Happy 6 Months, Sienna!

Still Here!

We are still here - but I couldn't email to our blog from my phone for awhile, hence the delay. Well, let's be honest - I have a 2 yr old and a 5 month old...time to blog is limited.

Go, Baby Legs!!

Buddies

Colton and his friend, Charlie, on the train at the zoo.

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Dear Sienna,

It's a good thing you are cute, because that's the only saving grace you have right now. I understand that newborns don't sleep very long, but at 2 months old, you are crossing the newborn threshold. With that in mind, 2 months of only sleeping 2-3 hour stretches is slowly breaking Mommy. Her brain is not functioning to its full capacity anymore. Please, please start getting regular 4 hour stretches, ok? That might save your mother from losing her sanity.

Thanks, Mommy

Life with a 2 Year Old

Everyone tells me that 3 is actually harder. Really? Then I can hardly wait. Life has been busy, to say the least. Monkey Sam (a.k.a. Colton) does not slow down, and now with a new baby I an exhausted most of the time. Hence the lag in blogging. Please tell me something gets easier!!

Destructive Dan and Baby Sienna

 Looks like a little angel, doesn't he? Colton has actually been really good coping with all the new changes. But sometimes the terrible twos poke through the cool child and he exerts free will, which he is just learning exists. Most of the time we just call him "Destructive Dan" because he's starting throwing or smashing things just to see what happens. Most of the time we can curb it quickly, but it's usually the dinner tossing that gets to Mommy.

 Daddy (a.k.a. Andy) has been working on our exterior garage/barn in the backyard to turn it into a nice workshop for him and eventually his car he's working on (that's currently in storage up north). Colton loves the garage and has started learning about Daddy's tools.

 Meanwhile, Mommy and Sienna hang out inside the house with the air conditioning while we're going through this heat wave (and early baby + post-surgery recovery). I am supposed to be finishing my thesis in order to actually graduate the end of the month, but I find myself just staring at the baby a lot.

The blanket is from some co-workers of Andy - it came the day we got home from the hospital with her name embroidered on it. So sweet!!