Dance Recital

A prettier ballerina I have never seen.  My baby is absolutely gorgeous in her ballet costume. 

I was the backstage mom again this year.  Things went very smoothly since I had two other moms to help this time.  I love that Tessa wants me around and I treasure these times with her.  She had two dances, The Glow for ballet and Magic Mirror for tap.  The Glow was so sweet I nearly cried watching them.  And I marveled at how Tessa's tap skills have improved, her step-ball-change was fabulous!  This year the recital was held at Furman University which made for some wonderful pictures.

Tessa's BFF came to watch and even brought my ballerina flowers.  Miss Tobie helped my mom and Ryan with Jackson during the long performance.     

Daddy had flowers for the tiny dancer too. 

 And Gamma's flowers were the most beautiful of all.

A nice family shot of all four of us.  We are so proud of Tessa and how hard she has worked at dance this year. 

After such an eventful day, we marked a milestone with Jackson.  He slept in his crib in the nursery all night.  Don't misunderstand, he did not sleep through the night by any stretch.  But each time we laid him back down in his crib rather than the cradle.  I managed not to break down when I saw the empty cradle in our room.  How is it that he is already old enough to move to his own room?