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Changing Table from Lisa on Vimeo.
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Sienna showing off the Nike booties she got from Aunt Natalie in Washington.
On New Year’s Eve, we went out to lunch to the kosher deli in our hood (Jay and something) and took Sienna’s booster seat so she can sit at the table with us. This is the second time she sat at the table with us at an outside restaurant but the first time using our own booster seat. She cried every time the waitress came over. The waitress was beginning to get a complex but then Sienna also cried when the bus man came over. By the end of the meal, she did not cry when the bus man came over to clear the table. The waitress was too nervous to come over. LOL. We have gone to lunch with her 2 times since then but those times she stayed in her stroller and seemed perfectly happy. And no crying at anyone but then again no one really approached her. So I don’t know if she would have cried if someone approached her in her stroller at the restaurant. She doesn’t cry when people coo at her when we’re walking in the streets. So, uh, yeah, I don’t really have any conclusions about her crying at strangers. HA!
Bing!
Sienna is starting to point a lot and for some reason, when you bring your nose to her pointed finger and say “BING!”, she finds it very funny! Here’s a video of one incident. It’s password protected so please leave me a comment and I’ll send you the password and it will be the same for every Sienna video after that.
Hi Chair Bing from Lisa on Vimeo.
And here is a 2 finger point!
And a pointed finger while trying on the pretty dress Auntie Joy bought her from China.
Getting Hooked!
I have successfully finished 2 crochet projects, amigurumi animals I got from the Lion Brand website. I like those patterns a lot better than the first patterns I got because they tell you how many stitches are in each row so you can count to make sure you are on the right track. I’ve lost interest in finishing the hats for the snowball family (as Yves calls them).
I don’t think I even took a picture of the complete family. Anyway, I was so happy when I finished the snowman!
So I made the bunny.
Everybody likes the bunny…
And bunny likes coffee!
And Sienna is watching Martha Stewart so she can start her own crafts. Or multimedia empire!
Happy, Happy!
Happy 2008 everyone! We didn’t do any crazy celebrating, hell, we weren’t even awake when the ball dropped! I don’t mind really but I am looking forward to the time when Sienna is old enough to understand about New Year’s and have someone actually be excited about it! HA! I took this picture of Sienna yesterday and it just cracks me and Yves up!
The bow is from her cousins and I quickly put it on her just to see how she would look in it. She didn’t really like it but ‘posed’ for me while I took the picture. I really think she knows about the camera as a second before this shot, she was fussing with it!
This chair is also from her cousins and of course, she gives it a bite! She’s wearing a dress from her other cousin, Gaby.
Fun playtime with Daddy. They are both back to their usual happy, playful self. It was nice having Yves home for 2+ weeks! It’s back to work for him today!
Merry, Merry!!
Well, Sienna’s first Christmas is over. It was a wonderful day despite her being sick. We helped her open presents and she put paper and boxes in her mouth. She got lots of toys! We got Yves a bunch of web related books and his favorite chocolates and cologne. They got me a new cutting mat (18×36!), the Everyday Food cookbook, a sewing book, an ice cream maker and a wonderful massage at Ohm. Liz, Sylvain, Eli, Maia and Rozee came over for lunch. We got a cupcake book, 1001 Movies book, chocolates and Yves got a sweater from them. And Sienna got 2 cute shirts! They delivered some presents from Aunt Natalie. She gave Sienna cute Nike booties and a hat and some delicious smoked salmon from Washington and Starbucks coffee. It’s too bad the whole family couldn’t be together but we did a video conference while having dessert. For lunch I made a healthier version of meatloaf and no holds barred macaroni and cheese and broccoli on the side. For dessert I made pecan pie (without corn syrup!) and cookies. Liz also brought panetone, which tasted very fresh (I’ve been having it for breakfast on those ‘Sienna wakes up at 5am days) I won’t write too much because I have a ton of pictures to post!
Sienna’s first official Christmas present!
Presents galore!
My first pecan pie (I can never make the crust look nice!)
Sylvain on video conferencing.
Eli playing with Amelié and Sienna.
cute sisters!
Sienna was cranky so Yves was imitating her. (We had to change her shirt because she got banana all over it!)
being goofy!
Group shot!
A sweet kiss from Auntie Liz!
A series of self portraits!
Ho, Ho, WAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
Friday we went to Kings Plaza mall to take Sienna to meet Santa. We knew this would be the result. We feel badly now for laughing during all this but we couldn’t help it! She is just too cute and too funny! The photographer told me that someone might have to go over there (because she did not stop crying once!) but I told him that was ok, we didn’t mind having a picture of her crying. It’s part of the memory, right? He must think we’re horrible! But really, that is part of the memory, right? It’s bad enough we are making her sit with this big, bearded stranger! I’m not going to force her to smile a fake smile! There were some priceless looks Sienna gave Santa that I wish the photographer captured, particularly one where she was looking straight at him and crying. She stopped as soon as I took her from him.
She got sick later that night, probably her way of getting back at us. Her nose was stuffy and she was coughing. It’s so heartbreaking to see and you feel so helpless. We took her to the doctor today and got some medicine for her. Hopefully she’ll get better really soon.
Taken while waiting on line, right before the fatal incident. LOL!
Merry Christmas everyone!
The Graduate
Monday was the last day of music together for the fall semester and she “graduates” to mixed age class. I had such a fun time going with Sienna and I know she really enjoyed it too. Since she started to crawl, she’s been “visiting” the other babies during class. It’s like she sensed it was the last class and practically made her rounds to several babies!
Visiting Meghan
Visiting Emi
Visiting Salvatore
Visiting the twins, Francesca and Nicholas
She also visited a couple of other babies but I didn’t want to be taking pictures throughout the whole class! Sienna really is too funny. When Michael put out the big drums, he put one right by us but nooo, the one right beside us was not good enough. Sienna had to go to the one all the way over there!
I think I’m going to skip the winter semester and wait for the Spring semester.
Sienna and Dad time
We’re starting to feel a tooth coming up!! Woohooo! The bottom left side! No pictures of that yet!
She’s lifting herself up pretty well now (but hasn’t figured out what to do after that-yet!) So Yves is posing with her.
Roughhousing with Daddy.
Helping Daddy with the laundry.
It’s fun climbing all over Daddy!
And it’s fun twirling with Daddy too!
Twirling with Daddy from Lisa on Vimeo.
Adventures in Babyland
Saturday we went out to lunch to an “Asian fusion” restaurant in the ‘hood. Sienna sat in her first restaurant high chair and I forgot the camera!! She seems to still be a little small for a high chair and a booster might have been better. I’m not sure if restaurants have both boosters and high chairs. She still has the stranger anxiety so when the waitress was cooing over her, she started to cry. And each time she came around, it took her a little longer before she started to cry. A different waitress came by to clear the dishes and Sienna didn’t cry at her, I’m not sure why.
Yves was feeding her and I love when she grabs your finger so I couldn’t help but sneak a couple of snaps of this.
And why is it that babies hate to have their mouths wiped? I’m assuming all babies are like that. But I got her! I figured out a way to wipe her mouth without doing the cloth/mouth dance! I put the cloth on one side of her face and keep it there and knowing she’ll struggle, she wipes her mouth on her own and doesn’t even realize it! HA! Gotcha baby! 🙂 I was so proud of myself when I figured that one out. Hmm, only took me about 2 months (it has been 2 months she’s been on solids, right?!) I’ll be a wise old mom by the time Tammy plops out her baby in June! YES! That’s right!! My good friend and doula is going to have a baby! WOOOOWEEEEE!!!!!! I know she is going to make a great mom and Mark is going to make a great dad. She visited us yesterday to share the great news! And like I mentioned, Sienna has stranger anxiety and since she hasn’t seen Tammy in quite a few months, we weren’t surprised she started crying when she saw Tammy. Well, no surprise that Tammy won her over in a matter of minutes! Singing and dancing for her and making her laugh, how could Sienna not just love her?
And this video cracks me up. I bought her some organic apple juice and diluted it half with water…
Apple Juice from Lisa on Vimeo.
And today in music class, Sienna was bumping noses with the baby next to us, Tebo. Then she started licking his head! That’s my kid! Always sticking out her tongue. I wasn’t fast enough with the camera to capture the licking or the nose bumping but thought this picture was cute.
