So it has been forever since I last updated. I tried updating with a video of little miss walking but for some reason it just didn't load correctly. That frustrated me a ton so I have been avoiding coming back here since.
Some updates:
Siena is now walking all over the place. In fact she is quite fast and it is a little hard to keep up with her. She is still in her car seat carrier altho her legs stick out and she is really due to be in a regular car seat. She is still only about 18 pounds so for awhile she will still be backwards facing.
She woke up this morning deciding to talk. I took her in the boys room and she started jabbering what sure sounded like a name for Braydon and the same with Brody. She of course started talking about Daisy too. I will upload photos soon. Been taking a ton cause she really likes saying "cheeeeese" everytime she sees what she thinks is a camera. I love that girl.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Snapshots Into Fathering Future
I read an article about fatherhood transitions by Dr. Ken Canfield from the National Center for Fathering today. Although the reality seems far away, I know it will be here in a blink as I watch events like Siena start actively marching around the house, Brody writing his name, and Braydon starting kindergarten . . .
Snapshot number one: You're wrestling two suitcases up the final flight of stairs to your daughter's new dorm room. She's already claimed the bottom bunk. Green Day blares from someone's stereo. Out on the lawn, you almost got beaned by an errant Frisbee. This will be home - at least until Thanksgiving - for the girl who used to sleep under your roof and eat around your dinette table.
Snapshot number two: You're under the sink in your son's new apartment. It's old, but the rent is cheap; and besides, it goes with his collection of garage-sale couches and end tables. The sink's been backing up since the day he moved in, but the landlord's out of town. He gives you a call and, of course, you stop by with your monkey wrench. (I'm not very handy, so it is likely that I'll be paying a plumber in this scenario. But I'll come over to supervise and make sure the plumber does the job correctly. And then shake down the landlord for prorated rent!)
Snapshot number three: You're decked out in a tuxedo for only the third-and-last time in your life. In the crook of your arm rests the hand of the sweetest girl that God ever created. You wish her hand could stay there forever. But then you hear, "Who gives this woman to be married to this man?" You breathe deep and swallow hard. "Her mother and I." (~!Gulp!~)
And so you launch your children out into their own lives. Daughters marry and take new names. Sons move to new addresses. One day, they climb in the car, roll down the window, and you watch them back out of the driveway, toss a wave, and then turn a corner and disappear. Oh, they'll be back. But for now, you wrap one arm around your wife's waist and walk back into a house that is suddenly quieter than you ever wanted it to be.
( . . . sniff . . . sniff . . . )
That day will come. In the words of Johnny Cash, "I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way." (Take it away, Brody . . . he really likes singing Johnny Cash songs.) But tonight we can treasure our children still living at home.
Snapshot number one: You're wrestling two suitcases up the final flight of stairs to your daughter's new dorm room. She's already claimed the bottom bunk. Green Day blares from someone's stereo. Out on the lawn, you almost got beaned by an errant Frisbee. This will be home - at least until Thanksgiving - for the girl who used to sleep under your roof and eat around your dinette table.
Snapshot number two: You're under the sink in your son's new apartment. It's old, but the rent is cheap; and besides, it goes with his collection of garage-sale couches and end tables. The sink's been backing up since the day he moved in, but the landlord's out of town. He gives you a call and, of course, you stop by with your monkey wrench. (I'm not very handy, so it is likely that I'll be paying a plumber in this scenario. But I'll come over to supervise and make sure the plumber does the job correctly. And then shake down the landlord for prorated rent!)
Snapshot number three: You're decked out in a tuxedo for only the third-and-last time in your life. In the crook of your arm rests the hand of the sweetest girl that God ever created. You wish her hand could stay there forever. But then you hear, "Who gives this woman to be married to this man?" You breathe deep and swallow hard. "Her mother and I." (~!Gulp!~)
And so you launch your children out into their own lives. Daughters marry and take new names. Sons move to new addresses. One day, they climb in the car, roll down the window, and you watch them back out of the driveway, toss a wave, and then turn a corner and disappear. Oh, they'll be back. But for now, you wrap one arm around your wife's waist and walk back into a house that is suddenly quieter than you ever wanted it to be.
( . . . sniff . . . sniff . . . )
That day will come. In the words of Johnny Cash, "I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way." (Take it away, Brody . . . he really likes singing Johnny Cash songs.) But tonight we can treasure our children still living at home.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Big Girl
Miss Siena weighed in at the Dr's today at 18 lbs 3 oz. This was not an official weigh in, I just sat her on the scale while Bray was getting officially weighed.
Siena is not totally walking yet but it shouldn't be long now. Last night at Mike & Molly's she took about 4 steps in the hallway. It was very exciting and I was so happy that her Godmother was able to see it!
Siena is not totally walking yet but it shouldn't be long now. Last night at Mike & Molly's she took about 4 steps in the hallway. It was very exciting and I was so happy that her Godmother was able to see it!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Inniswood
These are from our day at Inniswood today. Beautiful weekend. I will update with more pictures soon.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Spring Pictures
Sweet girl
Excited about the T-birds finally winning state!!
LCC...LCC....LCC....LCC...
The gang hyped up about the T-bird game.
Grandma's girl
Grandma brought some girly clothes!
Ready for our first bike ride of the year!
Here we go!!!
Our Good Friday zoo day with the Monahan kids
Fun day!
These were the lines when we were leaving. We beat the crowd. Whew!
Our little explorers entertained by the zoo maps... all the way to our place then for most of the drive to Lima :-)
For some reason this is the only photo I have from our camp out at Uncle Matt's place.
Our spring flowers
Bray & Brody hunting for eggs at Grandma & Grandpa Boyd's. They had a lot of land to cover!
Kodiak helped them out a little.
The whole gang with their Easter loot
Molly, Jacob, Eddie, Zachary & Mike
Pretty little miss
Brody not happy that I made him stand still long enough to take this picture.
Jeez mom, enough pictures!
Developmental assessment. The follow up we have gotten from Riverside/Children's Hospital & Help Me Grow has been fantastic.
Giving daddy kisses
Every night at dinner Braydon exclaims....."vitamins!!!" and raises his hands at the same time to remind me to give them their vitamins. Siena now joins in. Love it.
Huge day for Siena. Tonight she figured out how to use a sippy cup! We have been working very hard on this. Yea!!!
We celebrated with our first Dairy Queen trip of the year.
Our angel. Thank you Aunt Molly for the wings, and crown & Grandma Boyd for the adorable sun dress.
Getting so big!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Happy Easter!
We had a terrific Easter!
Siena is getting a thick head of hair & a full mouth of teeth. Well.... actually she has 3 1/2 teeth right now but it looks like a lot in her tiny little mouth. She is not walking on her own yet but will walk with you if you let her hold onto your fingers. Her eating has gotten much better and she has conquered bread, mandarin oranges, pears, hard boiled eggs, graham crackers, goldfish, chicken noodle soup, etc. Our little girl is growing up!
I have been taking pictures like crazy and will try to update with some new ones soon.
Siena is getting a thick head of hair & a full mouth of teeth. Well.... actually she has 3 1/2 teeth right now but it looks like a lot in her tiny little mouth. She is not walking on her own yet but will walk with you if you let her hold onto your fingers. Her eating has gotten much better and she has conquered bread, mandarin oranges, pears, hard boiled eggs, graham crackers, goldfish, chicken noodle soup, etc. Our little girl is growing up!
I have been taking pictures like crazy and will try to update with some new ones soon.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Siena Birthday Pictures & Lots More
Siena has been up to a lot lately. First off she is waving bye bye and blowing kisses. She continues to cruise around the house and enjoys getting into everything including the dog food and the book case. Her favorite thing is to tear every book off of the shelf then move along like it wasn't her. Good thing she is cute or else she would drive me nuts :-) She still has just 2 teeth but another is about to bust through any day.
Siena has a cold again and is coughing a lot when laying down. We are of course watching her very closely and praying that she kicks this quickly.
Enjoy photos from her birthday celebrations and various other photos from January.
Siena ready to get her party started
Since Siena is not really great at eating real food yet we do not have any photos of her digging into the cake. We gave her a tiny piece of cupcake to nibble on.... it did not go well :-(
Her hand print in the cake
The boys measuring her to see how big she was on her birthday.
We took the boys to the dollar store to pick out balloons for little Miss. They had just as much fun with the balloons as she did... probably more.
Kisses for dad
Before her actual birthday Grandma & Grandpa Pooh came for a visit and celebrated with us.
This picture only took about 15 takes... but finally got the money shot.
We made a trip to Lima after Siena's birthday and celebrated with Grandma & Grandpa Boyd
Siena looks overwhelmed at another cake since the first one didn't end well. Bray designed the decorations for this cake. I think he did a great job.
Siena & Grandma Boyd
I love that Siena really looks like she is pondering something in this photo. She is probably thinking up a plan to make a run for it over to the dog bowls without Grandma Boyd noticing.
And here is Siena standing up on Dad's hands. She looks so proud of herself.
Siena helped me blow up the tube for the 3 boys. We stayed inside where it was nice and warm.
Siena loves sitting likes this. I love it.
Siena's therapist helping her figure out how to eat real food. I love that she was not afraid to literally roll up her sleeves and get dirty to help out little Miss. The occupational therapists that come visit are real sweethearts.
Our trip to COSI.... where I believe the "RSV" entered our lives. First Brody got sick, then Siena.... I swear it started from the little girl with the snotty nose in the little picnic area where we ate. I know it!
After seeing all the germy kids around I decided to lock her away from the crowds. Guess it didn't help.
Siena and Alexis on our girls day out.No boys allowed!
Siena has a cold again and is coughing a lot when laying down. We are of course watching her very closely and praying that she kicks this quickly.
Enjoy photos from her birthday celebrations and various other photos from January.
Siena ready to get her party started
Since Siena is not really great at eating real food yet we do not have any photos of her digging into the cake. We gave her a tiny piece of cupcake to nibble on.... it did not go well :-(
Her hand print in the cake
The boys measuring her to see how big she was on her birthday.
We took the boys to the dollar store to pick out balloons for little Miss. They had just as much fun with the balloons as she did... probably more.
Kisses for dad
Before her actual birthday Grandma & Grandpa Pooh came for a visit and celebrated with us.
This picture only took about 15 takes... but finally got the money shot.
We made a trip to Lima after Siena's birthday and celebrated with Grandma & Grandpa Boyd
Siena looks overwhelmed at another cake since the first one didn't end well. Bray designed the decorations for this cake. I think he did a great job.
Siena & Grandma Boyd
I love that Siena really looks like she is pondering something in this photo. She is probably thinking up a plan to make a run for it over to the dog bowls without Grandma Boyd noticing.
And here is Siena standing up on Dad's hands. She looks so proud of herself.
Siena helped me blow up the tube for the 3 boys. We stayed inside where it was nice and warm.
Siena loves sitting likes this. I love it.
Siena's therapist helping her figure out how to eat real food. I love that she was not afraid to literally roll up her sleeves and get dirty to help out little Miss. The occupational therapists that come visit are real sweethearts.
Our trip to COSI.... where I believe the "RSV" entered our lives. First Brody got sick, then Siena.... I swear it started from the little girl with the snotty nose in the little picnic area where we ate. I know it!
After seeing all the germy kids around I decided to lock her away from the crowds. Guess it didn't help.
Siena and Alexis on our girls day out.No boys allowed!
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