A Play Date With Griff

Today my buddy Griff came over for a play date. We had fun chill-axin' on the couch watching Noggin and palying on the floor.

He tastes pretty good too.

Hey Griff watch this...I can roll over and over and over.

I don't think he was watching, so I will have to show him again later.

My First Day @ the Beach!

Mom & Dad took me to folly Beach in Charleston last weekend and we had a blast! My aunties Em & Rachael and my uncles Michael came too. I liked playing in the water, but those wave things are totally over rated. They kind of freaked me out.

I likes hanging out with mom and the girls on the sand while the guys went swimming. We played and had snacks. There was so much going on I didn't know what to do with myself. Ultimately I passed out in the car and slept the whole way home! What a day!!!! I can't wait until I get to go to the beach with my grandpa woody & grandma alla for a whole week.

Just a few fun pics from the last few weeks....

Tummy time!

I love my jungle jumper!

Gigglemania

Hey Everyone!

Sorry it has been a while sice my last post, but I have been so busy. I have discovered my voice and love to make all kinds of noises from giggles to squeels to doggy language. Some of my newest tricks are: taking my binky in & out of my mouth, rollong over(mostly by accident), carrying on conversations with Drake, bouncing like a mad woman in my jungle jumper and pushing up to standing.

Last week mom let me eat some new goopy stuff she calls rice cereal. I like to play with it more than eat it. Rumor on the street is ... pretty soon I get to start eating more interesting things like vegetables. Yum!!!!

I also went to the lake for the first time. We all went to my auntie Kristy's house last Sunday, but my dad wouldn't let me get in the water. I still had fun hanging out in my bikini with all the girls. Hopefully next time I will get to try splashing around in the water.

Love,

Siena

I Survived My First Cold

Despite my cold there were a few good pictures taken over the last week... I'm a big girl now I want to sit up all the time.

Hey what happened...why is everything upside down?

I know I'm adoreable!

It was a rough week around my house....

Mommy was sick on Sunday and Monday, so she wasn't very much fun. Just as soon as she started feeling better I started getting sick. My nose was runny and I couldn't breathe good and I felt like I was on fire. The gooey stuff in my nose made drinking a bottle very hard and frustrating. Mom and Grammy took me to see Dr. Laura on Friday, just to make sure I didn't have an ear infection or something worse than a cold. My ears were clear, so the verdict was: its just a head cold and we would all have to suffer through it. The next day was Daddy Day (Saturday) and sure enough he started feeling sick too. I tried really hard not to get him sick, but he just loves my kisses so much it was hard to resist. Of course he thought he had the Swine Flu or something. Mommy says, he does have a flair for the dramatics you know.Today is Monday and I think we are all on the mend now. I never knew it was so hard being sick. I sure hope that doesn't happen again.

Spring is in the Air!

On Sunday Mom, Dad and I went to my Grandma Malovic's house to take some Easter pictures. It was lots of fun! I like looking at all the pretty flowers blooming around me. Here I am with mom after she changed my dress.

I have officially found my hands and oh they taste sooo good!

Who could ask for a cuter subject.

Who knew being cute was such hard work!

This is one of the first pictures they took and I was not quite awake yet. I mean what is that crazy bird doing anyway?

Momnesia

I know you all want to see pictures of Siena and here about how she is doing and stuff, but I need to get some things off my chest...For anyone who is pregnant or has been pregnant recently you can probably relate. I thought I was starting to lose my mind when I was pregnant because I was forgetting things on occasion...conversations or to pay a bill. It never really effected my work, but now that the momnesia has set in it is a whole different story.
I make lists and use tricks to help me remember to do things like associate colors with tasks. I think I am pretty detail oriented and I have a darn good memory, but lately it sucks! I have no focus at work and I swear I have done things only to find out I haven't (and by the time I realize what I missed its usually too late to fix the problem). When I am at work I am thinking about work then all of a sudden my milk will let down and the brain goes straight to my little sunshine Siena. In my typical day I have to balance pumping enough milk at work to keep her fed and complete my job responsibilities all while feeling incredibly guilty for not being with her and sad because I know I am missing so much. And on top of that I have to drop Siena off and pick her up in Elgin, keep my house relatively clean and make dinner(Matt does help with the cleaning and cooking). I feel like there are never enough hours in a day to get everything done. Does it get any easier? Will my mind ever be what it once was? Someone please give me hope.
~Jess