I can't believe Sienna is one year old today! SERIOUSLY - where did this year go? It has been a blur of drooling chins, sticky hands, never-ending laundry loads and dirty diapers - in an amazingly entertaining and enjoyable way that probably only Moms and Dads can understand. What a wonderful year :) Here are a couple of photos from the day she was born...

January 31, 2008 @ 8:29am

When I was first pregnant, I started to write down in my journal specific prayer requests I had for Sienna. This week decided to look back on to see how I began praying for her so today I wanted to share how God has already answered so many of my prayers. Some are those prayers are ongoing and I have so many more that I know God will answer in His way throughout her life. 

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From my journal:

Pray for when the baby comes...

For a smooth and safe delivery, for the baby's health & for a quick recovery from labor - for the baby and me.

For Sienna...

That she will be Healthy, Happy, Joyful, Peaceful & Intelligent. That she will have good sleep habits, good eating habits and no food allergies.  That she will be beautiful inside & out

Beautiful, fun, friendly, have a good sense of humor. That she will be loving and lovable.

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Daniel and I are so grateful for the blessing that she is to us. She is our good and perfect gift.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights" James 1:17a

Happy Birthday, Sienna!!

Snow Day!

Yesterday was Sienna's first snow day so I bundled her up like a purple marshmallow, took her out into the front yard and sat her down in the snow. She stayed sitting up for approximately three seconds. It is hard to sit up when you are a marshmallow.

I noticed right away that she didn't seem to be enjoying herself. (I have strong a maternal instinct like that.)

Finally she just laid there with her eyes closed (while snowflakes landed on her face) as if she had accepted the predicament that she was in.

I got the sense that she didn't like being out in the cold. Is she my daughter or what?

Face It

Sienna's First Christmas

Merry (belated) Christmas! I hope that you all a great holiday season :) We had so much fun, especially since it was Sienna's first Christmas. We stayed over at my parents' house for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. My family always opens gifts on Christmas Eve because when I was little we always left Christmas day to visit our family in New York. Santa was aware of our traveling plans, so he always came late at night on the 24th. My parents would wake Dave and me up to tell us that we JUST missed him, but we should come down and see what was under the tree. So we had dinner (Mom made delicious ravoli) and then we put Sienna to bed and we opened our gifts.

In the morning we let Sienna have Christmas morning all to herself. She crawled around playing with her new toys and ripping (and chewing on) wrapping paper. It was great. Daniel's family has a fun tradition where everyone gets new PJ's on Christmas Eve and you wear them that night for Christmas morning. You will see photos with Sienna is wearing her new PJ's from Aunt Janis and Uncle Bob - they fit perfectly! (Thank you Janis & Bob!)

Sienna also wore her "Santa" t-shirt on Christmas Eve to make sure she was on the "good" list :)




It looks like it worked...

Sienna's new fun toys :)

Sienna isn't much of a cuddler, but here is a rare moment - she was hanging out with Uncle Dave for long enough to take a photo. It's a Christmas miracle....


We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and we wish you a Happy New Year!