Whew-it's been a long week!

I have to say, this has definitely been one of our most challenging weeks to date as Seanna really isn't feeling very well with her new teeth coming in (hopefully very soon). She is chewing on everything and anything, is having challenges drinking bottles and sleeping and generally, in her own little way, saying she does not feel very well. We did manage to slip in some fun holiday events though when she was feeling up for it! Earlier in th week, we were invited to High Tea with some of our friends and we enjoyed a storyteller (Seanna and I were sitting on the floor listening until she got so excited that she started interupting the storyteller in her very loud voice--I have to say it was hillarious! We went to the back of the room, but she still loved hearing the story and then we sang Christmas Carols and she loved that even more). She also met Santa Claus for the first time today and we met some other friends out and about and enjoyed a very beautiful fall/winter like day before the big rains come into town. She also decided that my folded pile of laudry looked like something that she wanted to dive into yesterday, so I've included the photo of her playing in what had been my folded pile of laundry. She is getting really close to crawling and does more of an army crawl with a dive to move forward and if that doesn't work, she rolls to her desired destination. You can't turn your back on her for a second as she will be off to the races before you know it. Hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

So Many Changes!

Wes, Seanna, Axel and I all celebrated Thanksgiving at home this year, for the first time in a very long time! We normally head up to Pismo Beach to spend Thanksgiving with family, but Wes was on call this year and we decided to cook our own dinner at home. After so many years of not cooking the meal, Wes and I were a little rusty, but laughed alot and had a wonderful turn out afterwards. Seanna surprised us all that morning as she found her voice and started hooting and hollering from the moment that we got her out of her crib. She was excited for Thanksgiving too and she made it an extra special one with all of her input!!

The following day, Wes and I celebrated our (10) year anniversary--it's hard to believe that the time went by so quickly! We enjoyed the day together as a family and went to the park and many walks. Seanna enjoyed the baby swing and Axel just loves going to his old parks where we took him as a puppy.

On Sunday, we had a wonderful visit with all of Seanna's Birth family members at a local spot up in Fountain Valley. Everyone was there and we all sat around and enjoyed all of her changes over the last few months. She's already grown 5 1/2 inches and is getting ready to crawl as of the last few days. She is able to push herself up on her knees and is "scooching" forward--she can't believe this new and exciting activity that she has discovered. I believe our lives are about to become alot busier!! :)

Speaking of busier, I have been in full holiday mode trying to get ready for the season that is coming upon us so quickly! We have decorated the house with lots of lights and pointsettas in celebration of Seanna's first Christmas and getting presents wrapped and stockings hung!

Hope everyone is doing well and hugs and kisses to all...

Oh my goodness!

We had Seanna's 4 month doctor appt today (yes she did receive her shots and was very upset, but handled them very well)... The doctor is absolutely amazed by her developmental progress and her growth! She weighed in at 15lbs 14 oz, which is the 75% for her age and is 26.5 inches long, which is off the charts for a child her height! She is super agile and can move so quickly you can barely turn around without her being in a different position. Her legs are extremely strong as well as her arms and her grip. The doctor mentioned that her top teeth seem to possibly be coming in before her bottom teeth, which was news to us as we had been working on helping make the bottom ones feel better.



She is sleeping through the night still in her crib and absolutely loves her room! We also had our final music class this week (it will start back up in January) and the teacher brought out all of the props for the kids to use during class. During one song, she pulled out all of the kitchen pots, pans, colanders etc and I put Seanna inside the colander and tapped the bottom so she could feel the beat of the music throughout her body. The teacher was so excited that she asked one of the ladies to take photos for her of Seanna because she looked so cute!

Enjoy!

"Big Girl Bed"

Ladies and Gentleman (Drum roll here...) Seanna has officially moved into her own room and sleeps all night in her own crib! She wakes up so incredibly proud of herself for sleeping in the "Big Girl Bed" it makes us chuckle every morning. She also figured out how to roll from Point A to Point B last week after she started flipping over from one side to the other, I put her down on the family room floor and started cooking dinner, looked over and she was half way across the floor.

We're sooo happy that last week is over as both Wes and I caught severe bouts of the flu and thank goodness that Seanna did not get sick. We were scared to death that she would catch it, but she must have one strong little immune system! We were both out of commission for several days, but Seanna was a trooper and put up with our lack of energy like a rock star! We're all back to our old selves again and Wes is back to work and super busy this week for it only being a Tuesday. Hope that weekend comes soon!

Love to all...

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...