Time to play a little catch-up on the blog - and I have tons of photos for ya!  It’s been so busy around here that I’ve barely packed.  Yikes.  Gotta do that.

Siena turned 9 mos. on the 16th of September - and I’m just now writing about it!!  She weighed in at 18lbs, 8 oz (50th percentile) and was 29 inches long (95th percentile).  Our growing girl!  She is doing so many fun things now…and keeping me HOPPING!  She’s definitely on the MOVE…doing the army crawl all over the house, pulling herself to standing (just this last week!), and going from laying down to sitting up all on her own.  She sprouted her top front two teeth this last week too, not to mention all the hair that is coming in!  She is gradually eating more table food, but still has a tendency to gag on things, so we’re taking it slow.  She likes beans, small pieces of bread, grapes, and yogurt.  One of our favorite games is touching our pointer fingers to one another when I tell her “I Love YOU”, clapping her hands, doing high-fives, waving bye-bye, saying Mama (sometimes) and Dada (a lot!), and “rubbing noses.”  (Gg (my mom) taught her that last one!)  She also loves to stick her finger up her nose and just sit there for awhile.  Seriously?!  It’s making me CRAZY!  Whenever she sucks her thumb, she sticks her pointer finger up one nostril.  So convenient to have that “hole” there to rest her finger!  :o)  It seems like she can do something new every day!  So many changes…where did my tiny newborn go?

Ryan took Siena’s 9 month photos while he was home…I love this photo…

Of course, Ryan just looked at the blog and wanted me to add this:  ”Of course, neither of the flower photos tells the true story: the subsequent and complete destruction of the flower by Four-tooth-fussers. Yup. Oh the petals.”  It’s true…we had the hardest time keeping her from eating the flowers and there were orange petals EVERYWHERE!

Two weekends ago, Ryan came for a visit.  We took Siena on her FIRST hike in the mountains!  We hiked Maxwell Falls in Evergreen, CO and Siena loved every minute of it.  She sang (loudly!) most of the way and tried to touch every tree we passed!  Cracked us up!  She’s truly a Colorado girl!

Hamming it up with Dad…

Hiking with our girl…

Siena touching the trees as we passed…

My family was in town this last week - my sister, her husband, and my niece, Mady, as well as my grandparents from Utah.  We had such fun together and Siena just adored Mady, who is now 8 years old!  Siena had to touch her, be near her, and squeal at her!  I’m not sure Mady was quite as thrilled at the little baby who kept pulling at her nose or touching the toys she was playing with.  Mady definitely didn’t like it when Siena cried - kept telling her to Shhhh!  :o)  Thanks for coming for a visit everyone!  It was so fun seeing you!

Four Generations! - My Bo (mom’s mom), my mom, me, and Siena

Look who’s standing!…

Getting kisses from Mady and Auntie Heather…

Bo, Paw, & Mady…

Gg and her girls…

PopPop and his girls!  Siena loved to touch her cousin Mady non-stop!  Mady was such a good sport!

Auntie Heather & Siena…

Siena and I are off to Kansas City tomorrow to go visit Ryan.  We are looking forward to it and should have some fun photos to share with you when we get back!