Sienna with Aunt Robin
Look! No hands!
Look! No hands!Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Jan 18-30th
We've had a pretty busy couple of weeks! On the 18th we had a holiday dinner party with the Horowitz's and Langeneckers at our house.On the 19th I went to a Serbian holiday party (complete with roast lamb and a pig head!) with some of my UM work people.
On the 20th, Sienna and I went over to the Langeneckers (photo) to watch the Packers (lose) in the playoffs.
The morning of the 25th, I went to get Sienna up for daycare and found out she had been sick overnight - so I had to stay home that day. She actually did pretty well over the next few days.....didn't eat well...but was pretty happy and only vomited once more on Saturday night.
On the 26th, we had another dinner party at our house with our friends Brandi and Scott and their 2.5 month old baby, Charlie. I was in Atlanta for a NETT investigator meeting on the 27th and 28th.
The most excitment of all came on Wed the 30th when we lost power at 2am. It's 2pm now and we still do not have power and are not expected to have power again until almost midnight tonight. :( I had to diaper, dress and feed Sienna by candlelight this morning. It was actually kind of fun....but very very cold. When I left the house this morning it was 51 degrees and sinking fast (it's 12 degrees out right now)!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
First Flight
I always swore that I would never take a baby on an airplane - but when Grandma McCreery had her stroke, there simply was no choice. Her first flight was on Saturday, January 5, 2008.
On the way there, we gave Sienna Motrin hoping that it would put her to sleep (bad parents, I know). She didn't even come CLOSE to sleeping, but, rather, was very happy the whole time (even standing up and "talking" to other people around the airplane) ----as long as we "kept the cheese coming" (Side note - Sienna LOVES cheese - a new food for her a couple of weeks before this trip).
On the way home we did not give her any "drugs" because it hadn't helped on the way to D.C. So...of course....she slept literally from before take-off THROUGH landing. She woke up when the pilot (loudly) announced our arrival back in Detroit.
This picture shows how I "carried" her through much of the airport (yes, she used her 5 teeth to hang on - and thank God for suitcases with 4 swivel wheels!!!). We got lots of laughs from people watching us...but hey...it worked (she is getting too heavy to carry - glad she will be walking well soon)!!!!!
Aqua Babies Here we Come!
Sienna is officially a student for the first time! She and I went to her first Aqua Babies class on Monday, Jan 14th. Sienna was wild eyed and very cautious when we first got in the pool (her first time in a body of water larger than a bathtub)....but she warmed up pretty quickly. By mid class, she was laughing and splashing along with all the other babies.
The class runs 8 weeks and is focused on getting babies comfortable with being in the water. In our first class, we did fun things like sang and acted out songs (like the hokey pokey and pop goes the weasle) and played with balls.....but (somewhat to my surprise) we also "worked" on water skills like floating on your back (Sienna is NOT a fan).
Dad proudly sat on the sidelines with the video camera (plus he is afraid of water!). In this picture - Sienna shows off her latest favorite gesture. She LOVES to point at everything and everyone!
Dedicated to Great-Grandma McCreery
Sadly, we got a call on January 3rd that Great-Grandma McCreery had suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke that she would not survive. We flew to D.C. on Saturday to be with the family. In technical terms...Grandma's stroke was "HUGE" and may even have involved more than one bleed, which is very unusual. Per the instructions in her living will, she was taken off life support on Friday evening. Due to the severity of her stroke, she was not expected to live more than a few minutes. Being the unbelieveably strong woman that she always has been....she defied all doctors' expectations and lived until Tuesday the following week!! ________________________________________________________
Grandma McCreery was an interesting lady. She was 88 years old and very healthy and strong right up until the end. She graduated college and worked as a teacher - in a time when this was highly unusual for women.
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I'd like to invite people reading this who knew her to add any favorite stories they have about her as comments to this post.
Caveney Xmas
FINALLY! we had our last Xmas party with Grandpa Ned at our house.
Here is G-pa Ned trying on Sienna's dress from Aunt Heather.
Sienna sports her "1st Christmas bib" from her Grandma Terry.
Xmas pictures - Gaylord
Xmas Eve was relaxing with the Freymuth's. It took forever for Sienna to open up all her gifts from Grandma Jean and Grandpa Mike on Xmas morning. We then went over to Gayla's for dinner.
Xmas pictures - Mason
Our Xmas celebration started with dinner and gifts with the Seiler Clan in Mason. We spent Friday (21st) evening through Saturday evening there. Here are some favorite pictures.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Playing hockey with Bruno
Sienna had a great time playing hockey with my Boss, Bruno Giordani, at the work holiday party.
Sienna goes to work with Mom
Sienna came to work with me on December 14th. She was unusually charming the whole time and won over the whole staff....especially the Boss' mother who gave her her first cookie!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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