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!