Random Post Sunday!

I thought it was time to break out some random pictures since it has been over a week since my last post...enjoy!

Cookies
Anyone who knows Chris knows how much he loves making cookies...and eating them too, of course! Not only does Brayden like to help Chris eat the cookies, but he also likes to help him make the cookies. Brayden has become an expert with the mixer. In fact, Brayden knows how to use the mixer better than I do!














Video Games
Brayden has taken his obsession of the Mickey House Clubhouse tv show to the computer! Chris and Brayden play games and print pictures on the computer for Brayden to color. He even received a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Great Driver award! I never dreamt that my 2 year old would be playing on the computer. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised...like father like son!!!













Lipstick
Grandma and Grandpa gave Sienna a cute toy purse for Valentine's Day that came with lipstick, money, keys, a mirror and a bracelet. The other morning I caught Sienna chewing on the lipstick and it looked like she was trying to put it on...backwards!



















The CARS Sofa
Brayden and Sienna aren't the only ones who like the new CARS sofa...I caught Stella taking a cat nap on it!

Valentines Fun

Valentines Day
We didn't have any plans to celebrate Valentines Day, but it ended up being a pretty special day. Before Chris left for work, he surprised me with a generous gift certificate to the spa! Since the kids were still sick, I decided we'd run some errands to get out of the house. We went to the mall and then to Babies R Us to get some diapers. The kids always do great at the mall in the double stroller, but I was a little nervous about taking them to Babies R Us since I had to use the shopping cart to put the boxes of diapers in. I knew that Sienna would sit in the shopping cart but I had no idea what I was going to do with Brayden! Since I didn't have any other options, I decided I'd just have to let Brayden walk...hoping that he wouldn't run off when he saw something he wanted to play with. I was really impressed with how well he listened to me...I only had to pick him up a couple of times in order to move us along. While we were there, I saw that they finally had the CARS sofa that we wanted to get Brayden for Christmas. The cart was already full with the 4 large boxes of diapers (2 in the basket and 2 in the bottom) but somehow I managed to balance the sofa on top of the 2 boxes in the basket. I wish I had had my camera...it was quite the sight! Luckily we made it back to the car without any problems...whew!

The CARS Sofa
Brayden and Sienna looked so cute sitting in Brayden's new sofa reading books.













Of course, Sienna got bored with the book and moved on to something more interesting...Brayden!


























I actually thought Sienna was going to plant a big kiss on Brayden...













But he managed to escape before things got too crazy!


















And of course Sienna followed him...forcing him to find safety in higher ground!













While Sienna was upstairs taking a nap, Brayden had fun pretending to take a nap in his sleeping bag.













While Brayden was taking a nap, Sienna had time to check out the sofa, too!



















Presents
Brayden and Sienna had lots of fun opening their Valentines Day presents from Grandma & Grandpa.













In an earlier post I mentioned that Brayden was on a picture strike. Unless I catch him in an action shot, this is how he "smiles" for the camera! Doesn't he look so sad????













Legos
Sienna found Brayden's box of Legos! Somehow she managed to pull the box out from under the coffee table and take the lid off...of course the legos went right into her mouth.













The Rocking Lion
We thought Sienna would have fun riding on Brayden's rocking lion, but all she really wanted to do was play with the lion's mane...

Happy 8 Month Birthday, Sienna!

It is hard to believe that another month has come and gone. It was a very busy month for little Sienna: 1) she started crawling, 2) she started pulling herself up, 3) she started cruising, and 4) she started walking with a walker! Oh, and I shouldn't forget the 6 teeth that popped through! What a crazy month! Even though all of her accomplishments are exciting, they have also been causing a few problems. Poor Brayden can't play with any of his toys without her coming over to "play". She especially loves to chew on his choo choo trains and tear apart his train tracks. I think Brayden's patience is wearing thin and I see their first real fight happening in the not-so-distant future. :(

Over the last month it has become increasingly more difficult to get a picture of Sienna...she refuses to sit still and smile for the camera! Here are a few random pictures that I managed to snap while she was playing this morning:














Sienna showing off all 8 teeth!













Sienna reading a book!



















Even though Brayden is on a picture strike, I managed to snap one of Chris pushing him around the house on his airplane!

VIDEO: Sienna Walkin' With the Walker

Since Sienna enjoys walking around the house while holding onto our hands I thought it would be fun to see what she'd do with Brayden's old walker. She did a lot better than I thought she would! At the end of the short video clip, Sienna runs into the bean bag chair (which you can't see) and she isn't quite sure why she stopped, so, she gives it a whirl one more time...

Random Post Sunday!

The Car
I was browsing through Brayden's old blog when I came across a picture of Brayden sitting on his car at the same age that Sienna is now. I am always looking for new ways to entertain Sienna because she gets bored quite easily. So, I thought it would be fun to see if she liked sitting on the car! Sienna did indeed like the car and had fun playing with all of the fun gadgets...she even managed to get off fairly gracefully!





















Uncle Scott
Brayden absolutely loves playing with Uncle Scott. I'm pretty sure that it's because Uncle Scott acts just like a 2 year old! haha! Brayden knew that Uncle Scott was coming over for dinner and as soon as he woke up from his nap, he said "I want to see Uncle Scott"! He could barely wait for him to show up. For 2 hours, the kids hung all over him while Chris and I thoroughly enjoyed having a mini-night off! However, I'm pretty sure that Uncle Scott was completely exhausted by the time he left!

VIDEO: Sienna's Cruising!

Cruising
Shortly after Sienna started pulling herself up, she started cruising very slowly around the furniture. The girl definitely keeps me busy now that she can move around the entire house. Not only does she get into absolutely everything, but she follows Brayden around and wants to do everything he is doing. Brayden is constantly telling Sienna "NO!" when she comes to play with him. The one thing he does like to do with Sienna is to play in his Thomas the Train tent. Just last night he asked Sienna to go into the tent with him...it was so cute!

Tooth Update
During the last 2 weeks, Sienna has had SIX teeth pop through! Luckily, Sienna is being such a trooper about the whole thing. With a little help from our good friend, Tylenol, she is still sleeping pretty good and is not very fussy. Unfortunately her eating isn't going quite as well. She won't drink much out of a bottle so her meals consist mostly of oatmeal, fruits, & vegetables. She looks so different with all those teeth!

Here's a 13 second clip of Sienna cruising the coffee table...enjoy!

Waking up!

When Sienna wakes up in the morning she likes to stand up, face the door, and babble on and on! Most of the time she will talk to herself for about 15-30 minutes before I come upstairs to get her. I can't wait until I can actually understand what she is saying!

Sienna's Love for Standing & Crackers

Yesterday was a big day for Sienna...she started pulling herself up onto her feet! I still remember when Brayden started pulling himself up (he was almost 8 months)...I hovered over him so I could catch him every time he fell. Unfortunately for Sienna, I am way more relaxed the 2nd time around and I am never there waiting to catch her when she falls. The poor girl is just going to have to get used to falling down!

Sienna getting into the toy box.













Sienna playing with her favorite chair.













Sienna saw one of Brayden's books on the table that she really wanted so she crawled onto the bean bag and then stood up! Unfortunately for Brayden she got to the book and ripped it! It's a good thing mommy's an expert with the tape!




















Sienna using the garbage truck to stand up.













Sienna is rarely graceful getting back down onto the floor!













Sienna had her first cracker for breakfast this morning and she loved it!!! In fact, when it was all gone she got a bit fussy.

Sienna wants to be just like her big brother! No matter what he is playing with, she wants to be right there playing, too. Luckily Brayden is usually pretty tolerant of her...however, I'm sure that will be changing soon!

She loves playing with his Thomas the Train trains...















She loves playing in his Thomas the Train tent...













However, Brayden draws the line at letting her play with his Matchbox garage. The other day I found him sitting on top of the ottoman so that Sienna couldn't "play" with him!



















Sienna's New View
Now that Sienna is able to pull herself up to her knees pretty consistently, she has a whole new view on life...she can play with the baskets of toys that are strategically placed around the living room!

She found the basket of trains...





















She found the rocking chair, which has quickly become her favorite place to play.













She also likes to play with Brayden's tree maze and his garbage truck.

Random Post Thursday!

Ready for Summer!
In every store that I went to, there were teeny tiny swimming suits saying "buy me, buy me"! I'm sure that no one will be surprised to hear that I just had to buy one...there is nothing cuter than a baby girl swimming suit! However, it was quite the dilemma trying to decide which size to buy. How am I supposed to know how much she'll grow between now and summer??? After debating with myself for what seemed like forever (I'm sure the the kids thought it seemed like forever, too!), I finally decided to go with the 18-24 month suit (it was returnable if I kept the tags on). This morning I finally decided to see just how big it was. Well, it is a good thing I didn't go any smaller because the swimming suit actually fits her pretty good now! At least the suit is stretchy...I'm praying that it will fit her all summer long. I couldn't resist taking her picture in the suit...she just looked too cute!





























Playing at the table!
Sienna can stand for a short period of time and play at Brayden's old table. She is also starting to pull herself up onto her knees and occasionally to her feet...and then of course she falls over since she doesn't have any concept of balance yet. Needless to say, she has bonked her head quite a few times lately. In fact, she has hit her head so many times that it doesn't even phase her anymore.


















Sienna's Push-ups
Sienna's started a workout regimen which includes lots of crazy push-ups!













Brayden's Art Easel
Brayden's favorite things to do at home are draw, play with play-doh, & do puzzles. He can even do a 24 piece CARS jigsaw puzzle all by himself!

VIDEO: Sienna's Crawling

For those of you who don't get to see Sienna very often, I thought I'd post a short video (22 seconds) of Sienna crawling so that you check out her new skills! Enjoy!

Boys will be boys!

Have I ever mentioned how much Brayden loves to jump? With the exception of his new favorite TV show, The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, it is his favorite thing to do! In the beginning we were absolutely opposed to him jumping off of any of the furniture in the house. After all, that is why we go to Gymboree! However, he was so determined to jump off of all of the furniture that we finally allowed him to jump off of one piece of furniture...the leather chair. Last night I finally remembered to take some pictures to share...enjoy!