a big day

today was a big day for our little Sierra!

she started crawling...real, on all fours crawling! whoa!!!! already she is stopping at every teeny tiny spec on the floor to inspect it, pick it up and try to put it in her mouth. i'm going to have to get back to my daily anal cleaning! look out world, she is on the move :)

...and she figured out how to stand up in her crib!!! ...but couldn't figure out how to get back down. poor thing - she had a couple of big falls but at least her crib mattress is so soft and bouncy.

phew, it was a long and big day...and we're all pooped. i can't believe how fast she is growing up (so cliche, but so so true)! every day she seems more like a kid and less like a baby.

mommy and daddy are proud of you, sweet girl

on the move!

All month Sierra has been trying to crawl AND walk! The girl has sooo much energy and determination...but she's a bit of a scaredy cat!

Just this past week she is able to "crawl" - it's a combination of army crawl, scoot and actual hands/knees crawling - across a room and from one room to another (...and without bribing her by putting her favorite toys or food in front of her! haha)!

this was a few weeks ago - it didn't get her anywhere at the time because she would get into position and then flatten out like a pancake. but i'm sure it helped to stretch and strengthen those muscles!

since she was about 7 1/2 months old, she has LOVED LOVED LOVED standing. of course she couldn't do this on her own, so she learned to find our fingers (seriously, she looks for fingers so she can grab on and pull up to her feet). then she advanced to holding on to tables/chairs to stand. she is now learning how to pull herself up on objects and walk around while holding on to tables/chairs...finally! it is getting really hard to constantly walk the girl around with my fingers!!

she was playing peekaboo with daddy and cracking up!!!!!!!! it was sooooo cute!

this is a super fun stage but i can already forsee a lot of bumps on the head, daily vacuuming and sierra keeping mommy busy!!!!!!!!!!

everything's growing

Sierra has been working on cutting teeth for what seems like forever and we finally saw the first little bit of white at the beginning of this month. Both bottom teeth are coming in together and they are super cute! Instead of being flat on the top, they have little ridges and are so cute. It's amazing how she instantly looks so much older with just 2 teeth!

it's hard to get a good shot of them, but here's a little peek...(i know, it's hard to focus on the teeth with all that orange food on her face and in her hair!)

and her hair is finally growing too! it's so funny when she wakes up with bed head :)

hee hee

i've tried to put some headbands on her but they don't stay on her head more than 1 second. i was trying to put the headband on with my left hand and hold the camera with my right hand so i could i could snap the picture before she pulled it off and i couldn't get it in time!! she's quick! she'd just rather chew on it :)

she's teasing me, saying "here mommy, is this what you wanted a picture of!?"... little stinker

our baby

Sierra is changing SO much every day! I just want to record some of it, so I don't forget.

in the last couple of weeks, ...

...she started saying "mmmum, mmmum", not quite "mama" but closer! - but only while eating (she has been saying "dada, dadada" for a while)
...she has gone from extending her arms with her bum straight in the air, to scooting backwards and around in circles, to getting up on all fours in crawl position...she will be crawling any day now!
...her first tooth is now visibly coming through her gums
...her hair is almost long enough to hold a bow/clip for more than 5 minutes
...she is getting better and better at picking up small things with her thumb and index finger
...she LOVES to hold your fingers/hands and walk around - she is still not stable enough to stand on her own for long, but she will walk around with you all day if you let her
my goal this week: babyproof our house! clear off low shelves, cover outlets, buy a babygate!!! and we lowered her crib mattress tonight before she went to bed. she is growing up sooo fast!


playing peek-a-boo with me through her crib - it was so cute! she kept bumping her head everytime i would disappear and she would try to look for me, but it didn't bother her...she loved it and thought it was so funny. i know one day she won't think i'm so funny, so i'm soaking it up while i can :)

there's that small bit of long hair!

showing off her "walking" skills

ssssummer!

out and about enjoying the nice hot (did i say hot? i meant HOT) summer days!

enjoying Memorial Day with Randy and Danielle at Randy's family's ranch in Willow City

Longhorns at the ranch!

trying to keep cool ... it was H-O-T

it's beautiful out there

yes, this is Texas :)

she was all giggles that day, so cute :)

lovin her Daddy

1st time in the pool!!!!

swimming with Victoria and Mark - Daddy/Daughter time :)

wasn't too sure about the floatie...she liked it better in our arms!

we are so thankful to have a pool right out our back door! we hope to be in it a lot this summer!

look at that cute little body

1st time swinging...at Poppa and Abuela's house!

what a fun treat this will be!

she LOVED it!