Happy Sixteen Month Birthday, Siena! You had a well child check-up this past week, and here are your stats:
length – 31 inches
weight – 20 pounds
I’m including some pictures of you at your appointment. (Click here to see pictures from earlier doctor visits.) For my own memory, here’s a snapshot of your development. I’ll use the [...]

Siena hits the seven month mark today! When she turned six months old, you might remember that we celebrated three ways:  a half birthday block party, starting solids, and starting this blog. Today let’s “celebrate” with an update on those three things, shall we?
Half birthday block party -
I was waiting to publish the block party [...]

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The very next morning after we lowered her mattress a couple notches (for safety’s sake since she’d started pulling to a kneel) Siena started pulling to stand!
“Just reach… and pull myself up…”
“Ta-DAH!”
The first time she pulled to stand, I expected her to last a few wobbly seconds on tiptoes, but she was pretty solidly flat-footed [...]

God created our daughter Siena about sixTEEN months ago, but today marks six fantastic months since the day she was born. We’re celebrating in three ways:

On Friday, we’re hosting a May Day block party so we can meet more of our neighbors. We have a little park on our street, and with the spring [...]