Thanksgiving Weekend

We hosted Thanksgiving at our home. Siena's godparents (Jackie & Steve), Jackie's sister, Kim, and a friend of Steve's, Lori, spent the holiday with us. It was such an enjoyable day!

We went on a couple of excursions this weekend. On Friday we drove up to Government Camp on Mt. Hood to let Siena experience the snow. Then on Saturday we went to Zoo Lights at the Oregon Zoo. They were fun trips to take all together!

First Haircut - November 10, 2007

Mommy trimmed Siena's hair to give her some bangs. (Her hair kept falling in her eyes and she had been looking a little untamed.) ;) It was tricky! Siena did okay, but really didn't like the process much. There were a few tears by the end after trying to even out the quick snips that were done. She wanted out of that chair!

Our 11 Month Old

Siena at 2 months old (above), compared to her at 11 months (below).

We can hardly believe it... Siena is already 11 months old (as of November 5th). This picture shows how long she is in comparison to an earlier picture. Wow! (And it sure is difficult to get her to stay still long enough to snap a photo at this stage! So different than in earlier months.) Siena wants to crawl all over the place, and now pull herself up on furniture and whatever she can get her hands on. She's even beginning to "cruise" a little bit. Very exciting! ;)

Early November Happenings

SIENA HAS MAIL!!! Siena's Grandma and Grandpa Kelsey live in Michigan and have started to send her cards regularly. How exciting! (Thank you!)

Siena's Grandma Braley came to stay the week with us, so that I could be available to do some substitute teaching for the week. On one of the four days that I didn't work we went to the Oregon Zoo. Siena enjoyed showing her Grandma some of her favorite exhibits. ;) We all had a wonderful week together! (Thank you, Grandma!!! We appreciate you!)

Siena received a beautifully handcrafted poncho from our neighbor, Sandra. Isn't she adorable?! :) I've also included a photo of her crawling. She's quite efficient at it now that she's been crawling for about a month. This week she has started to pull herself up to standing A LOT. It's just a matter of time before she starts cruising around furniture, etc.

Siena's First Halloween!

Siena had a full first Halloween. Siena and I started off the afternoon by watching my former school's Halloween parade. Then early this evening we took her trick-or-treating to a few of our neighbors' houses. (Michael and I have to agree that Halloween has never been this fun, but then again, Siena makes almost everything fun!)

Getting ready to go trick-or-treating...


Siena's first house to trick-or-treat.

Siena was an adorable pumpkin. Mommy decided to dress up as a cat...Siena's favorite animal! (Just ask Misty, our cat!) ;)

With our good friends/neighbors.

The Days Leading Up To Halloween

Siena's second time eating country vegetable chicken soup. (First soup, first times eating chicken.) Yum! Yum!

Fun with the leaves from our walk at Summerlake Park (Oct. 26th).

Jackie and Steve came over for dinner and pumpkin carving. It was a lot of fun, and Siena enjoyed teething on jack-o-lantern lids.

The babes were all dressed up in their Halloween Costumes for playgroup. So cute!

Siena is eating her first cracker all by herself!

Living Room/Library Painted and Updated

We painted our front room (living room) and turned it into our library with these shelves that we bought and put together. This room will finally be complete once we put some drapes or valances up to help dress up the room. We're very excited about the fun color, Sweet Baby Rose!