The lighting is AWFUL in this video but I thought it was so cute I decided to post it anyway. Sienna is just starting to respond to particular words and motions and we learned this weekend that she actually knows what you are talking about occasionally. Here you go!
Saturday
Thursday
Florida!
We just got back from a "escape-the-cold-weather" vacation with my family to Palm Beach. It was awesome. It was a bit unusual hearing "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" on the radio when it was 75 degrees out, but it was fun anyway. We stayed in a nice hotel where Sienna got her own bedroom that happened to be the bathroom. For those of you have babies, you might agree that it is difficult to share a bedroom after they have been sleeping in the nursery. When Sienna sleeps in her Pack 'N Play in our room, she wakes up at every little noise. She hears something (we move, cough, breathe...whatever) so she stands up & realizes her mom & dad are RIGHT THERE. So of course she wants us to pick her up and play with her. It doesn't make for a restful night. So when we saw the bathroom was gigantic, we decided the crib would stay in there and we would use my parents bathroom adjoining room if we needed to after she had gone to bed. And it was a great idea - Sienna slept an hour later in the morning for some reason while we were there! Here are a few pictures from our visit...
The Hotel.....
The Hotel.....
The Beach....
At breakfast. We forgot her bib so a cloth napkin had to do...
We also had a chance to visit my Mom's Godmother, Joyce. I tried to take a photo of the two but it didn't turn out. At least I got a photo of Joyce's stylin' flamingo. He came with lots of outfits, but obviously he is celebrating Christmas. :)
My favorite... :)
At breakfast. We forgot her bib so a cloth napkin had to do...
We also had a chance to visit my Mom's Godmother, Joyce. I tried to take a photo of the two but it didn't turn out. At least I got a photo of Joyce's stylin' flamingo. He came with lots of outfits, but obviously he is celebrating Christmas. :)My favorite... :)
Thanksgiving and Happy Birthday To ME!
The past few weeks have been really great and a little crazy. The weekend right before we left for NY/Mass. for Thanksgiving, Daniel and I got the stomach flu. That was a little tricky - it was the first time we were both sick at the same time trying to take care of the baby. But Sienna didn't get it, so that is good. We did, however, seem to bring our germs to Daniel's family while we were there for Thanksgiving. I felt terrible that everyone got sick (sorry again guys!) but we had a great time there anyway. I did an awful job taking pictures but Jesse and Caroline took approximately 80,000 or so and I will update this page if I see some. :0)
Daniel knows I really love celebrating birthdays (especially MINE!!!) so he really made my 30th special. Thank you, Super-Husband! :)
We returned from Thanksgiving two days before my (gasp!) 30th birthday. Daniel out did himself to celebrate with me. He took me to dinner at my new favorite italian restaurant, Il Fornaio. The bread is amazing and we had delicious salad, soup and butternut squash ravoli with brown walnut sauce. It was soo good. On top of my yummy dinner out, Daniel also arranged a suprise-ish party for me. He told me about a month in advance that I had to come up with the best 80's outfit that I could find. That is all I knew. So I followed his instructions and we ended up at our friends Rob, Ladson & Slater's house and when I walked in I was surprised with a bunch of my favorite people - all wearing ridiculous awesome outfits. For example...
Daniel knows I really love celebrating birthdays (especially MINE!!!) so he really made my 30th special. Thank you, Super-Husband! :)I know, I'm Slacking...
I was chastised by my mother via email this week with the complaint that I need to update my blog because she and "other family members" need a baby photo fix. I admit - I have been slacking, so I suppose the reprimand was justified.
On Nov. 4th we took Sienna with us to the polls to vote and she even received a "I voted" sticker even though she is not quite old enough to participate. It was a strange experience...I put Sienna in the Bjorn so I would have my hands free, but when we got to our voting location, the woman told me that Sienna couldn't go in the booth with me. She was willing, however, to hold her while I voted. Daniel was there so I passed her to him, but when I mentioned this story to my Dad later, he said that he helped at his voting location and he said there were no rules against bringing kids in the voting booth. So, we concluded that the lady just wanted to hold Sienna just for fun...? I don't mind if it is a rule, but if you are making up stories just to hold someone's baby...well that's just creepy. ANYWAY, here are a few pictures sporting her "I voted" sticker.
Apparently it was a emotional day for her - she ate contently, waved happily, and sobbed sadly all within 5 minutes. It is hard to be a girl. After she was done having her emotional rollercoaster, we went to Reston Town Center for free ice cream for voters :) It was delicious.
Then last week we met our friends Lisa and baby Emma at the mall so the girls could crawl around the play area. Since both girls have mastered the crawling thing, they love pulling up to stand and this play area gave them a great chance to practice. Emma liked to play in a little tunnel under a big tree and she even went down the slide by herself! Sienna, on the other hand spend most of the time crawling away from me. I thought she might want to play with her Mom, but nope! She was up and running on her own. My mom says I was the same way when I was little - I guess what goes around comes around...
On Nov. 4th we took Sienna with us to the polls to vote and she even received a "I voted" sticker even though she is not quite old enough to participate. It was a strange experience...I put Sienna in the Bjorn so I would have my hands free, but when we got to our voting location, the woman told me that Sienna couldn't go in the booth with me. She was willing, however, to hold her while I voted. Daniel was there so I passed her to him, but when I mentioned this story to my Dad later, he said that he helped at his voting location and he said there were no rules against bringing kids in the voting booth. So, we concluded that the lady just wanted to hold Sienna just for fun...? I don't mind if it is a rule, but if you are making up stories just to hold someone's baby...well that's just creepy. ANYWAY, here are a few pictures sporting her "I voted" sticker.
Apparently it was a emotional day for her - she ate contently, waved happily, and sobbed sadly all within 5 minutes. It is hard to be a girl. After she was done having her emotional rollercoaster, we went to Reston Town Center for free ice cream for voters :) It was delicious.
Then last week we met our friends Lisa and baby Emma at the mall so the girls could crawl around the play area. Since both girls have mastered the crawling thing, they love pulling up to stand and this play area gave them a great chance to practice. Emma liked to play in a little tunnel under a big tree and she even went down the slide by herself! Sienna, on the other hand spend most of the time crawling away from me. I thought she might want to play with her Mom, but nope! She was up and running on her own. My mom says I was the same way when I was little - I guess what goes around comes around...
Here is a (blurry) picture of Lisa and Emma...
Emma's "Tree Tunnel"...
We tried to take a picture of the girls together, but they fell over. Oops.
Monday
Our Baby Bovine...
Sienna was all dressed up and nowhere to go for Halloween this year since we were traveling on October 31. So we had a little Costume Party for our friends, particularly the ones who have kids. Here's our little cow and her friends...
Thursday
Pumpkin Festival!
Earlier in the month we took Sienna to a Pumpkin Festival in Germantown, MD. Aaron & Corban Paganini came with us (Jess & Charis were feeling a little under the weather and couldn't make it) and Dave & Kerry met us there. We had a great time. The festival had pretty much anything a child would want to do at a festival. Corban loved the Moon Bounce especially and we enjoyed the live music and good food. We walked around, played in the hay and checked out the farm animals. We did pretty much everything BUT picking a pumpkin at the Pumpkin Festival. Oops. Here are a few pics...to see all of the photos, click on the link below.
More Pictures here:
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More Pictures here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=67466&id=515556423
9 Months
Tomorrow Sienna is 9 months old, which is unbelievable. This month was quite eventful. She started eating vegetables & fruits as well as finger foods like Cheerios and Puffs. She eats really well (no surprise, she is part of this family) and even if she hates something she will eat some of it. Even Green Beans, her current least favorite food, which explains the scrunched up face...
She also learned to wave, clap, point and crawl this month. She is starting to pull up on furniture and remembering to hold on, lol. She also likes playing in her crib, with mirrors, and outside.
We've had to do some shopping for clothes now that it is getting chilly. Usually Grandma M. calls me and tells me that she "Went to Kohls" and "she had a problem." That usually indicates that she bought Sienna about 50 new outfits. We pick our favorites and return one or two so we don't feel like we went overboard. Here she is in her new sweatshirt and hat.
A couple of weeks ago I met Kelly Welsh (one of my college roommates) at the Leesburg Outlets so I could meet her newest family member, baby Mason. He is so cute but for some dumb reason I didn't take a picture. Anyway, while we were out, Kelly bought Sienna the cutest pair of pants and a few tops. Here is one below and she is wearing one of the other tops in the I-hate-green-beans picture above. Apparently we opted out from wearing pants during out post-nap playtime... :)
Thank you, Grandma & Aunt Kelly!
She also learned to wave, clap, point and crawl this month. She is starting to pull up on furniture and remembering to hold on, lol. She also likes playing in her crib, with mirrors, and outside.
We've had to do some shopping for clothes now that it is getting chilly. Usually Grandma M. calls me and tells me that she "Went to Kohls" and "she had a problem." That usually indicates that she bought Sienna about 50 new outfits. We pick our favorites and return one or two so we don't feel like we went overboard. Here she is in her new sweatshirt and hat.
A couple of weeks ago I met Kelly Welsh (one of my college roommates) at the Leesburg Outlets so I could meet her newest family member, baby Mason. He is so cute but for some dumb reason I didn't take a picture. Anyway, while we were out, Kelly bought Sienna the cutest pair of pants and a few tops. Here is one below and she is wearing one of the other tops in the I-hate-green-beans picture above. Apparently we opted out from wearing pants during out post-nap playtime... :)Thank you, Grandma & Aunt Kelly!
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