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I crocheted a pair of leg warmers for Sienna last week. Since I haven’t crochet in awhile, I kept it real simple. Just a grey pair, single crochet. I tried to make a cuff in the first few rows by using a small hook and then switching to a bigger hook but I don’t think that made much difference. Here’s a video of her demonstrating them for us (try to ignore her parent’s goofy singing but I know you’re not going to).

She’s a Maniac from Lisa on Vimeo.
Then we went for a walk over the weekend and put them to the real test. It was meant to go over her pants but because this particular outfit had a wider leg, I put it straight onto her leg. They were a tad too big as they kept falling off but am confident they would stay on over pants.

The gloves go with the hat she’s wearing in the below picture but they are too big for her hands. The hat is a little big too but it’s better than the gloves. And they can’t fall off and get lost.

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I made some butternut squash for Sienna last week after Liz and Mummy told me it’s pretty popular among babies. I found half a squash already peeled and seeded at Stop and Shop. I filled up more than 6 containers and 3 glass containers and I think the squash was less than $2! I also pureed some bananas for her too. She loves them both!

Grandpa feeding her squash on Saturday! And here’s the video!

Grandpa feeds Sienna from Lisa on Vimeo.

Here grandma is feeding her breakfast Sunday morning. In the video you can see Grandpa and Auntie Carol-Anne are on video chat with us!

Grandma feeds Sienna from Lisa on Vimeo.

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1st Crawl on video from Lisa on Vimeo.

Now to learn to keep my mouth shut while taping! HA!

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Grandma M is in town for 2 weeks and came in Friday night. She’s going to stay a week with Liz and the kids and then with us for a week. We had them over for lunch yesterday. This is the first time Sienna is hanging out with her cousins since June and a lot has changed since then! She’s really getting the hang of sitting up on her own and will probably start crawling any day now. She can get on all fours and crawl backwards but not forwards yet. And the way she sits up is by getting on all fours and pushing herself up into a sitting position. And she just started doing that, like this weekend! We’ll find her sitting up in her crib when we go get her in the morning.

Sienna kept lifting up her dress and showing us her goods so Liz went over to tickle her tummy.

The girls are munching on some chips and of course Skippy is not far behind, waiting for some crumbs to fall. He managed to get a few.

Poor Grandma! Sienna hasn’t seen her in person since April and only on the computer via video since then so she wasn’t used to seeing her in person!

Evidence of her sitting up and now she started to put her hand on the crib edge! Yves lowered the mattress that very day! (We tried to put her down for a nap after her afternoon bottle but no go and this is how Yves found her.)

Hanging out with her cousins Eli and Maia!

We were asking Maia to give Sienna bisou and she gave her a bunch of them. I have it on video and it’s very cute. It looks like Eli is forcing her but she’s just holding her head.

This might be my favorite picture of the day!

Sienna is getting ready to watch the very exciting Colts vs. Patriots game with her daddy.

Of course Sienna and Grandma started bonding near the end of the evening! And Grandma is finally able to hold Sienna without her crying just as she is leaving!

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Last night Sienna did something that she hasn’t done in months. She woke up in the middle of the night! Ok, I guess I should rephrase that because sometimes I do hear her wake up throughout the night but she usually goes back to sleep on her own. And she’s been pretty much sleeping through the night since about May. But last night she would not go back to sleep and kept crying and crying. At first, we let her be, thinking she would go back to sleep on her own. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes…I went in to console her, she quieted down. Maybe 10 minutes later she was crying again. This went on from 11 pm to about 1:30 am. I gave her a paci, then a cold teething toy, then some baby orajel on her gums…it did not work. For some reason, I did not think she was hungry but at 1:30 decided to make a bottle of formula, only 4 oz because I didn’t think it would do anything but at that time, I was desperate. Well, what do you know? It worked! She chugged away on it, drank the whole thing and fell asleep in my arms. After about 5-10 minutes, I transfered her to her crib and didn’t hear from her until morning. I’m so glad Yves was home from work because he did the morning feeding while I tried to sleep some more. It was so long since she’s done this that it threw us for a loop and we didn’t know what to do. I just hope it doesn’t become a regular thing! But if it happens again, I’m making that bottle first thing!

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Well, Sienna didn’t really participate in anything Halloweeny yesterday as it was hard to find stuff to do for babies her age for Halloween. Believe me, I looked! I did put her in an Ipod onesie as a sort of costume. I figured there will be many years of Halloween she will be able to indulge in.

Working the ipod!

Here she is signing some Halloween cards for her cousins in Queens. We were too late to send one to her cousin in Jamaica.

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Yep, Sienna has been eating solids for a little over a month now. I called the ped. and he said I can give her an extra feeding of solids (from 2x to 3x)! I can give her some yogurt, some pureed chicken mixed into something else (or turkey) and then eventually ground meat!! Wow! That makes me a little nervous but I’ll get over it. I need to get some ice cube trays so I can start making my own bananas and sweet peas for Sienna to eat. She really likes sweet potatoes but everytime I look at them at the store, they are just so funky! LOL.

That’s her pal, Tito Turtle next to her.

The fall weather is finally here and Sienna is ready!

Auntie Tammy and Uncle Mark sent Sienna a Halloween card. She promptly puts it into her mouth!

Last week Sienna also got a cold for the first time! I noticed she was sneezing a lot more than normal during our music class and her nose was runny. Poor thing! By the time Yves came home, she was pretty stuffed up. We gave her a bath in that vapor bath stuff for babies. I ran out to the drug store and bought like a bunch of shit for her. Chest rub, saline drops for her nose (I used that bulb squeezie thing!-needless to say, she’s not a fan of it) and this battery operated vaporizer that’s supposed to help her breath. We were prepared to have a restless night but she was pretty good. There were a few times she cried out. The first time, Yves went into her room to soothe her and she fell back to sleep. All the other times, she went back to sleep on her own. By the next afternoon, she was already getting better! We went to Target and I bought a humidifier for her room. I’m not sure if that really did anything but by Wednesday, she was fine!

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Crash into my arms, originally uploaded by luluvision.

I went to see Morrissey last night at Hammerstein. I can’t believe I almost didn’t go! Brenda had extra tickets so me, Robyn, Alison, Francis and his wife snatched them up. I met Alison and Robyn earlier for dinner at The Dish in Chelsea and then got to the venue a little after 8. I didn’t care much for the opener, Kristeen Young. Moz came on at 9 and played for an hour and 40 minutes!! Here’s the setlist I got via brooklynvegan:

Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
Billy Budd
All You Need Is Me
Irish Blood, English Heart
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Human Being
I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Tomorrow
That’s How People Grow Up
Jack The Ripper
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
The Loop
Sister, I’m A Poet
Stretch Out And Wait
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself?
Death Of A Disco Dancer
Disappointed
Dear God, Please Help Me
How Soon Is Now?

Encore:
First Of The Gang To Die

I was so excited that he played Sister I’m a poet and Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself? 2 of my fave Moz songs. The show was awesome! I didn’t bother trying to sneak a camera in so I thought I’d mark the event by taking a picture of Sienna in my old concert shirts. I wasn’t crazy about the shirts last night plus they were $35!!

the quintessential Moz look

the “mom these shirts smell like the 90’s!” look

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We finally got an umbrella stroller and I put it to use last week and went on the subway! woohoo! Those who know me know that riding the subway with Sienna is not my favorite thing. It’s part laziness (all the stuff to bring!) and part anxiousness (what if something happens and it’s just me and her!) But just like driving, the more I do it with her, the easier it will be. And this stroller makes it so easy because it is soooo light!! So we went to meet Diana and Dakota at Union Square last Thursday, had a Thai lunch and hung out in the park.

Sienna likes to reach for things and grab whatever she can get her hands on nowadays, including my necklace, my hair, Yves’ chest hair and glasses. We’re trying to teach her how to pet Skippy. It’s still a work in progress!

Over the weekend, we went into the city (yes, again! Can you believe it?) to Madison Square Park. They were having some kind of autumn celebration for kids. We mostly just hung out on the bench and listened to the kid’s band play.

And check it out! 2 of Yves’ pictures of Kagero made it onto a local magazine website and one on the cover of the actual mag! woohoo! The magazine is called 24 Seven. Click on the featured story “Asian fusion for the ear: Kagero rocks Brooklyn’s Bar 4” to see the other picture.

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Me and Sienna have been taking a Music Together class in Bay Ridge and had about 4 classes now. At first I wasn’t sure if I should do it since I already sing and dance for her all day long but I’m glad I did. It’s nice to have a constant place to go to every week and nice to hang out with a bunch of other moms and their babies. Sienna is actually the oldest baby in the group! I find it funny that she’s constantly looking around at everyone while every other baby is looking at their moms. She does look at me too but she really enjoys looking at everything else. I don’t blame her, if I had to stare at myself all day long…LOL! I finally took a couple of pictures this week at class. Of course when the instruments come out, they go straight into her mouth.

will she go for it?

of course she will!

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