Siena's summer dress

I made Siena her first summer dress! The pattern was designed by a friend in my knitting group and I can't wait to trying it on her. I still have to add the ribbon and buttons :)

After a few weeks...

The garden is actually growing!!!! Shocking I know:) We planted carrots, radishes, cucumbers, green beans, and a bunch of herbs. We were also going to plant peas but accidentally bought the frost resistant variety that doesn't produce when temps get above 70 degrees- ummm that's not going to work out here....except maybe in January.
Here is the fancy smancy deck that Brandon built so the bbq is up and out of the way. Didn't know I was married to a handy man did ya??? And Siena with a big old face full of watermelon. It's all the rave around here and she can't get enough. In fact, hanging out in the backyard eating it while I water the garden, has become our new daily routine:)

Spring planting

This is the ugly, useless, non-productive corner in our yard.... soon to be our pretty, vegetable producing garden! I haven't done very well the the few houseplants I have tried to keep alive, but I am hoping that a green thumb will magically appear. We are going to have carrots, zucchini, radishes, green beans, and sweet peas- at least that is the plan. It is going to be finished up and planted this weekend so more pics to follow:) And here is a pic of Siena......helping

Easter

We decided to be real rebels this year and forgo traditional Easter activities. Mainly because we were so tired from the busy weekend but lets pretend it's because out here in Vegas... we live on the edge..ok but seriously. We had a quiet day at home without Easter eggs hunts, ham dinner, egg coloring or any other rigmarole. We did still go to church because I'm not that big of a rebel. Instead of messing with a huge dinner, we bbq'ed steaks and avoided all the clean up. It was such a nice day and even though we missed our families- sometimes it's really nice to keep things simple. Happy Easter!!! Ok so I did still buy Siena an Easter dress- but she looks so freaking adorable I couldn't help it!

Red Rock

This past weekend we decided to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather we've been having- you know before it's 5 million degrees by 8 am. Red rock canyon is about a 20 minute drive and even though we have been in Vegas 3 years, we never checked it out. It was so much fun!!! They have a big scenic loop drive you can take and a bunch of trails to hike. We saw so many people mountain climbing and trekking all over the place. Siena loves hanging out in the backpack so we hiked up to a waterfall and got some pics. Hopefully we will be heading back this weekend with Gavin and all our visitors...

bye bye binkie

This is now officially a binkie free zone!!! I'm happy to not be getting up every night to find the "much needed but lost under the crib" pacifier... but I am sad because this is just one more baby step to "toddler becoming child becoming annoying teenager becoming adult" trend we seem to be on around here. I ran across this pic and wanted to post it for all to see because it is the last of its kind. No more cute baby with pacifier pictures around here any longer! Yeah..... I think....

Update:)

Not too much to report in the last month or so. We got back from Seattle the end of February. It was so much fun!!! Even though Siena was sick, we got our much needed Gavin-Katie-Joe fix. The flight up was pretty uneventful- I didn't have an anxiety attack in the airport which was a nice little bonus for Brandon because I think he was counting on one. I found a little bottle of benadryl stashed in his bag and I don't think he would have been afraid to use it:) The week went by soooo fast and it was really hard to come back home. The flight home was a little more drama but nothing I can't permanently block out:) Siena was super sick when we got back and had to get on some meds the next day. We are now all happy, healthy, and anxiously awaiting everyone to come out in a couple weeks for Kellie's 21rst b-day!!! Anyway here are some pics from the trip... These were taken at the children's museum in Seattle. The kids had such a great time! They had all these different rooms- a grocery store to "shop" in, a fire truck with gear to dress up in, a hardware store with tools and items to build, and so much more...

Here is Siena and I on the plane- as you can see neither one of us is crying so it had to be on the way up to Seattle... the pics from the trip home are terribly scary...

I love this picture!!! Brandon is reading that story for the twentieth time and both kids just rolled out of bed as proven by Siena's hair:)