The eleventh month

November is always a pretty busy month for us, it seems like it started slow and then all of a sudden the month slipped away from us. So Tess has learned to embrace the hardware store, with us selling our old house and building a new house we have been to Lowes and Home Depot a lot this year. Tess was getting a ride one morning while we were shopping at Lowes. I can’t remember what this trip was for but it was one of our many trips. And now when we tell Tess that we are going to run errands she asks if we are going to the hardware store. She also has started to be able to pick out which tools are which. I think this make Clayton very happy, I think he has been secretly quizzing her on tools.

Later that day Tess changed into a skirt because it got a little warmer and she was riding around on her bike. She has finally gotten big enough to ride her bike, she is actually getting a little big for her trike and might need an actual bike.

For my birthday this year Tess gave me an extra special present. I received a phone call from Daycare and they said that she was playing outside and she went after the ball and ran into the gate. The gate split her head open and they aren’t sure if she needed stitches. I told them I would send her father over and he would take a look at it and make the call, he took her over to an urgent care center and they patched it up with steri strips and sent her on her way. She went back to daycare after eating some ice cream with her daddy.

Thanksgiving is always busy for us we spend Thanksgiving Day with my family and then Friday morning headed out to Lampasas. We knew that it was going to be cold but I don’t think any of use expected it to be as cold as it was. During the drive we hit the cold front and the temperature dropped 10-15 degrees almost instantly. After we got there we went to the store and got a heavier coat and hat for Tess, I think she liked her new outfit.

About the time we got there it was feeding time for the cows. Tess fed the cows the first and second day and loved it, she thought it was so cool to be so close to cows. She still remembers feeding the cows and wanted to go back to feed them again.

We got a hotel room this year and Tess was sleeping on a pull out couch. She was so tired to first night that everyone got back to the hotel and passed out. By the time I got out of the shower Tess had passed out and was utilizing the entire space available to her.

Since it was so cold and rainy outside we all were stuck inside playing games and playing with Tess. We had a lot of family time this year as we all were in the same place at the same time and usually we are all spread out doing different things and come together at night to spend time together.

 Tess had a lot of fun at the ranch and even though she didn’t get to run around the land she still ran around the house and spend a lot of time with Maggie and loved feeding the cows. I think she secretly likes ranch life. She passed out on the way home.

As always Tess loves to spend time with her puppies and most of the time Lexi is the one puppy that gets the most of Tess’s attention. There are days that Lexi seeks out Tess’s attention and then there are days like these pictures where it looks like Lexi just wants some alone time.