Pictures

Erin Householder took these pictures for us a couple weeks ago. We wanted to get Sienna's one year pics and we got some family pictures too. It's taken me this long to post them because I can't narrow them down and decide which ones are my favorites. I have like 40 favorites. So here are some of them and you can see some on her blog www.erinhouseholderphotography.blogspot.com. She just recently started taking pictures for people and she's so good! Sienna wasn't even being very happy and she still got so many good ones. I hope she continues to take pictures for a long time so we always have a good photographer to go to.

Shhh!

This is how Sienna says shhh! She either puts her finger like this or in the middle of her nose and instead of saying it with her mouth, she blows out of her nose. It is the funniest thing. She wants to copy everything we do. She does fake coughs, laughs, sneezes. Last night she pretended she was putting nose spray in her nose after she saw Garrett do it. The lid was on and she blew air out of her nose instead of breathed in. She is one funny kid.

Happy Birthday Sienna!

Yesterday was my baby's 1st birthday. We had a big party with all of our family that lives here. Sienna got a ton of new toys and clothes.

She wasn't quite sure why everyone was singing.

She really didn't even like the cupcake. She ate a little and then her daddy fed her some ice cream. Funny girl. She shook her head no when Garrett would try to get her to eat the cupcake.

She didn't really help open the presents but she had fun looking and playing with all of them. She went around to every different thing and played for a minute and then moved on. She was excited with all of the new toys. She had a good party. Thanks for everyone who came and thanks to my parents who always let us have parties and stuff there.

I can't believe my baby is one. A year ago she was just a little helpless newborn and now she is so big and smart. So much has happened in just a year. She says dada, mama, uh-oh, hi, boo, woof woof, meow, she sings boom boom boom to the black eyed peas song. She loves to dance, she takes steps, she shakes her finger and tries to say no no. She gives the best kisses. She loves cats and dogs. She also is very spoiled and knows how to get her way. But that's ok, we love her so much! I'm just so thankful to have her in my life.

4th of July

My mom's birthday was the 3rd so we had dinner at our house. This is a cute picture of Sienna and my Papa. He was left to entertain her for a few minutes. She was trying to put his hat on.

On Saturday, I put this clip in Sienna's hair just to see how it looked and to take a picture. It was barely hanging on by one little hair. It looked so cute though. I can't wait till I can put bows in her hair. She always pulls her headbands off now.

Garrett went golfing early Saturday morning like he usually does. I got woke up early by the fire trucks and sirens like I usually do. I really just don't know why that has to be a tradition. I hate it! The first year we lived here I just thought there must be a really bad accident or something. Then Garrett told me they do that every year. Last year it really irritated me because I was already overdue with Sienna and I wanted to get all the sleep I could. At least this year it didn't wake up Sienna. I just don't get it. It's so annoying! Anyways, we had a cookout with my family at my parents house Saturday night. Dooney had a 4th of July shirt on and he wasn't very happy about it.

Sienna got to try out her birthday present a little early. She got a swingset at my parents house. We watched the fireworks from my parents backyard. They have a good view. Sienna liked them but fell asleep before they were over because she had only had one nap that day. We had a good day...except for being woken up by the sirens.

I have to add the picture of Sienna before church Sunday because she looked so cute! She didn't really like the dress though because she couldn't crawl in it.

Chicken

This is the 15lbs of chicken I canned the other day. It took me ALL day long. Garrett got home around 3 so he took care of Sienna while I did everything. It was only my second time canning by myself. I'm not that good at it yet. It's nice to have once it's done but it is a long process.