First things first - Siena took her very first steps last week!! She has been itching to go for quite some time and has been scooting all over the place. She used anything and everything to use as her "crutch" to get her where she wanted to go.
We had Matt's cousin Lindsey and her husband Matt over for dinner last Wednesday night. As they were getting ready to leave, Siena went over to give Lindsey a hug. As she turned around to come back to me, she let go and took 3 steps! We all were super surprised and laughed at the fact that she just decided to walk!
Since then, Siena hasn't taken more than a couple steps, but she still has every desire to. She walks all over the house just holding my one finger with her hand. It's going to be before we know it that we're going to be running after her all over the place. :) Exciting times! We are so proud of our little girl. Opa predicted early this summer that Siena would be walking by her birthday. At this pace, he could very well be right! :)
It's hard to take pictures of a little one that is just taking a couple steps, but here's my attempt at capturing it.
Other than that, we have just been enjoying our summer. It's been crazy hot and humid, but our little "water bug" loves to swim. That has helped a lot! Matt has been busy with football camps and spending time perfecting the football website. I have been working on my classroom, slowly trying to make it my home away from home. Siena has been happy through it all...
Last week, Matt and I got to watch our little buddy Brady for the week. He and Siena have a major relationship going on. They have so much love for each other and they couldn't stop kissing each other. But the next second, they would be beating up on each other, snatching toys and grabbing hair. It seemed like the "perfect" relationship! :) I think Siena has also learned empathy. Whenever Brady would start crying Siena would start crying for him. It made for interesting moments. We had a good week though. One of the tricky times with 2 little ones is naptime. Trying to feed Brady a bottle and nurse Siena and getting them both to sleep without either one of them crying and waking the other one up was a challenge. Finally, I figured out something that would work. I got Brady to lay next to me on the couch, drink his bottle, and fall asleep. In the meantime, I nursed Siena on the couch next to Brady and she fell asleep on me. I tried to move to put Siena down and/or Brady down, but I didn't get very far with that. So, I gave up, put my feet up, and took a nap myself. I got 2 babies to sleep at the same time...that's pretty good, right? :)
Summer is treating us well...but it's flying by. We're enjoying every moment of it!!
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