I-Day 2010

Independence Day, 4th of July...this update is a bit late.

i am also sad that i didn't get any pictures of the 3 cousins together...or of the whole family together (which doesn't happen as often anymore)...or of Sierra with the great-grandmas :( i need to get better at capturing those moments. i know we'll want to look back on those in the future.
here's what i did get...

sometimes she is only happy when "walking", but it requires someone to be bent over holding her hands the whole time! i think she is really close to doing it on her own, but she's too afraid to try! thanks to aunt cat for giving mommy a break :)

at Grandmother's 86th bday party with the whole extended clan - what a BIG family!! Sierra loved watching the big kids play in the pool...and cousin Alex kept her entertained too :)

this was at Anya's dedication (how did i not get a picture of that sweet baby girl!??!), Sierra is playing with her aunts and trying to warm up to grana (sadly she wasn't in the mood to be friendly)

sweet cousin Alex giving Sierra a hug :)

...and another one! she was up on all fours crawling before the "hug" that squished her to the ground! right after the picture he said "I ride her" and he sat on top of her! it was pretty funny but i'm not sure Sierra was too thrilled...she needs an older cousin to toughen her up :)

G.G. has all sorts of fun toys at her house and Sierra got to enjoy a few...well, as you can see Day 1 didn't go so well with the turtle pool filled with balls. she loves her 1 ball at home, but i guess this was just too many?!

but by the next day she wasn't just happy in the balls, she was trying to eat them! she even laid down, crawled and practiced throwing with Capt's and ShuShu!

she also practiced walking with the help of this truck...instead of our hands...and she did it!! it took awhile for her to trust it enough to move forward and not just stand there, but she figured it out for a short stroll

this is how she ended up...sitting on it to play with all the buttons and fun sounds

overall it was a great weekend, we all had lots of fun with the fam!!!