Just Love This Time of Year!

The fall season is upon us, everyone is healthy, and we are very excited for the upcoming holiday season!

Here are just a few photos of Miss Sienna, now 21 months old, from this Halloween season. She is growing up so quickly, I think being around 2,3, and 4-year olds at her new daycare has something to do with it! She loves reading books aloud to herself, sings all the time, and wants to do things by herself (like put on her shoes, for example).

We didn't go trick or treating tonight - thought about it, but since we went to the mall earlier, and took her pumpkin with us, she got to see other kids dressed up and did a little trick-or-treating there. And when the ONE group of kids that came to our house tonight were getting their candy, Sienna didn't seem that interested. So, we played dress up in the house tonight! She already had 2 Halloween dress up parties at her daycare too. Next year we will venture out. Happy Halloween!

Sienna is 1 1/2 years old!

Our little girl isn't so little anymore! Well, she's long and lean, to be exact. 22 pounds, 32 inches, which was something like 15% weight and 74th percentile height. She's happy, she's energetic, and she's practically vegetarian, although she is finally warming up to chicken fingers with ketchup! loves her fruit and veggies and (yuck) soy cheese. Still allergic to milk!

Summer has been fun, she's a good little shopper with mommy, and loves to run around on the field outside, bark at dogs, and try to shoot hoops on the basketball court. she sings a few songs, like ABCs, pat-a-cake, the elmo song, 2 songs i made up, and the words and phrases keep stacking up! let's see: hi mama, bye mama, thank you mama (that's my favorite, because she does it in the cutest, girliest, southern accent way!), same for dada, gama, cheese, no-no, hey, uh oh, okay, all done, all gone, see ya, okay bye, kitty, ruff ruff or papa = puppy, nice to meet cha (sort of!), elmo, baba, appy = sippy cup, uppie, num nums, wa wa, juice, ....i'll just stop there because even if i keep trying, i'm sure i'll forget something! 12 teeth still, last time i checked!

We took her on our first family theme park adventure to Sea World, which I'm really glad we did because it got us out of town for the day, and it's really toddler friendly! We were wiped out by the end of the day, and we were only there for about 7 hours! The plan is Disneyland on my 30th birthday August 10th, but with family members too, so we will see how that is! Funny how I HATE Fantasyland as an adult, but have this newfound excitement for Dumbo just because of Sienna. And the Casey Jr. train. Ah, but will I be able to go on Indiana Jones and Space Mountain?? I really need a date night at Disneyland, but not until it's decorated for the Christmas season! It's been too long!

I'll attach some more recent photos below (or above, which ever it ends up being) so you can see how she has grown since my last post. Her hair is getting longer, I think she'll get her first haircut before I go back to work in Sept! Thanks for reading!

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Mommy is finally on summer vacation, so maybe I will update this site more often! I have more recent photos to upload, but until then, here are a few from May that I have not shared...

If Sienna could really text, she'd probably type "okay c-ya, ba-bye!" This photo is from the end of April, when she was just turning 15 months. It was the first day we brought home the little chair she is sitting in.

The photo above was on Kentucky Derby Day 2009. Had the hat, had the dress, had the horse - why not? :)

This photo is of daddy and Sienna on Mother's Day (they match, sort of).

Little missy brushing her teeth like mommy. She catches on quick! 12 teeth as of 17 months, but I think she's working on some more right now (really drooly on Father's Day and today!)

And mommy and Sienna in AZ for Memorial Day! Okay, see ya, bye bye!

Sienna Dancing

This is a quick clip of Sienna showing off some of her dancing moves, filmed by Auntie Jenny. It was back in April, and she had just turned 14 months. Most of the video is sideways (does anyone know how to rotate video clips?) but it's still cute nonetheless!

Wow, it's been awhile!

Sienna today, 4/18, eating her graham cracker cookie.

Sienna at her 1st birthday party.

Sienna on Easter Sunday before mass waving "hi!"

So, I guess that work, play, TV and sleep have been more important than blogging! In sum, Sienna has more teeth (11!), her hair has grown longer and fuller since her 1st birthday at the end of January, is allergic to cow's milk so her bottles are soy, favorite word is "bye bye!" and "dada," funniest moment was her picking up the breast pump things and putting them to HER chest and making a pumping sound (grandma mccown says we have to get a video of it and send it to America's Funniest Videos)....her 15 month dr. appt. is Tuesday so I'll know her new stats soon! Oh, and she is a dancing machine, I need to put a clip of her dancing on here!

All is well at 67 Stepping Stone, hope all of our friends and family are healthy and happy too!

Enjoy the photos!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009!

Sienna had a great holiday season. She didn't pull down our fake mini tree too often, she enjoyed opening presents (especially gift bags with tissue), and she would have partied until midnight on New Year's Eve if I let her (well, maybe not, she really does appreciate bedtime now!). She was a good girl at church on Christmas Eve (no crying, but a lot of babble), and looked pretty in her dress that Nana bought her before she was born! We've been in Arizona since the 27th, and will be going home on the 3rd. Dad's getting in all the golf he can, and Sienna is enjoying the crawling and cruising space that a one-story house provides! She is so full of energy, talking up a storm, so inquisitive, social with others, a good shopping buddy, crazy in a restaurant high chair! My favorite moments with her from this season are probably her hugs (she gives good ones now!), and watching how happy she is pushing around her new grocery cart. And dressing her up, of course! I've already stocked up on cute holiday clothes for next year! :)