Sienna is 6 months old!!

I can't believe it's already been half a YEAR! And look, she sat up for the photo! (Well, only momentarily, she eventually falls sideways or leans forward, but those stomach and back muscles have definitely strengthened!) Thanks for the new dress Auntie Shannon! :) Our little munchkin is almost crawling too, she gets up on all fours and sways back and forth. Just today, she "crawled" all the way from the computer desk, out the bedroom door, all the way to the bathroom - she likes slapping the travertine tiles! No longer can we set her down in one place and expect her to still be there a minute later! She almost sat up by herself the other day too. And as the video I will post soon shows, she can say "mama" - although she only uses it when she's serious, for example, to tell us she's not going to go back to sleep in the middle of the night and mom must come pick me up, or when she is bored or fussy, like when I am taking too long window shopping at the Nordstroms Anniversary sale! She said "dada" yesterday too, but again, they are just her new sounds, we'll see when she actually uses them to call us by name. As mentioned previously, she also started eating solids this month, and started sleeping in her own room. She can also hold her own bottle, but I'm guessing she's been able to do that for awhile now and we just didn't know since she rarely feeds from a bottle! Still wakes up once in the night, oh well. But she is such happy baby, her laughs and big smiles are the best thing too see, and she is so social and curious, it's great. I will email people all of our Month of July photos soon!

New Camera!

So we finally decided to splurge and get a new camera...not that our old one wasn't good, but it was top of the line 4 years ago, and still had the 1 inch LCD screen, and the "wait 'til the second flash" issue (which you can't tell Sienna, we have so many pictures of her furrowing her eyebrows because of the flash!). We felt a little guilty since our old camera wasn't broken, but I'm pretty sure most people have a newer camera than we did! I like the new one a lot, it takes faster and clearer photos, which is NICE, and it's pretty user friendly despite having so many neat features that I need to learn how to use (mainly editing software!). Anyway, it's a little too big for the ol' purse, so I'll still tote my smaller camera around on a daily basis (you never know when a Kodak moment may present itself!) and the new camera doesn't take video either, but that's okay. The pictures on this post are from the new camera - is it me, or does it capture better shots? (You don't have to answer that question, I know I'm not a professional photographer! :)

Two Year Anniversary!

Time flies! Today we celebrated our second anniversary; it was a pretty normal day, and Chris did a good job at surprising me with a bunch of beautiful yellow with red tips roses! Instead of going out, we decided to have a nice dinner at home and share the day with Sienna. It's fun to think back: 2 years ago, we were still partying at our reception, and 1 year ago, we were 3 months pregnant and prepping for our trip of a lifetime, our Meditteranean cruise!

Now we've got our beautiful little Sienna, so technically each year of our marriage thus far has been very different, and equally wonderful! Sienna was talking up a storm tonight, and we couldn't figure out if we were hearing "mama," or "dada" or "nahnah" or some kind of babble that sounded like all of the above mixed together! Anyway, she brings a smile to our faces. Below are a couple of the many photos of Sienna we took tonight of her talking, jumping, kissing daddy and being excited. Happy Anniversary babe, mmmmwaa!

Sienna's First "solid" food!

Sunday the 6th was a big night for Sienna (but probably a bigger deal to us than to her!) We gave her her first rice cereal experience (see video!) AND it was the first time she slept at night in her real crib, in her own bedroom. The rice cereal was way too runny, but I was just following the directions for "baby's first meal." At least she seems to be eager to eat with the spoon, or maybe it was just the spoon that she wanted more than the food! What a mess, but it was fun. She didn't eat that much though. It dawned on me later last night that I will have to now feed her cereal every night, which seems like such a hassle for some reason - maybe because it's a "new" thing to add to my day, when I've become so comfortable with the way things are - but I realize it will soon be no big deal.

As for sleeping in her crib, it just seemed like the right time, since she was sleeping through the night all last week, and she has just about outgrown the bassinet! It was nice not having to kick poor Chris because he is snoring, or to whisper in bed, or to watch the television at such a low volume that we are either laying at the edge of the bed to watch it, or spending most of our time trying to figure out what the characters actually said! She woke up at 2:30am, but I didn't mind.

That's all for now!