10 Months

Siena turned 10 months old on the 14th of July while we were on vacation in Aptos, CA, and MY, is she a big girl. I rode my bike down to Mother&Baby Source yesterday and found that she weighs 21lbs, 15oz which puts her in the 82nd percentile for weight and measures 30.25 inches, which is in the 96th percentile for height.

Notable accomplishments?

- She applied for her first passport because we're going to Cancun in September with the Foresters. (Yessss!)

- She can tear apart the game chest like nobodyI've ever seen (except maybe Hayden and Halle).

-She can definitely army crawl, go from belly to sitting, and sometimes pull herself up to standing. Still no official crawl.

- She's getting some more teeth on the bottom.

- She rode her first two roller coasters at the boardwalk. The Carousel (wow) and the Pepsi Trucks.

- She loves people food and now poops almost daily. Sad times for mom.

(No picture, for your sake and Siena's dignity.)

- She has lots more hair, and it's blond!

- She said her first "word." Sounds like DUH but comes out every time we see a DUHg. (Dog.)



- She has mastered riding on the shoulders, even while sleeping, and using dad's ears as handles.

Summatime and the Livin's...

BUSY!
Siena reached 9 months on the 14th of JUNE and I have yet to update on her progress because life has been just that - busy. I weighed the blonde babe at Mother and Baby Source a few days after her monthiversary and she was right at 21 lbs. She has cut two teeth and has added a few tricks to her repertoire. Shiloh pointed out that at this point, Trouble had more skills, but we hope that Siena will pass up the dear old family dog (RIP) soon. :)

She is following in her older cousin's footsteps with the addition of "crazy head."



And recently she added "stretch."



Pulling up on things.



Toe Sucking.



She still can't crawl, but is getting closer with a funny combo of wiggling, planking, and rolling.



We've also spend a lot of time at the pool lately, and Siena stuns all the crowd when she enters with her cute bikini a-la-Bethany.



We've been to the Farmer's Market in Central Park the last few Wednesday evenings with friends.





We celebrated my birthday on the 14th (26 - yikes!) and our anniversary on the 19th (5 years - yay!).



Celebrations included pedicures in Menlo Park, softball with the Brueckners, Starbucks, swimming, CPK and a Giants game with the Foresters (where we got to meet Will "the Thrill" Clark).











The Warnes have a beautiful apricot tree in the backyard of their new house, but don't really like apricots. I gleaned way too many fruits and made jam with Shiloh's dad.



Shiloh helped cut down monster oleander bushes from the future Armstrong yard on Seine Ave.





I am possibly* training for a half marathon in October. One night I came back from a run to a baby who had woken up and was missing me and instantly turned uber-cuddly.



Gracie and Matt came home briefly to drop off their cars before heading to Canada to start the Great Divide Mountain Bike Trail (CAN - MEX) on UNICYCLES. check out divideby1.com



And that's it for now. Bed time!

* assuming my knees hold up for 13.1 miles