I don't know how Sienna grew so fast and how she's already 19 months, but it happened. A year and half old!! Yikes!! It feels like it happened over night.
She says so many words now and she tries to copy most words you say. She loves to say thank you (which melts my heart), she says: 'tay-too'. 'Tay-too mommy' are some of her sweet words that make me want to scoop her up and kiss her all over!! She also likes to say 'Amen' when we're done praying. But she says: 'Men.' Pretty funny. She also learned to say 'No' recently and says it all.the.time. Even though we know that sometimes she says it correctly in context, she doesn't do that a lot. Lately, it's just the opposite. She says it for anything. For example, the other day we were reading a story and this was our conversation about the book:
Me: Wow, Sienna. Look at all those animals! Do you like the zebra?
Sienna: No! (she says it in a high pitched, sweet way)
Me: Do you like the giraffe?
Sienna: No!
Me: Do you like the monkey?
Sienna: No!
Me: Do you like Daddy?
Sienna: No!
Me: Do you like Mommy?
Sienna: No!
Daddy chimes in: Sienna, do you like anything?
Sienna starts to walk away, turns around and pauses for a few seconds and then said: No!
All with her high-pitched, sweet 'No'! Someday, I'm sure I will not think it's cute when she's telling us no, but for now we think it's pretty cute. We think it's pretty funny.
Shout out to Uncle Tyler @ Boise State!! Woo-woo!
Sienna is at such a fun age. She mimics everything we do and she is obsessed with necklaces and purses. She has many child purses, but they're not good enough. No way. She wants mommy's purses. They are about the same size as she is, but she will still carry them around-one on each shoulder, and constantly empty them or put things in them. She is definitely my girly girl.
Look at her curls!! Her hair is really starting to grow and she has little curls on the bottom that are beautiful!
Got this power-wheels on Craigslist, brand new for $40. I was stoked. Sienna fell in love (YAY!) and would ride with a huge smile plastered on her face. The blissful rides didn't last long...she won't even sit on it lately. She loves to look at it and pat it, but not sit on it (Boo!). Maybe she'll sit on it again soon...
A recent favorite toy-a piano from Nana! (with a microphone and everything)
Last month, our nephews came to stay with us for the weekend, along with Nana. We had a blast. We went on a walk, rode bikes, and went to the park. It was wonderful. Sienna is obsessed with her cousins and love to watch them and copy them. She has so much fun being around them.
Some other fun news for our family is that we bought a house! It is currently in escrow and will close in the middle of May. We are very excited!! We are currently renting our home from my parents and as much as we love it, we're ready for our own place. I will definitely miss this home though, as it was the home I grew up in. So many memories were made here, as a child, and as an adult. Sienna's room used to be my room when I was little, which I think is pretty cool. But, having been here for so long, I wanted something different, a place of our own to make new memories. Here is the new place:
The new house is on the other side of town and is also a two-story home with a pool. Guess what else it has?? An UPSTAIRS laundry room!! Anyone who has a two story home can appreciate how annoying it is to have to carry laundry up and down the stairs constantly! It is such a pain! I couldn't be more excited about this feature. I literally gave out a squeal of excitement when we were walking through the house and I opened that door to find that laundry room! We can't wait to move in and start painting, pulling out those horrible bushes in the front yard, and getting it ready for us. We anxiously counting down the days!!
