Sienna Marie

Sienna's one year checkup came at 13 months on September 3. She weighed in at 21 pounds 12 ounces (50th percentile) and was 30.9 inches tall (90th percentile). She had her MMR vaccination and was a trooper once again. She's walking by herself all over the place now. She hasn't taken too many falls and none that injured her, which is what I worried about with these hard, tile floors. She eats very well, just about everything I put in front of her which is mostly cooked vegetables of all sorts, strawberries, papaya, pasta, oatmeal and more. She's starting to dabble a bit in fruit juice mixed with half water. She loves to drink out of my water bottle, but that sometimes consists of pouring it all over the floor so I take it away from her (she likes to do that with her bottle, too). She now drinks vitamin fortified powdered milk (Nido made by Nestle). It's easier than using fresh milk which can go bad in a short amount of time. Sienna is an absolute doll, travels well

Sienna and I left Guatemala on June 17 at 2pm and flew to Houston where we had our usual three hour layover. My friend, Ruth, was on the plane with us and was a huge help! We had an empty seat in our row and were seated in the bulkhead, so we had ample room for Sienna to play. She was her usual princess-self. In Houston, we got a bite to eat with Ruth before sending her off on her flight to Seattle. We spent an hour walking - Sienna is happy as long as the stroller is moving and boarded our flight to Minneapolis at 9pm. We lucked out again and had an empty seat and were seated toward the back of the plane with a bunch of high school kids returning from a Spanish trip to Costa Rica. Sienna was smiling and they were entertaining her. One of the boys with several piercings made a comment that she's the first kid not to be afraid of him ;) Sienna slept the entire trip and we landed in Minneapolis close to midnight. My parents and my niece were there with a cute sign to greet us and a f

I've been slacking on updating my blog due to a two-month summer vacation and the start of a new school year, but I'm back! Sienna's 10 month checkup was on June 11 and she continues to be very healthy. She weighed 21 pounds 4 ounces and was 30.5 inches tall (77.5 cm), which, if I remember correctly, put her in the 75th and 90th percentile respectively.