.: October 2008

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:
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!

Wednesday

The Real Deal....

After MANY attempts, Sienna finally got the hang of crawling last week! Here she goes....

Monday

Technical Difficulties

We have lots to tell you, but we are experiencing camera difficulties.
Please stand by... :)

Thursday

ROCKSTAR

Every girl sings into her hairbrush. It's true.

Lunch With Jill!

Sometimes I feel extra brave (or stupid?) and decide it is a good idea to meet Jill downtown for lunch. We have our arrangement down to a science. I call Jill when I am five minutes away from her office to tell her I am close. Then I pull over to a side street and wait for Jill - usually in a "no parking" zone. Then I park there. (I like to live on the edge.) Then when Jill gets to my car, I jump out and get in the passenger seat. Jill gets in the driver's seat and this whole process is necessary because I can't parallel park. From there we drive around the city for, oh, 40 minutes looking for a parking spot. Then we run into a restaurant, wolf down our lunch in approximately 10 minutes so Jill can get back to work before her lunch hour is up. Is it a little ridiculous? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely.

The first group shot didn't get all of Sienna's little head. Here's take two:

Love you, Jilly!

We've Been Keeping Busy...

We've Been...

Hanging out in the grass at the Bluemont Fair...

Pretending that we still like our Boppy chair...

Trying out butternut squash & loving it...

Playing with daddy...

Cruisin' around in mommy's old "SuperCoupe" walker...

(BTW - We are pretty sure the "SuperCoupe" is also made by the company who makes "Super Pretzel." Compare the SuperCoupe logo above to the Super Pretzel logo.)