Sienna's Milestones

So I went back to work May 1st with a lot of assistance from our parents, a nanny friend, and Gilead nannies. We were able to achieve our goal of keeping Sienna out of daycare for those short 6 weeks until summer vacation. My parents came out on my mom's birthday. (Cody had quite the difficult but funny (kindof :) time trying to keep her birthday cake a surprise!) It was the first time Poppa met Sienna in person. They enjoyed many walks together. We went to Greg's softball tourney and the classic Santa Cruz Boardwalk. The last weekend they were here was the first the Greg's rents were here too. So it seemed fitting to have Sienna's naming ceremony when both grandparents could attend. Barb organized the program and John put it all together in a sweet booklet and we spent a great afternoon at the beach in Half Moon Bay. We finally bought one of those cool beach tents that's opened on one side. It proved quite handy since it was sunny and windy at the beach. We came home and had a nice big Italian dinner then Nana and Poppa took the red eye home. Grammie and Pops took the next week and had fun with the kids all over town. The following weekend we all rented a mini van and drove up to our friend's wedding in Redding. This couple met at our wedding! It was at a beautiful ranch in Northern California. During the day we got to walk to a waterfall, Greg jumped in of course. Then we kayaked at Whiskeytown Lake. Summer had begun!

Both sets of grandparents said that Sienna was so close to rolling over on her tummy while they were here, but the very day after Grammie and Pops left (on Memorial Day) she did in front of Greg! She also moved into her own room and now the co sleeper is all packed up for Paige's baby. My friend Jillian and her daughter watched Sienna for the next three weeks. The girls got along quite well-both love talking, taking walks, listening to music, and playing outside. So going back to work was a pretty smooth transition and we're so thankful for all the love, care, and support from our family and friends.

Another Sienna milestone was back in early May she started laughing. She has a funny, deep belly laugh. She loves her baths and has been swimming a couple of times at our friend's pool in the most fabulously cute swimsuits.She recently started to really love her Johnny jump up swing which is so fabulous during dinner time! We fondly remembered Cody jumping his way through months of Greg and I enjoying our dinner. (Side note-Cody is king of saying Grace- he must take after Grammie, Paige and Kyle. It's a nice tradition he's started for our family dinners, if only the peace would continue after he's finished eating and Greg and I are talking about our days ;) Speaking of food, Sienna's very close to cutting through her two bottom teeth and in the last two weeks-very interested in food. So with her doc's approval I got the rice cereal and here we go again.
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Ahhh it's 2 and after some struggle with Cody I got both napping! Sienna's a total predictable napper. She does her morning at 9 then afternoon around 1-2 in her crib or on the road. Cody still needs a nap, especially after his swim lesson this morning, but tries to be the master manipulator to stall it almost every time. It's funny he just finally fell asleep in the hallway on the ground. (Which is also his m o at bedtime too recently.) At daycare they sleep on the ground on mats so I guess that's most familiar to him. Whatever it takes I say! Now I have time for this and I've been in full on birthday party mode for his Sunday festivities. I finally got a Costco membership in preparation and have to say I left there with a shopping buzz-it was extraordinary!

Yes it's summer! It's nice not to have grad class or anything but hanging out with the kids, working out, and enjoying family fun days. We've been lucky to have many family friend fun days with the Goldfarbs and this weekend will be their last on the left coast. Cody is happily taking take of their fish in his new fish tank, but definitely will miss Josh, Susan, Abby (now I'm confused-I think they may be the wrong spelling again-man!) and Jake. Our good friend Cherie is moving too. Both are moving to places, Jersey and Colorado, that we visit often so although we won't see each other at Josh's regular weekend BBQs, we'll meet up on our yearly trips. Well back to party planning. It's going to be wild!!!