroline turning 2 and
Tess got a haircut while she was there. Tess has gotten a couple of haircuts
along the way but she doesn’t like a lot of people to touch her hair. Her least
favorite person is her daddy. Clayton’s aunt is a hair dresser and Tess for
some reason sits still and lets Marcia cut her hair. So if Tess’s hair is long
and we are going to be in the Dallas area I get Mona to get an appointment and
we get our hair done.
For Caroline’s birthday we all went to the zoo. Tess has
probably been to the Fort Worth zoo more times than she has been to the Houston
Zoo. It has just worked out that way. Tess and Caroline had a lot of fun
walking together, riding together, and pushing each other in the wagon. Overall I think it
was a good day seeing all the animals.
Tess had school pictures done at her new school and this was
the first pictures where I felt she looked like a little person and not a
toddler anymore. I can’t believe my little baby is getting so big. I don’t
think I am ready to have a 3 year old yet. I look at her while she is playing
and wonder where all the time went.
It has finally gotten hot here, that sounds so weird.
Houston has had such a weird May. With all the rain it has kept the
temperatures at such a bearable level. Memorial Day weekend I wasn’t feeling
well and Clayton was at work but Tess needed to get out of the house so I set up
the Sprinkler. She loved it, not sure what she is supposed to do just yet but
she loves it.