Saturday, July 04, 2009

Happy 4th from 4S!

Our community had its inaugural 4th of July Fireworks Celebration this year. The most exciting part was that they were launched from the elementary school 2 blocks from our home! Dave, Sierra, Coco, and I chilled out on our balcony (first time we really used it since we moved in), ate dinner, and enjoyed the show...

Coco barked a lot. Sierra watched with intensity.




Friday, July 03, 2009

When Sierra is happy...

Arms and legs go flying!

Sierra Meets Maddie!

We stopped by Chris and Charlene's place to visit little Collin! It was great to finally meet them and we look forward to the 2 little ones playing together in the future...

Sierra was exploring the living room and crawled into Maddie. Here is a clip of their first encounter:

"mmmm, fingers taste good!"

Monday, June 22, 2009

Does this count as Crawling?!?

Sierra has been trying to creep and crawl without too much success. She usually will end up sticking her butt into the air and either smush her face into the ground or flip herself to one side or the other.

Recently, she's been making reaching motions and grabbing and trying to pull herself forward.

Today, she looks like she's doing the real thing!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Watch me sit!

For the first time, Sierra can sit up longer than a few seconds! (Sorry for the sideways video, I don't know how to rotate it!)


Monday, June 15, 2009

Dave's Early Retirement Plan

Yum Yum Yum

Sierra forgets all about her food when she has her new spoon to practice with!




Feeding myself is fun!



Saturday, May 30, 2009

Enjoying some fine wedding tunes

Sierra was unusually fussy at Hannah and Shay's wedding. :(


But the musicians seemed to calm her down....




Squeaking Baby

Some videos from Sierra playing in the hotel room in SF.

For some strange reason, she was especially fond of high pitched squeaking with happiness this weekend....

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Look how strong my arms are!

Sierra is almost 6 months! She's rolling around a bit, reaching and grasping... Sometimes, trying to crawl (more like sticking her butt up in the air)...

A very happy girl! Here she is playing on the bed, reaching for her favorite rattle (thanks Aunties Heather and Cheryl!), and showing us how strong her arms are:


Thursday, May 21, 2009

Happy Baby in the Crib

This video speaks for itself:



Sierra is big enough to reach and touch the mobile! It's amazing how fast babies grow.



Sunday, April 05, 2009

"SWIMMING" for the first time!

Happy 4 months + 1 day, Sierra!

Many infant swimming programs will start teaching babies to "swim" at 4 months old. Since Sierra is 4 months and 1 day old, we decided to introduce her to a pool for the very first time.

Learning to use her hands

March 30 - Sierra learns to use her hands while Mommy goes back to work!




April 4 - Happy 4 months, Sierra!

Sierra chilling in the car, singing and playing




April 5 - Playing in her carseat

Friday, March 27, 2009

Rolling front to back!

BREAKING NEWS!

9:30am 
Sierra manages to roll over from her tummy to her back!

A video clip of her 5th roll:

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Avid reader and eater in the making...

Sierra takes after Mommy...

and Daddy!

Laughing and squealing

A couple days ago, Dave and I were doing squats while holding Sierra (Dave was holding Sierra, and I was making goofy faces and funny noises at her). She was laughing like crazy! 

Tonight, we captured her happiness while bouncing on video! Notice the high-pitched squealing. We've never heard her squeal like that before...

Monday, March 23, 2009

Grandma and Grandpa come a'visitin'!

March 18-23, 2009

My parents came for a short visit to see little Sierra and how much she's changed in 3 months! 




Sierra was fascinated by Grandma's dumpling making skills


She really enjoyed all of Grandma's silliness. Wow, if you think I'M loud, you should've seen my mom!

Too short of a visit though. :(

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Having a conversation....

Sierra had a busy morning and afternoon strolling all over La Jolla (La Jolla Shores, La Jolla Cove, lunch at Cody's) with Mommy and Daddy. She was telling me ALL about it....

Wednesday, March 11, 2009