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...