Esme's Visit

Last weekend we were lucky enough to have a visit from Roo, Annie and Esme! We haven't seen them since Christmas, so we were very surprised at how much Esme has grown.

Needless to say, she was very spoiled by her Tutu's and Aunt Nat all weekend. She did a great job of letting us hold her, and she was not too scared to be away from her Mommy. We think Skype has a lot to do with that.
She is very expressive and does funny things like shaking her head back and forth, randomly shrieking and squealing, and spinning around in circles while sitting on her butt. She is able to concentrate on things for long periods of time, which is very impressive for a nine month old. Esme is also very skilled kinetically--meaning she is very aware of her body. She has good dexterity with her fingers. Her balance and climbing abilities are very advanced. We think she will be walking before she turns 1 year old.

Roo & Annie were very excited to see their puppies! The puppies were very excited too...but mostly just because they had someone to play fetch with.

There was lots and lots of snow while they were visiting, which was probably a nice reminder for them to enjoy the heat and humidity of Houston.

Esme also LOVED to eat. She was very patient as Aunt Natalee and Grandma Tutu fed her baby food. She would hold very still and open her mouth as wide as she possibly could. Aunt Natalee couldn't feed her fast enough! Adorable!

We bought her one of those mesh teether things and she got to try her very fist strawberry! She liked it.

She also tried pineapple for the first time during her visit. Even though we thought Esme really liked it.... later on she (and her diaper) let us know that she actually did not.

Esme had lots of fun crawling around the open space of Grandpa and Grandma Tutu's house. We could not get enough of her hilarious crawling. She uses one leg normally and lets the other one trail behind. It reminded me of Quasimodo. Annie said she was taught by someone with a peg leg. What do you think??

Esme was glad that she got to spend some time with her Papa Tutu before he flew halfway across the globe! (More on that later).

We love you and miss you Papa Tutu!