21 month update!

Earlier this month Sienna, my mom and I went to a kids park in San Francisco for a photoshoot. It was a great day! My co-worker's wife is a photographer http://www.petitepixels.com , and it was a great opportunity for us to capture Sienna at this age where she is running around now and can enjoy the play park. Her favorite park acitivity is the slide.

Favorite activites this month: buckling (high chair, stroller, car seat) good thing she can't unbuckle yet!, trying to do everything herself (dressing, putting on shoes, moving her furniture), and climbing.

Pho Challenge

Friday night, we took Sienna to the city for dinner with old friends from college. We went to a Vietnamese resturant, Pho Garden, which is known for their 3x extra large noodle soup challenge. I believe if you can finished the bowl within 1 hour you get your meal for free, and picture taken with the "I did it!" trophy bowl.
At every large table there were a few brave willing to try the challenge. The waitress informs everyone of the new challenger and we all cheer. I think 3 guys managed to finish during the time we were there.
At our table, only our friend Joko was willing to try. In the end, Sienna took over his bowl of soup. She loves to eat!

20 Month Update

Sienna is toddler talking more each day.

More and More words

Sienna is repeating everyone. For the first time, she started combing words too. The new words in the past few days include:

turtle, Hi Dadda, black, baby, Nena (Sienna), me, meat, juice, bib

I think she's gone through another growth spurt. It's sad to pack away old shoes and clothes, athough it was fun having to run out with her on the weekend to buy some summer outfits. :)

I was playing back the video caputures for Sienna. We watch the most recent to all the way back when she was 3months old. She kept pointing at herself, smiling, and saying, "Nena, Nena, Nena!" until we got to the 3 month videos.

Sienna got very mad and jealous ( in the videos she was holding one of her stuff bears). I realized at that point, she didn't recognize herself anymore. I couldn't convince her it was still Sienna. She didn't like seeing a baby playing with her things.

Her are pictures from the 22nd of June and earlier this month.

Happy 19 months, Sienna!

Sienna enjoys the backyard

Her many expressions

lots of new words!

This is a mid-month update. Sorry, no pictures this time. I just had to write down all the new things Sienna's been saying this week, before I forget.

Grandma

Purple!

Dee ( I don't know what that actually means but she says it a lot)

Bye-bye and hi (she understood the meaning for months now, but she's finally saying the words!)

It rained this morning and a couple of snails were on the walkway as we walked to the car. Sienna carefully walked around each snail she passed, waved, and said "bye-bye". It was super cute.

She'll be chatting away soon!

Happy Memorial Day

We are all still sick, but Sienna was well enough to explore the backyard today.

18 month Sienna

Sienna spots bugs in the trees

Sienna and a mouthful of new teeth

18 month update

I don't have pictures from yesterday (Sienna turned 18 months!) We were both home very sick, and slept most of the day away. Sienna has been sick all week long on top of having more molars coming in. She's been miserable, but today there were a few moments of happy playful Sienna. I'll take pictures as soon as her nose and eyes stop running :(

Updates-

New favorite words: Noooo, pippo (hippo), and nana (banana)

Loves: Stickers! I bought Sienna a small notebook designated for scribbling and stickers. Its a very serious activity for her.