Merry Christmas

It's a few days late, but hopefully it was a wonderful celebration for all.  Seanna really enjoyed the holidays this year and I think she is going to be very disappointed when everyone's Christmas lights displays have been taken down and all the decorations put away--the only person she won't miss --SANTA.  She is NOT a big fan of his this year, so we will have to begin working on promoting him a little earlier next year.  She has really begun talking the last two weeks and has even started putting small sentences together--"where's Daddy" and "Bye Bye Jess".  She has even added several words to her vocabulary over the last week-apple (we walked into the grocery store on Saturday and she shouted "APPLE" at the top of her lungs when she saw the apple bin),  Up, Moon (she is obsessed with the moon), mammaw and grama and pappa.  She is really doing great!

Her favorite show on television is Yo Gabba Gabba--she gets to watch a small amount of TV every morning when we're trying to get breakfast ready and get daddy off to work.

Her favorite food--now that is tricky since it seems to be changing from day to day.  She loves to eat our oatmeal in the morning (she now gets her own bowl as she almost eats the entire bowl), she still loves fruit, especially frozen blueberries which are a chocolate mess to serve her, and finally whatever mom and dad are eating is what she wants for dinner.

She is able to run and is extremely coordinated these days.  She is starting to throw a ball and we bought her a tee and bat for Xmas to work on her hand eye coordination.  She is a great climber and problem solver as she has already learned how to scale a ladder at Gymboree and is also able to open the diswasher and climb on the sofas.

Hope everyone is well and had a safe and lovely holiday season.  We would love to hear how you are all doing...

JR Firefighter in Training

Seanna and I went on a field trip last week to our local firehouse for a tour.  At first, she wasn't quite sure what to think-but when she and I were able to jump into the cabin of the fire truck and she came alive!!  She waived at everyone as soon as the door shut and told them "bye-bye"...  when we got home and still to this day, she wears her little red fire hat around the house and laughs when she looks in the mirror.

We've been frantically getting ready for the holidays.  Seanna absolutely loves Xmas lights and when she likes a particular set up in someone's yard, she grins from ear to ear and yells "LIGHTS".  She is DEFINITELY not a fan of santa this year, we tried to get a photo and she wasn't having it.

Hope everyone is well and early Merry Xmas wishes!

Happy Turkey Day

We hope you all had a fantastic Turkey Day!  We have been celebrating alot here at our home --my 39th bday (Seanna and I went to Disneyland for the 1st time last week) and then we had Thanksgiving (we did the Turkey Trot in the morning and came home and cooked Thanksgiving Dinner at home) and then Wes and I celebrated our 11th year anniversary last night.  So many things to be thankful for...  Seanna is doing great these days and talking and playing up a storm.  She has alot of new words that she likes to say--car, please, birdie, doggie, daddy, hello, mommy, etc.  and she gabbers on top of that.  She is definitely going to be the class clown as she has fun and laughs alot during the day (but also has a very strong temper as well).  
Hope all is well with you...

Love, Us

Happy Halloween!!!!!!

We had so much fun last night!!!!!!  We went around the neighborhood early before anyone was out to visit the neighbors and then parked ourselves out at home and waited for over 200+ trick or treaters to come over...  We got Seanna's cheerios out on the front porch and in between bites, she would pass out candy to our visitors.  Everyone had a ton of fun.  We also had our photo shoot today for our holiday cards from my very good friend the photographer.  We got some awesome shots of our family and Seanna!

She is really doing welll these days (although week before last she was SUPER sick with a terrible fever but is tons better now).  She is a pistol peet these days and has energy from the time she wakes up, until the time she goes to bed.  We also got our first haircut yesterday in preparation for our holiday photos!  Hope everyone had a great Halloween...

Playing Dress up and Tanaka Farms

So last week Seanna and I broke out her dress up costumes and I wasn't exactly sure how she would do (since she hates changing her clothes I wasn't sure if dress up was something that would appeal to her)--She LOVED it!  Her favorite activity during the day is to raid my costume jewlery and wear all of my necklaces and bracelets.  Later in the week, we went to the pumpkin farm which was a blast...  we went for a tractor ride, went into the petting zoo area with some goats and then picked our own veggies and pumpkins.  Seanna had a blast...  thought you would enjoy the photos!

Happy 15 Months!

It's hard to believe that Seanna is 15 months old today!  We spent the day going to a local pumpkin patch and she had fun going through all the pumpkins, watching other kids ride the John Deer Tractors and riding a "hay" horse.  She is growing, growing, growing and got 4 molars and a lower tooth in the last week and a half.  She was in a ton of pain constantly and very few things made her happy--thank goodness we are past that stage.  She has made a lot of progress in her verbal skills (at least from an understanding standpoint) as she now knows what several words mean--ball, baby, book, sleep, blanket etc.  She is doing very, very well.

Bottles no more...

So many changes these past few weeks--Seanna has completely given up bottles these days (thank goodness as the formula was a small fortune every week).  She is talking up a storm (baby talk) but has started saying a few more words very clearly--birdie, please and doggie. She LOVES her daddy and this is a photo of her after she begged to wear his sound reducing headset--she thought it was soooo cool and we laughed so hard.  Her doctor appt a few weeks ago she measured in at 31" long (90%) and 23lbs 12 oz (75%) and is a healthy as a horse as well as eating like one.  She eats about every two hours right now and is constantly hungry so I'm sure she is getting ready for another growth spurt.  She is wearing size 5 shoes and 2 T clothes already.  We've moved her up to the next level at her gym class and she is now "hanging" with the 16-22 month olds and doing all the same activities that they are... she has mastered the art of turning door handles and is also walking down the 2 steps using a railing from our kitchen to our family room.  She got three new lower teeth this week so needless to say she was very crabby and didn't sleep very well.  All and all she is doing great and having lots of fun with her new friends.

Love to all!

Great Weekend

We had a really nice weekend and were able to fit some time in at the beach today--here are a few photos!!

Also, on a side note, we had our doctors appt this week and Seanna is now 31" long, 24 lbs 12 oz and is actually wearing a size 5 shoe!! She is absolutely growing like a weed and running faster by the day. She is starting to become very aware of her body and is able to "step" up successfully whi

le she is walking. She is also starting to stack blocks and is talking non-stop (although we are not exactly sure what it is that she is saying).

Hope you had a great weekend too!

Just Home From Vail, CO

It has been non-stop since Seanna's Bday party and I'm so sorry for not being able to blog. Our house is seemingly becoming busier by the day--Seanna is now not only walking but very close to running. When we left for Vail, she was able to take about 20 steps or so and now she is completely walking all over the place. She is exploring and feeling very, very confident. She once again did really well travelling (although going out was much easier than the afternoon flight home without a nap). She had a wonderful time in Vail--it was our summer vacation and it was a perfect idea. Here are some photos from our trip...

Love to all!

PS Seanna now has a cousin on my mom's side of the family--her name is Caroline Ruby!

1st Bday

It's hard to believe that one year has already passed since Wes and I slept in the parking lot waiting for Seanna's arrival! We had a very small, but very special birthday celebration on the 4th of July. Seanna enjoyed her little friends by swimming in her little plastic pool, eating 2 hot dogs, her own birthday cake (a receipe of my grandma's that she always made for us growing up). We had a wonderful day together and my family stayed in town until Tuesday morning so they were able to enjoy a few extra days with her. Seanna is very close to walking now and has taken as many as 10 steps. She is getting a few more teeth in (back ones that I can't figure out where they are) and is a complete goof ball. She loves to make people smile and laugh. We are truly blessed to have her as a daughter--thank you! Here are a few photos from her bday-enjoy and hope you're 4th was filled with fun and laughter too.

Love,Us

Perfect 1st Father's Day

We had a wonderful day today and spent it together as a family! We woke up early and made Wes "Daddy Cake" pancakes with blueberries--they were DELICIOUS. We then took Axel to the dog park and went to lunch locally. In the afternoon, we decided to "break in" the pool and go swimming for the first time this year... Seanna is such a water bug and we have a hard time getting her out of it these days. She demands nightly baths too (even though she showers in the morning already) and loves to stick her head under the faucet and has learned to blow bubbles in the water! Swim lessons are definitely in our very near future... Wes' birthday is this week and then followed by Seanna's very big 1st one! I can hardly see straight with how quickly these last few weeks have gone by already. I have asked my family to create a "Memory Box" for Seanna, which will be no larger than a shoe box, but will contain special notes, poems, photos, small gifts for her to always remember and review later on from close family and friends. We would love it if her birth family members would create some items to place in the box too. No pressing deadline to get them to us, as I can always have Wes swing by and pick them up at the hospital when it is convenient.

Hope all is well and your enjoying summer!

Love,

Heather

Seanna took two steps yesterday--YEAH! She has been working on balance ever since we returned from Charleston. Now, she constantly wants to stand and "walk" along the furniture too! Yesterday morning, she and I were upstairs and I held out my hands and coached her to walk to me and she did!! I was so incredibly proud of her...

She has also figured out how to open all doors, drawers and turn on the faucets. Needless to say it's an endless chase to keep up with her all day and she has also started only taking one nap a day. She must think that she is a big girl now that she is almost one years old!!

Here are few photos that I'm going to try to post before she wakes up. Hugs to all...

Heather

Finally an update--sorry!

Wes and I have been going about 100mph the last few weeks --we were in Pismo Beach, followed by La Jolla for a work function, followed by a visit from his parents, followed by a trip to Charleston South Carolina with my family for a family vacation! Whew--it's crazy just to think of that schedule! We really enjoyed ourselves in South Carolina and Seanna had a blast with all of her aunts, uncles and grandparents! There are cousins on the way too so she will have some others to play with next time...

She is doing wonderfully well and is getting so big! Her front teeth finally came in while we were out of town (they are about 1/2 way in right now). She can balance herself for a few minutes if she is distracted, but refuses to walk because she is such an incredibly fast crawler that she gets frustrated by the pace of walking! She is eating so well that I can't believe it--she loves blueberries, strawberries and broccoli too. While we were in South Carolina she ate grits and loved them as well. She drinks a ton of water and can drink from her sippy cup on her own as well as bottled water and can drink from a straw. She has learned to say "no" and also "uh oh" as well as she chatters constantly when we are in public! She can wave and say "hi" at the same time and people absolutely melt when she does it. She is still around 20lbs, which is 80% for her age and is off the charts for her height. She is happy 99% of the time, but is also figuring out how to throw a few tantrums and is beginning to show signs of stranger anxiety as well as seperation anxiety. We are still going to music class every week and she loves it! She sings "la la la" during some of the songs and loves to bounce and clap her hands during the class.

We hope you are all doing well too!

Mother's Day

We had a wonderful Mother's Day today as we celebrated a very simple day in Laguna and had a picnic. Seanna is doing wonderfully these days and we've been so super busy the last few weeks my post is long over due. We went to Pismo Beach a few weeks ago and Seanna was able to meet the last set of Grandparents that she hasn't been able to meet yet (they are not able to travel very far and we have not been able to go up there until now). We had a wonderful visit and Seanna tried waffles for the first time and has been eating only "adult" food ever since. She is refusing any baby food at all for any meals, but eats anything that we put in front of her. She LOVES strawberries and broccoli and especially turkey meat!! Not a big fan of pasta yet, but she is definitely a carb girl and LOVES her bread... She is getting close to walking and is saying HEY, waving and knows bye, bye now. She is becoming VERY aware of strangers and is close to getting more teeth (although no new ones have arrived yet). We also went to San Diego for a work function last weekend and Seanna came down with a touch of the flu, but still loved the beach and thought the little cabin that we were in was so cool because she could see mommy and daddy from everywhere in the place. Both Wes and I caught the flu immediately following and I caught the worst of it. Thank goodness that we only had it a short time, because it was horrible!!! This weekend it was SUPER quite at home and we were very thankful for that. Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day too and we are so thankful to have you and Seanna in our lives.

Love to all,

Wes, Heather and Seanna

Happy Easter!

Happy belated Easter to everyone and hopefully you enjoyed the special day as much as we did... We snuck in an extra day with Wes on Friday and he was able to join Seanna and I for our tumble class and then we all went to lunch together at Ruby's! Saturday was our big Easter Egg Hunt in the Community. Seanna sat on the Easter Bunny's lap and tried to pull off his mask, we then ventured over to the pancake breakfast being hosted by the Boy Scouts--Seanna decided she wanted a taste of my pancakes! Wes was estatic to find out that she LOVES pancakes and he will now have someone to go to IHOP with when he wants a stack of pancakes!

At the strike of 9am, the Egg Hunt was "on" and Wes took Seanna into the little area and she hunted for Easter Eggs with about 100 other kids ages 0-3 years old! It was so stinkin cute to watch her try to figure out exactly what she was supposed to be doing--we maybe should have practiced a little beforehand so she understood the whole egg hunt concept. She started off by picking up all the leaves, but once daddy showed her the colored plastic egg, she got the hang of it quickly. She ended up with 5 eggs in her little chicken basket, which we thought was pretty good for her first time. She seemed to really enjoy herself and we saw alot of our friends from the community and other little kids that we socialize with... In the afternoon we all took a walk to the park up the street from our house, with Axel, and Seanna played in the sand with her toys, while Wes threw the ball for Axel.

Saturday night however, was not as much fun! Seanna's front teeth and her lower molars are coming in and she has been MISERABLE. She woke up 6 times from Saturday night to Sunday morning, hollering in pain. Not even the MOTRIN was helping at this point... Sunday morning she seemed in a little better spirits, but her naps have whittled down to about 45 minutes these days so I know she is really struggling to sleep. She is still a little alarm clock and knows when it's 5:30 in the evening and starts hollering to go to bed and she wakes each day at 5am. Sunday afternoon we spent with Wes' grandparents in Irvine at their condo. Grandpa Henry and Grandmother Ruth really enjoyed Seanna's antics and all of their stuffed animal dogs they had around the house. We ended our wonderful day with a lamb and sweet potato dinner that was to die for at our house and ended the weekend on that note!

Love to all...

It has been a very busy few weeks since our last update--we had Wes' parents here for a few days and then we headed back to Ohio for 5 days to see my Mom and James, my Dad, Grandma W, and Aunt Jesse! The Ohio shuffle lives on! We arrived back there on Thursday afternoon--Seanna once again did really well on a VERY packed flight and the Baby Einstein video definitely saved the day. We stayed at Mom and James' house on Thurs and Fri --they were so sweet to have all of the "Seanna's" stuff ready for her arrival at their home. She had a pack and play, her own bedroom, diapers, food, formula and even her own ducky tub (see the photo). On Friday afternoon, we all went out for a walk in the neighborhood and then had a sign-along in the family room. On Saturday, we had breakfast with Grandma Weisbrod (Getta and Eggs!) and Dad. Seanna managed to spit up on Grandma's very new red sofa--we had a heck of a time trying to get the formula stain out. Note to self, don't feed her on Grandma's new couch again!

Saturday evening, Seanna went to Aunt Jesse's while we went to a wedding of one of my high school friends. She had a ton of fun and was able to climb on the three big dogs that Jesse had at her house--unfortunately, she still thinks Axel will let her thump his tail too, but he's not having any part of that!

Sunday we went back to Mom and James' house and had a nice night watching NCAA basketball and Brooke (my sister) actually had another color comentatory part of that game at LSU that we were able to watch.

Seanna managed to get her top eye tooth in while we were back there and is now working on several other top teeth as well. She has learned alot of new tricks that she is very proud to show off to everyone! She has learned how to open cabinets doors in the kitchen, and also how to unroll the toilet paper roll, she has learned how to "fake" cry when she doesn't want her diaper changed and is increasing her vocal level every day to make sure that we hear her loud and clear. She has also linked together "Hi Dada" and is learning to wave. We have finished music class for this second round, but we are still going to the tumble center. This past weekend we went to Zoomar's, which is a petting zoo in San Juan Capistrano and Seanna was able to feed the bunnies, ostriches, birds, tortoise, see the horses, goats and a cow. She loves birds the most though (and dogs of course). She is still growing like a weed and is wearing a size 3 shoe already and her 18 month clothes are fitting properly now, so I'm sure they won't last too long. That's about all the updates for now...

Hope everyone is doing well!
Love, Us

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Seanna is doing wonderfully and growing and growing each day. She now wears 18 month clothes and is probably close to 23 lbs. She can easily say mama, dada and hi and is working on some other words of her own. She also is starting to balance herself for a few seconds without any hands and is also able to go back down the step from the kitchen to the family room now. She still loves messing with Axel and pulling Spanish moss from my pots. The top tooth has made an appearance, but it's the second one from the right center--how strange!

The funniest story from last week is after I had my doctor's appt on Tuesday, Wes took us to lunch at Ruby's Diner. Seanna is able to sit in a restaurant high chair and so I fed her her lunch and then she decided that she was still hungry. She ate an entire 1/2 of a dinner roll and more little "puffys" the little melt in your mouth sweet potato flavors--Wes and I laughed so hard! She DEFINITELY loves white bread and anything with starch!!! We also figured out a way to get her to eat her green veggies as I mix it up in the turkey dinner solids or the sweet potatoes and she LOVES it.

We had music class today on St Patrick's Day and thought you might enjoy some of the photos. The lady playing the guitar is the instructor Ms Elena--can you tell Seanna LOVES to watch her? :)

It has been a VERY long two weeks with Seanna--she has been an absolute handful and most of reason I haven't been able to update the blog or get anything else done for that matter :)... she is into ABSOLUTELY everything and can move so quickly you better not blink or she will be getting herself into trouble doing something. She's so smart that when I block her off from one obstacle, she will either go under, over or sometimes through the barrier in order to get what she has set her mind on accomplishing. It's unbelievable to watch her little mind work and see how she figures things out. Two days ago, she was chewing on my finger while I was carrying her and finally I felt the top tooth breaking through. It's been working it's way through the gums for weeks now and it's finally going to make an appearance. We've continued to attend music class and have also joined a tumble center so she is enjoying that as well. She absolutely loves bubbles and believe it or not was able to scale the rock wall with some added incentive and me coaching her from above as to which rock to grab next. It was pretty cool. She is still growing daily and is now wearing 18 month clothes. She can now say "da da" and is created her own vocabulary where she is carrying on a conversation with herself. Her very favorite activity though--chase Axel around the house. She absolutely screams whenever she sees him and the poor dog doesn't know what end is up. It's quite funny to watch. Here are a few photos when she was playing in my office yesterday while I was trying to pay some bills.

Enjoy the weekend!

Lots to catch up on...

Last week was a bit of a blur as I was the first one to become sick, follwed by Seanna (with her very first cold, fever, ear infection etc), Wes and then Axel. It was more like the television show MASH around here than Valentines day, but at least everyone is back to being healthy again this week.

Instead of celebrating last weekend, we postponed to this weekend... Wes and I had our first "Gourmet Night" with some other couples from the Mom's Club that I joined and we had a fabulous Italian Dinner and conversation and were actually out until almost 10:30. As of lately, Wes and I both can barely make it until 8pm before we are sound asleep as Seanna is up at 5:30am on the dot! The good part of that is she also wants to go to bed at 5:30pm each evening--she will actually pull on my pant leg and asks me to put her to bed. I swear she has an alarm clock in her head!!

Today, we celebrated our non-sick Sunday together by taking Axel to the dog park in Irvine (Seanna LOVED the Dog Park and it was Great Dane Day so there were tons of them running around and she was in awe watching them play) and then we headed to the Irvine Zoo. It's a small little zoo that was absolutely the perfect size for Ms Seanna's first zoo outing. We have a few photos from the day and wish all of you a Happy Sunday as well!

Standing Up, Crawling Up Steps and Upper Teeth

As so many people have said, things come in threes and Seanna seems to be following this rule of thumb closely this week. Late last week, she started climbing our stairs, and as of yesterday, she is now able to pull herself up into a standing position and balance there for quite a long time. We can't actually believe that in the morning she could not master this feat at all and by the afternoon she had repeated the same motion probably 30 times in various locations around the family room! She is now officially into everything... and has discovered a whole new world at that level. Tonight she located the drapes in the family room and the fake tree leaves make a great sound when she pulls on them and the spanish moss actually comes out of the pot! I'm also pretty sure that her top teeth should be coming in any day. She wakes up screaming the last several nights around 2 or 3am. Her fist is constantly in her mouth and we are having more challenges with her drinking her bottles again. Hopefully these top teeth won't torture her too much longer.

On Saturday Morning, I woke up to Wes bringing Seanna in our room at 6am before he fed her(unfortunately, I didn't sleep very well the night before so I was still a little groggy) so he was taking over the morning duties for me. All of the sudden, Seanna's face lights up and she says "HI!" and Wes and I got a huge chuckle out of this as did she! Now, that is her second vocabulary word--we are still working on Dada so hopefully that one comes soon. She also decided this morning that she was going to learn how to crawl up the steps from the family room into the kitchen. When I came home from the gym, Wes said "you are not going to believe what she did" and sure enough, she has already mastered the task 4 other times today. She scoots all around the hardwood floor in the kitchen and is attempting to open every cabinet we have--babyproofer is on the way to lock them all!! We had a pretty quite weekend overall, we did go out to feed the ducks on Saturday and Sunday we went to a Superbowl Party for a short time (Seanna isn't really big on loud nosies so when the Steelers intercepted and ran the ball back for a touchdown--that was the end of the party for us!! :) Looks like it might rain again this weekned so we have a few play dates lined up so far and should have fun come rain or shine. Enjoy the week...

18 lbs-Really??!!

I was finally able to get a shot of Seanna's two bottom teeth and last night, she was screaming at midnight as her upper ones are also starting to break through! All things considered she is doing really well with as much pain as the teeth are causing her. We try to manage it with the Highland Teething Tablets, Orajel and Motrin in the evening before she goes to sleep. Soon, she will look like a whole new little person once those top ones arrive and we will make sure to get some great new shots for everyone... She also had her 6 month doctor appt on Thursday of last week and measured in at 27 inches long, and weighs 18.6 lbs! The doctor's office decided to start taking bets as to when she will be taller than I am!! On a side note, Wes met Dora Torres last week, and had his photo taken with her during the National Sales Meeting in Orlando, so we are going to frame the photo and put it in her room with the caption "Daddy and Dora". Wes has given Seanna the loving nickname "flipper" because her feet are growing so quickly that he swears that she will be a swimmer and use her feet to her advantage. She is also a SUPER fast crawler now and has decided to move to the next stage of pulling herself up on things (or at least pulling the object down to her level). She is also saying "mama" clearly and eating solids on the Level 3 baby food now. The doctor was very excited about how well she is developing and also mentioned that Seanna will probably be walking around 9 months. You go girl!!!!!!!!!!!

Inauguration Day and Catching Up

Today is very historical day as our new 44th President Barack Obama has taken office-Seanna and I were able to watch him take his oath while she drank her bottle on my lap. We're very hopeful, as is the rest of the country and the world, that he can bring some postive energy and action to our country.

What's been happening for the last few weeks? Well, a TON--to put it mildly!! Seanna has absolutely mastered the art of crawling and is so fast that we can barely turn our backs before she is exploring something new. She is most interested in anything that is not a toy of hers--the dog chews, phone charging cords, pampers, on and on... She is now moved on to trying to master pulling herself up on the crib and the step from the kitchen.

Secondly, she has broken through her second bottom tooth and both are somewhat visible. I am still trying to get a photo of her smiling which is proving more difficult than one would think. During the last few weeks, she has absolutely gone on a nap as well as food strike. She threw her both schedules out the window while the second tooth was coming in, however we finally seem to be getting back on track this week.

Thirdly, we started music class back last week and she enjoyed it so much more this time around. She is mobile (which no one in the class can believe) and she recognizes all of the songs and gets a HUGE smile when the group sings her favorites.

Finally, she has taken the art of expressing herself through joyfully screaming and screeching. It starts as soon as she wakes up in the morning (she normally greets me with it at 6:30am when I return to the gym as daddy is feeding her--I'm sure our neighbors love the new wake up call, but the funny thing is their daughter did it as well so we really don't feel too badly :) and continues until she goes to bed. In public, people think she is soooo unhappy until they see this half tooth grin that reaches from ear to ear and then they too start laughing. She really is a regular comedian that is happy most of time--she does however have a temper shows up from time to time. She really does enjoy the every day things in life.

6 Months Ago Today!

It's hard to believe that 6 months have already past since Seanna arrived on the 4th of July! She seems to be growing daily and quickly changing before our very eyes... She went from this quite little creature on the left--to this on the right in a matter of six months!

We enjoyed a very simple, yet wonderfully special Christmas with just the four of us (Axel included) and then took off the next morning for the wedding in Bakersfield. Many of Wes' extended family members were able to meet Seanna for the first time and absolutely fell in love with her right off the bat. Friday evening we enjoyed the rehersal dinner at Rusty's Pizza Parlor--Wes and I don't eat pizza very often, but this stuff was fantastic and worth every calorie! Saturday morning was a little tough for Seanna as she cut her very first tooth that morning (the lower bottom one was the first to come in but isn't actually showing enough to take a picture of yet) and was pretty much miserable the entire day.

She did wonderfully on the car ride up the day before, as well as the day of the wedding as it was an action packed day starting with photos at 2pm, followed by a wedding at 3:45 and a reception following that... By the time the reception rolled around, Seanna needed a few quite moments so I tried to feed her in the car parking lot and she decided to toss up her entire 6 ounce bottle on my dress as well as hers before we entered the reception :)--I officially entered mommyhood at this point as I smelled the remainder of the evening and walked in with stains on my clothes and yet still very much enjoyed myself and Seanna did as well. She was able to dance her first dance with her daddy on the dance floor and then proceeded to break out her own style on the dance floor...

As for New Year, Wes and I celebrated our wonderful addition to our family and how lucky we are to be her adoptive parents! We made it up until 9pm PST and watched the ball drop in New York and then fell sound asleep at 9:05! Wes' parents and Jay and Michelle joined us on New Years Day to watch the Rose Bowl and eat some Mexican food. Seanna decided to started crawling actually today on her 6 month bday--she's such a ham!

Hope everyone had a safe and lovely holiday season!
Love to all...