First braid

:)

Little rascal

Reid seems to be looking for trouble lately - pulling plugs from outlets, putting small objects in his mouth (bandaid, rubber part of door stopper, stickers, etc), getting into the dishwasher and on and on...

he is really keeping me on my toes!!!

Bedtime lullaby

Ever since Reid was a few months old, I have a bedtime/naptime routine of holding him in my arms, swaying and singing "Jesus Loves Me". I did this with Sierra too until she was too big and then I sang to her while she lay in her crib...

Until about a month or two ago...

Then she started asking me to hold and swing/rock her too and she rests her head on me. I am cherishing this because soon she really will be too big for me to hold. She asked me to sing "Jesus loves me this I know". Then she started requesting other songs. "little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head" (Away in a manger) was a sweet one.

... Then she wanted "Wheels on a bus go round and round" for about a week. And most recently, "banana banana song". You know, "Sierra Sierra Bo-beara, banana-nana fo-ferra, me-my-mo-merra, Sierra". Yes, it's hilarious. Such a sweet moment as she lays her head on my chest and I hold her. And sing the banana-nana song.

She is a character!

Animal daycare

Group nap :)

Sierra put all the animals and dolls to sleep and then wanted me to tuck her in. She was so sweet and gentle tucking them in

Pretend play

Sierra's imagination is really taking off and it's so fun!

* she sees a lot of bears and monsters in our backyard

Rainy day fun

fun with pipe cleaners

doesn't she look so grown up!? (well, minus the fact she is wearing pipe cleaner glasses and a bib - with 3 teeth coming in she is soaking 2-3 shirts a day!!!)

Daddy thinks she looks like a librarian :)