LucKy DuCkS!!!

Some of you may laugh at this post and some may be green with envy but we just feel extremely blessed! My dad gave us one of the greatest gifts you can imagine- he has eliminated debt in our life! Our one and only ounce of debt was our car so he GAVE us a minivan so we could sell our car! From here on she will be referred to as 'the baby limo'- I am sure you can all guess Omar came up with that one!

So without further adieu here she is!

To add to our long lists of blessings we put our car on craig's list Wednesday night late, yesterday someone came and looked at it and as I write this O is off sealing the deal! We have loved this car- it is the first car we bought together, we drove off from our wedding in this car, and we brought Sienna home from the hospital in it- we LOVE you Galant and wish you luck in the future! I know I am totally pregnant but such great memories!

We are off to start great memories in 'the baby limo' tonight! We are taking her on our first road trip together- we are off to Utah AGAIN to bring some cheer (Sienna and James) to Grandpa Vawdrey, he is not feeling so hot so whatever we can do to make him smile!

DAD THANKS FOR ALWAYS BEING GENEROUS AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HELPING OUR LITTLE FAMILY!

P.S. Sienna is coming to give you a big slobery kiss to say thanks- she loves her limo!

9 month check-up

Last week Sienna had her 9 month check up and she has grown WAY TOO MUCH!

WEIGHT: 19 lbs 12 oz (75th percentile)

LENGTH: 29 inches (90th percentile)

She is loving to stand and why wouldn't she with those thick little thighs??? I know you are all jealous that you do not have those juicy thighs at your house to pinch and kiss :)

-UTAH-

I feel like I have not blogged in ages- because we have been playing in Utah for a whole week! My mom and dad are the best- they flew us to Utah and spoiled us with fun, entertainment, good food, free babysitting, and of course some r & r! We had the best time being together as a family and just getting away for a week! I am anti-slide shows so here goes a long post!

GRANDMA & MADDIE

grandma and her girls

these cousins LOVE playing together

UNCLE MIKEY

man he is fun to play with- big ears, big nose...

the wild and crazy pair


the bribery to make her like him

the matching shirt bros

he must taste good too huh?



RIDING BIKES & ENJOYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD


Omar racing the girls down the road

enjoying weather under 100 degrees



grandpa entertaining his girls-- this reminds me of my dad entertaining us as kids except he was on a 3 wheeler and we were on sleds or he was driving a boat and we were on tubes- one of the only things that has changed is that he always seemed to be trying to kill us!

GRANDMA & GRANDPA VAWDREY

gotta love that cussin old man



grandma and grandpa were dying to babysit so we enjoyed a night out as adults- this is the sight we pulled up to at the end of the night! How sweet!

OUR BIG GETAWAY

Our favorite part of this awesome trip was this... my dad got Omar and I a wonderful room at a great resort in Heber and my mom babysat while we went overnight. It was absolutely perfect, we had a fun dinner at the resort and yummy pastries. The next morning we slept in and ordered breakfast in bed, then enjoyed a morning of shopping!

standing outside the resort



our self-timer picture of our yummy breakfast in bed

QUICK OVERVIEW

We played hard and got into a little trouble (we have no idea exactly how she got into that basket)!

and we rested and relaxed! (yes this picture is real)

THANKS MOM AND DAD-- WE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF OUR TRIP!

Sienna Lately...

Looking over my blog I realized I have been a total slacker at posting about the latest Sienna news, so here is the last month in a nutshell! Sienna's personality seems to come out a little more everyday-- she is wild and crazy. She is always cracking up and getting so excited she tries to jump out of her own skin! She loves to clap and shake her up and down or side to side, she loves saying 'dada', she loves to lick everything from tile to mirrors to Brady's head, she is a total squealer, she loves to play with her dad's nose, she is crawling but loves her crazy army crawl the best, she loves to pull herself up on everything and get into as much as she can reach, she loves to feed herself- anyway she can with a masher, a dipper or picking up bite size pieces, she got too long for her infant carseat and graduated to her bigger one, she has 0 teeth, she is adorable but don't get too close or she will pull your hair or scratch you and if you are really lucky she will grab your cheeks, scream, and go at you with a big wet open-mouth kiss!

thinking it is fun to climb over Brady

sharing the saucer

watching a monsoon storm from the front door in her new bike- thanks grandma!

squinting in the wind

they always want the same toy!

the new rides! Sad day in my life!

getting into the coasters and magazines- some of the funnest toys in our house!

SaN diEgO

Sienna and I just got back from a short trip to San Diego. Omar had 2 tests and a final so we left him to study and finish up summer school so we could come home and have him back almost all to ourselves (minus that whole job thing :)). It was fun to be out of the heat for a few days and see family and a few friends! There is just never enough time to do everything we want to!

me, Sienna, Kim, and Skyla

these cute babies are only 8 days apart

Si enjoying time with Grandma and her cousins Noah and Kailey

Sienna is a huge fan of the male species- no matter age or size she LOVES them and Noah was no exception! This is one of her famous open mouth screaming kisses- notice the face grab!

the cousins

enjoying the Eddington's and their pool- they were the best to let us stay again and enjoy them and their home! Don't you love Kirra practicing her back float?

Mak and Sienna watching Sesame Street

Kirra, Si, Makaila, and our little bride Dani- these girls could not give Si enough love and attention!

my great friend Tara and her new baby Ava

the last day at grandma and grandpa Fabian's Sienna was giving me the 'take me home to daddy' look!

Going to San Diego made me miss the place I considered home- the wonderful friends, the great weather and the beautiful surroundings but as amazing as SD is I was so excited to come HOME to where my heart truly is- with my sweet husband!

Daddy's Girl!

Oh my does this little girl have her daddy wrapped around her finger!!! The other night we could not get a babysitter for our weekly date night so Sienna tagged along in her pj's! We met Omar for dinner after work and on the way Sienna was being a little pill in the car- so I told O he got to drive home with her. I guess she started getting fussy on the drive home and O reached back to give her the binky (which she does not need help with- faker :)), as he went to pull his had away she grabbed it, so he drove the whole way home with his arm reaching into the backseat holding her hand. When we pulled in the garage I wondered why he was not getting out so I went over to the car and he whispered, "I think she is asleep, so I don't want to move and wake her up!" So I open the back door to find this- a wide awake daddy's girl!

holding daddy's hand

as O started to pull his hand away this is what she did


so he sat there for another minute and she held on for dear life!

quick trip

My parents could not wait one more month to see Sienna, so they flew me and Si to Salt Lake even though they are flying us all up there next month! We left O in the heat studying his days away! Sienna and I had a great time with family and a few great friends! We enjoyed eating, shopping, relaxing, swimming, and just being with people we love! We missed Omar so much and we were so excited to see him at the airport- Sienna looked at him like- oh good you are back, now hold me!

Sienna and Maddie at lunch

Maddie thought it was fun to stand on the jumper and bounce Sienna- of course Si loved it!

Grandpa making Sienna ice skate (maddie's interpretation)

Sienna hiding grandma- silly grandma!

Sienna and great grandma Vawdrey


Sienna and Maddie playing the piano



We decided to have Maddie and Sienna's pictures taken and Sienna was horrified by the photographer so we were lucky to get a few good ones!

thanks Tami and Katie for the matching outfits

Yesterday I hit 20 weeks exactly on Sienna's 8 month birthday-- crazy huh?