Happy 1st Halloween!

Seanna has to be one of the cutest ladybugs that I have ever seen! We went to music class on Tuesday in her costume and everyone in the class went crazy over how cute she looked. There were wonderful costumes throughout the class--Sleeping Beauty, Another Ladybug, A "Cars" Kid, etc. Class was a little hectic since the kids were so excited to see all of the costumes, but it was so much fun watching the them run around in their costumes. As you can see from this photo, Seanna has taken to munching on her hands and fingers--and is in the process of teething. This week was a little challenging of a week because she didn't feel very well starting Tuesday during our class. She is still eating very well (as a matter of fact she is very fond of veggies and fruits these days and ate an entire jar of sweet potatoes tonight--the only veggies she refuses to eat are peas!) and seems to be doing a little better as of this afternoon. She has gone back to sleeping through the night, but taking very short naps during the day.

Another "Seannaism" that has been going on the last two weeks, is that we have nicknamed her activity center the "pooping" chair. She will be quite as a mouse and then all of the sudden this horrible smell will come from her direction! :) And once again we know that the pooping chair has worked it's magic on her... She is also starting to use her hands alot now and loves her little floor activity center. The lights and music she uses both her hands and feet to keep the action happening and then she also likes the little Angel that hangs down. She is doing really well on all of her developmental milestones and has officially reached above the 15lb mark. She doesn't seem to be putting on any more weight the last few weeks, but is getting taller and taller by the day. She is already growing out of some 6+ month clothes that we bought for her.

We wish all of you Happy and Safe Halloween!

October Outings!

Wes returned home on Wednesday evening, after being gone five days (three days hunting and two were spent in all day work meetings in Minnesota). I have to say, I was one tired mom at the end of those five days. Thursday morning we had our meeting with the State Social Worker in Monterey Park. We expected to be stuck in some trafffic so we left at 8:30am for our 10:15am meeting (Monterey is apprx 1 hour away from our home). We arrived in the parking lot at exactly 10:20am and sprinted up to our appt--thanks to Wes' alternate route, we were able to actually make it there only a few minutes late vs about 45 minutes more. The meeting went very well and the next step is Seanna's 5 month doctor visit paperwork that will be turned into the state.

Friday morning, Wes planned an outing to Laguna Beach for his two favorites ladies! Seanna got to experience Laguna on one of the most beautiful fall days that we have ever seen... The weather was perfect and very few tourists were in town. We strolled along the beach and ate lunch down at one of our favorite cafes --Sundried Tomato. It was a perfect Friday outing!! On Sunday we all decided that it was time to go to a pumpkin patch and pick out our favorite pumpkin! We had alot of fun watching the kids run around and get excited about Halloween and the fall season that is upon us... We took some photos and really enjoyed the day.

Lots to tell!

Well, I'm finally able to sit down for a few minutes and catch everyone up on what's been going on... Seanna for the last few weeks had returned back to waking up a few times in the evening to feed and Wes and I were slowly becoming exhausted!! We finally spoke to the doctor and decided that it was time for cereal to be introduced... She doesn't actually like it all that much, but she eats about 4-5 spoonfuls per feeding (once in the morning and once in evening). And she has been sleeping through the night since the first day. THANK GOODNESS!

We also had our first music class this week and she absolutely loved it. The teacher is from Russia and it's a very small group of kids and mothers, and the instructor plays in the guitar and brings musical instructments and different interactive toys. It was so cute how the kids reacted to Seanna and she stared at the instructor the entire class! She was incredibly vocal afterwards, which is something that is helped along by the music class... We have another one this week and also heading to San Diego this weekend for a work function.

We took a few photos of Seanna in her swing and thought you might enjoy them! (Especially the Grandmas!)

Love to all...