Baby Ahren (day 3)

We don't have too many pictures from Wednesday as we were getting ready to come home, but here are a few:

Mommy & Ahren:







You can't really tell from this angle, but Ahren looks EXACTLY like my (Sarah) brother did when he was born. When my mother showed Sienna a picture of Dan when he was a baby Sienna said, "that's baby Ahren."



Getting ready to come home:

Baby Ahren (day 2)

Sienna came up to visit us at the hospital every day. On day two she was given her own diaper bag containing a diaper, a few baby bottles, some lotion and a baby. She tried to help us by putting pretend lotion on our hands and having us put it on Ahren and then by feeding him with her bottles (at least pretending to).

Helping daddy feed Ahren:



Getting ready to feed him:



He didn't really seem satisfied with this bottle:



That's MY baby Ahren:



Kisses:



Love:



Mommy & Ahren:



Daddy & Ahren:



Here's looking at you, kid:

Baby Ahren (day 1)

Sienna became a big sister at 3:54pm on Monday, June 22, 2009. She has the best attitude about 'her' baby and always wants to hold him and help take care of him! Mom and baby are doing well and came home on Wednesday. We have all been getting used to having a newborn in the house (a LOT different from the seven-month-old we brought home 2 1/2 years ago).

Mommy & Ahren right after he was checked and cleaned up:





Getting checked out:



Daddy & Ahren:



Big sister Sienna was the first one to get to hold Ahren (after mommy & daddy):



Helping daddy care for Ahren:







Content and asleep:



With Uncle Dan:



Uncle Dan & big sister Sienna:



He was given his first bath while Sienna was in the room and she did NOT like to hear her baby cry. She kept telling him, "It's OK, baby Ahren. Don't cry - I am your big sister!" over and over again (it didn't seem to help).

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Seth!!

Sienna loves you SO much and I just love to watch you play with her at her kitchen and her dollhouse (although the best is watching the two of you play My Little P*onies together)! We start another journey tomorrow and I know you will handle having two little ones with the same care you handle one. I love you and so does Sienna!!

Baseball

For daddy's birthday we went to our town's Prospect League team, the Sliders. This was Sienna's first baseball game (we'll all be going to a Cardinal's game in September). It was quite warm, but Sienna had a blast (she loved having popcorn and a funnel cake). Before the game started we bought her a mini baseball bat. She kept showing us how to swing it (we're in trouble at home)! The Sliders' mascot is Speedy the Turtle and Sienna liked him (from her seat). When he got close to her she could tent her little hands and stare at him with big eyes until he moved on. She did keep track of him and talked about him most of the night.

Posing with the bat:



Before daddy taught her how to hold her hands correctly:



Swing:



All done:



There is a fireworks show at every Friday night home game. After the fireworks last weekend, Sienna was pretty excited to get to watch some again. She sat very well and paid close attention to them.

Fireworks

We live near a park that hosts a carillon festival every year with fireworks that Friday. We got our lawn chairs and walked about 200 yards from our front door and staked out a good place to watch the show. Sienna was SO excited. She wanted to ham it up before the fireworks started and kept posing for pictures. During the whole show she kept telling us which ones were her favorites and saying, "WOW!"

Just posing:



Hanging out with Daddy:



Hanging out with Mommy:



Laughing:



The fireworks:

Playin' in the yard

Sienna loves to play outside on her 'playground.' She has several slides, a roller coaster, a sandbox, a house, a car and a workstation for her car.

On her slide:



On her roller coaster:



Playing in the sandbox:



Running around chasing puff balls:



I don't know what she thought she would scare out of there, but she tried for a good 10 minutes to flush SOMETHING out:



My favorite pictures are when she gets sick of me taking pictures and decides to give me attitude. Enjoy: