Books, Food, Babysitter, & Grandparents

We really enjoyed Grandma and Grandpa Braley's visit this month. They enjoyed watching Siena CRAWL all over. (She starting crawling on October 11th, and she's very fast now!) Siena loves her new mobility. :)

Siena is typically an excellent eater. (She is starting to be a little picky at certain meals. We can usually count on her not eating much at one of them. Asserting her power. ;) ) She is really getting into her finger foods, though.

Here Siena is with her babysitter, Vickie.




Siena LOVES her books!!! Taking out many of her books and pouring over them is one of her favorite independent activities. It is really cute! Some of her favorite books are: This Little Chick, Baby Beluga, Chicka Chicka ABC, If You're Happy And You Know It, There's a Cow In The Cabbage Patch, Five Little Pumpkins, and Biscuit's Pet & Play Halloween. She's starting to crawl into our laps and look to us to read her a book. So much fun!

10 Months Old! (October 5, 2007)

Our sweet Siena is 10 months old. It is amazing how quickly the time is going!

This month she is eating more finger foods (steamed broccoli and carrots, kiwi pieces, Cheerios, bread pieces are some of the newer ones). The biggest news is that Siena started CRAWLING on October 11th and now has 2 new teeth (the bottom central incisors). Congratulations, Siena!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch at Lakeview Farms north of Hillsboro with some of our playgroup friends. It was a lot of fun...there was a train that took us to the pumpkin patch and a boat that took us back across the small lake. It was a bit chilly, but we had a great time anyways...no rain...what luck!

Our Big Trip: September 21-October 1, 2007

Michael, Siena, & I flew to Michigan to spend time with Siena's Grandma & Grandpa Kelsey, Grandma Trish & Grandpa Wiznerowicz, and Aunt Tina and cousin, Jason. We were able to visit the Saginaw Zoo, Dow Gardens, Bronner's Christmas World, & the Nature Center's Fall Festival. It was a good time! Siena sure did love all of the attention!!!

We drove from Michigan to New Jersey, passing through Ohio and Pennsylvania. The first night we stayed just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. The next morning we toured Fallingwater, the beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright home. Hershey, PA was our next stop. The Hershey Museum and Hershey Chocolate World were interesting (and the treats were yummy, too)!

We ended our trip by visiting Siena's Aunt Michelle & Uncle Steve in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, which is just about 45 minutes outside of NYC. We drove into the city both weekend days: on the first day we experienced the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), on the second day we enjoyed part of Central Park. It was wonderful to be all together AND get to have such fun!

Summit Ridge Neighborhood's 1st Annual BBQ

Today we had our first community barbeque, which was a lot of fun. There were about 120 people who showed up for the event. Mommy is on the Social Committee for our neighborhood of 135 homes, and helped to put it on. Of course, she wouldn't have been able to help without Daddy, because he took such good care of me today so that she could do other things. Mommy & Daddy make a great team!

"Uncle" Steve's Birthday - September 9, 2007

We were happy to be able to celebrate Siena's godfather's (we call him "Uncle" Steve...she has another Uncle Steve, as well...) birthday last weekend. Doesn't it look like Siena can't wait to have her own birthday cake? :)

Visits to Florence - September 2007

Siena and Mommy traveled to Florence, Oregon to spend time with our family twice in the first couple of weeks of September. We had family from many locations there to see Siena's Great-Grandpa Braley one last time. It was good to be with family, although it was a sad time to see someone we love in his last days. We did get out to enjoy the beautiful weather and one another's company a couple of times.

Great-Grandpa Braley passed away early on September 12th. We are all so sad to have lost him, but we were so lucky to have so many years with him. He was 92 years old.