Friends

The older Tessa gets, the more she and Max play together. Max is so sweet with her, and has never been rough to her. They can get each other laughing so hard. And Tessa's heart breaks if Max ever goes somewhere without her. I get a little taste of girl dramatics then.

This is when I was deathly ill and quite certain I had the swine flu (or, to be PC, H1N1). Max took it upon himself to make sure that Tessa was well fed. He found an old baby biscuit, grabbed a bowl of cinnamon and sugar, and proceeded to feed Tessa. Tessa, of course, loved it. Then he found some raisins and a couple of mixing spoons and they "cooked" some sugar raisins. I laid on the floor and let them eat the full bowl of cinnamon and sugar. Like I said, I was deathly ill.

I take a ton of pictures, but I usually forget to get pictures of them together. Could they pass as siblings? They're pretty different, but both adorable, of course.

Tessa gives some great hugs. Sometimes Max likes it, sometimes he doesn't.