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Yves is in Palm Springs this week for work. The place he’s staying at doesn’t have a wireless, high speed connection so we can’t do a video chat (what hotel doesn’t have that???) so this entry is to update him on some of the things that were going on this week!

Wednesday night we went to celebrate the Year of the Rat at my parents house. They have the big celebration on the eve but we also had lunch with them on the day.

I thought I would also show some of the mischief she is getting into this week.

Over the Barrier and into the rest of the house!

Squeezing into a corner I’m not supposed to be in


Climbing out of my high chair and must now be buckled in again!

And this is not mischief but wanted to show how her top tooth is coming in! Taken today outside Kohl’s.

And close up

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Sienna Giants Collage, originally uploaded by luluvision.

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Saturday we had everyone over for a late lunch (we were just missing JP, Carol-Anne and Gaby!). My MIL made Jamaican food, everyone’s favorite, ackee and saltfish, jerk chicken, unjerk chicken, plantains, rice & peas and bammy’s. Also some potatoes and I made broccolis. For dessert, I made cookies and cream ice cream with the maker and Yves’ favorite cookies and pumpkin cookies. Everything was delicious and we stuffed ourselves!

Ackee and Saltfish

Cookies and Cream ice cream (came out much better than the plain vanilla)

Grandpa says YAY!

Telling Sienna more important stuff.

Liz, Maia and Sylvain (and my pumpkin cookies on the table)

Liz and Sienna

Grandma and Sienna

Sylvain conked out on the sofa while Eli and Maia goof around.

And here is a video of the kids playing!

Blocks with her cousins from Lisa on Vimeo.

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Sienna is really starting to get into playing Peek A Boo. Sometimes she’ll start the game during the middle of having her bottle. It just cracks me up that she gets the concept of the game. Plus it makes her laugh so much! I know my friend Pete will really get a kick out of this video I took of a recent game, more from my sillyness than anything Sienna is doing!

Peek A Boo! from Lisa on Vimeo.

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We went to a trial class at the Little Gym on Wednesday. I didn’t take very many pictures. Here are a couple of her being very watchful and taking it all in before she actually does anything.

Here is a video of Sienna enjoying bubble time.

Bubbles Bubbles! from Lisa on Vimeo.

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We didn’t do much over the holiday weekend. 2 of the days were really cold. We’ve started the Let It Go project otherwise known as the Why Do We Still Have This? project. I joined a Brooklyn freecycle group on Yahoo and already got rid of, I mean, passed along my old Orange Handspring (still works!) and original Nintendo Game Boy with attachable light. There’s another boxful of stuff I need to list as well. It takes a little more effort for this but it feels good that someone else can use this stuff and not fill up the landfill.

Sienna’s checking her e-mail!

That’s Neo!

Yo Neo, what’s up! Want the snowman’s scarf?

That looks like fun!

It is fun!

Sienna had her 10 month check up last week and she grew an inch since her last check up at 8 months! It surprisd the doctor because he said usually by this time, they don’t grow much in length. She’s gonna be a tall baby!

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GO Giants!, originally uploaded by luluvision.

No words are needed for this picture!

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Changing Table from Lisa on Vimeo.

If you don’t have the password, please leave me a comment and I’ll send it to you!

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!

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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.

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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!

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