Sienna is 3 months old today! Fair warning...there are lots of pics in this post because it's been a crazy month. It's what you get when you mix a momarazzi with her bestie's wedding/first trip with a new baby, 2 holidays and lots of summer fun! Plus the sheer adorableness coming from our two cuties is too sweet not to share!
Sienna Rose - 3 Months Old
Sienna is 11 lbs. 6 oz. and 24-1/2" tall. She doesn't have to go to the doctor this month (hooray!) but we will next month...hopefully Bailey doesn't get upset because she wants to get a shot too like she did at the 2-month appointment (you're darned if you do, darned if you don't).
Sienna Rose in her favorite chair
Sienna is growing so fast! This month has felt like a whirlwind and she has just blossomed into the sweetest, smiliest baby girl! She is so even-tempered, hardly fusses unless she is really hungry and still sleeps like a champ. She loves tummy time and showing off at how strong her neck and shoulder muscles are. She still rolls over without a problem and she can look all around and side to side. She loves standing up and kicking her legs so we set her in her jumper and she thinks she is such a big girl. She is working hard on those tummy muscles and sat in her Bumbo for the first time yesterday. She loves watching her big sis, passing out in Daddy's arms and checking out the world from the comfort of the Solly wrap.She loves playing with her new taggie blanket from Miss Karen, making her wrist rattle make noise and trying to kick at the toys on her play mat. She is also teething like crazy and wanting to gnaw on everything so we have already busted out the amber beads and are on the lookout for those little tooth buds. She gets sweeter everyday and we love how much joy she brings to our hearts everyday.
Sienna's smiles can light up a room and some of the faces she makes are priceless. Is there anything better than sweet baby smiles and giggles? She is getting more expressive everyday and we love watching her little personality shine through. We hope her sweet silliness continues to develop and she stay just as happy as she grows up (though she can stay this little forever and I would be totally ok with that!).
Just starting to ham it up for the camera
So proud of herself
She loves getting kisses from Mommy
Sienna is always excited to see you
That tongue
I wish I could bottle up all her joy
I hope you look at me this way forever XO
Again with that tongue
She loves this blanket from Miss Karen
Such a happy girl
Go Bison!
I just can't with this cuteness
This is her "Yes Mommy I know I'm a magical unicorn baby that sleeps through the night...we do exist!"
Not particularly amused
I love this face so much
This shirt definitely holds true (shh...don't tell)
This is her "Why does sissy continue to stick her fingers in my face" face
Heart melt
Sienna is getting bigger and stronger everyday. She loves showing how well she can hold her head up during tummy time. We really love to do tummy time when sissy is napping so she gets Mommy all to herself and doesn't have to worry about being hugged too much by her big sissy, who means well but has a tendency to be a little too enthusiastic. She is still rolling over really well and has gotten quite good about turning her head side to side. Sienna also loves to play on her play mat with her toys - she especially likes the star that lights up and makes noise. New this month - she has started playing in her jumper. She was a little unsure at first but warmed up to it right away. Bailey loves to help sissy in her jumper or jump right next to her on her trampoline to show her how it's done...it won't be long until Sienna jumps around as much as her sister does. She has been working on pulling herself to sitting up while she is resting on our lap, working her ab muscles and so we set her in the Bumbo yesterday for the first time and she thought she was the coolest thing ever!
Can't I just roll in peace?
Such a big girl
Sitting like a champ
We are so blessed to live in an area with so many free and fun activities for families. Last Friday, Gigi and Pop Pop came over and we walked up to Stagecoach Park for Celebrate Olathe, a free concert and event with Beatles tribute band, Liverpool. It was a little warm and we hadn't taken any naps, but the girls did great and had so much fun dancing to the music, walking to the park and playing frisbee in the park.
Sienna fell asleep on the way there for a bit
Ready to party
Cute little photobombers
The night before we decided to go to the annual 1860's fireworks show at Mahaffie Stagecoach Farmstead because Bailey didn't get enough fireworks in on the 4th (she's obsessed). It's a free event located a few blocks from our house, so we packed the kids up and walked up and had a lot of fun walking around, riding on the stagecoach and watching the fireworks show. It's definitely recommended and we will make sure to add the event to our calendars from now on!
Sienna and I enjoying a nice walk to Mahaffie
Horse kisses
Sienna liked the stagecoach ride
Stagecoach ride
We had a bit of a rainy 4th of July this year so we didn't go to the pool as originally planned, but we made the best of it and enjoyed a relaxing day before an evening of fun with friends. Our little fireworks loved dressing up with Bubba and had so much fun over at the Warehams and Morrisseys celebrating. Bailey was so excited for the Fire - WORKS and made watching the show even more fun this year.
Fun with the Warehams
Girls just wanna have fun
Hanging with Miss Ally and Piper
We got everyone to look at the camera, not once...
...but multiple times! This is def frame worthy!
Side by side of the girl's first Independence Day. Left: Bailey at 9 weeks, Right: Sienna at 11 weeks
Fireworks are so much more fun with kiddos
When your gorgeous best friend from high school (and Bailey's Godmother) gets married, you bet on the most kick-a$$ weekend of shenanigans ever. Add in a toddler, a 2-month old and a week of 115*+ heat under the bright lights of Vegas and all bets are off. But with the generous help of 2 very patient/rock-star grandparents and an amazing hubs (I have mentioned how wonderful he is before, haven't I) then you have the most fun, jam-packed, exhausting and kick-a$$ weekend of shenanigans ever! It may have been a lot more PG than the many shenanigans we had pre-kiddos, but we still had a lot of fun spending time with everyone and showing the girls all the sights!
Get ready Vegas, here she comes!
Sleeping all the way onto the plane
Ready for take off
Plane selfie...Pop Pop is in the back corner
We're going to go-go-go on an adventure
Starting with a little video poker
Getting our workout on at GVR
Bailey meeting her godmother for the first time! Love!
The girls hanging out with baby Noel
Checking out the Bellagio
Chocolate heaven
Wishing we were in the fountains
Watching the fountain show at the Bellagio in 115* heat after a long day of travel
We had fun even in face melting heat
Totally creepy characters, but Bailey thought they were pretty cool. Standing on the strip felt like being trapped in a car muffler...so hot but the girls were such troopers
When it's 98* at 9:00 am, you go to the pool...love my water sling!
After a full day at the pool and partying in the cabanas we were still in a great mood (even without naps!) Bailey loved swimming with everyone and playing with Miss Megan!
Pop Pop and Gigi brought souveniers back from their day at Hoover Dam
Getting ready for the rehearsal
The beautiful bride to be!
Why are we taking pics outside, Mom? Heading to the Palm at Caesar's for dinner
Asleep
My rehearsal dinner date
We liked the fountains at the Shops
Toast to the beautiful couple
Oh yeah, did I mention we had 6 lb. lobsters?
Chanel and Brian with a 5 lb
Tired babes at the beginning of Wedding Day
Sienna with the bride
Twerking to the party music
Bailey came up to see the pretty bride (and steal some gummy bears)
Love this girl
Multi-tasking at it's finest...deciding what to do with my hair and feeding Sienna
Pretty bride and flower girl
Heading to the church
Didn't realize I lost my shoes until we were inside the church
Could she be any more gorgeous?
Sisters and Mom getting the bride ready
These two :)
Babywearing Daddy for the win!
Me and my boo + baby
Gorgeous mama with her passed out flower girl right before the ceremony
Getting ready to head down the aisle
Silly Sienna
Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Benfatti
A gorgeous and happy Mrs.
This picture perfectly sums up the day and Stephanie :)
Trying to recapture the image from the party bus from our wedding
Taking a cool down break before the reception
Matching party dresses
Bailey excited to get the party started
Awesome Miss Megan and Adam helping Dad get the girls to the party
Ready to dance!
Showing Mason, the flower girl, our new dress
At one point we decided we wanted to wear a pink dress, so Mom put together a Moana inspired dress out of the napkins
She pulled the look off
First dance
Father-Daughter dance
Bailey's new besties
Sneaking in front of the line to dance with the bride
Dancing with the awesome Miss Megan
It was too hot in the reception hall so Sienna had her own dance party in the back
Leaving Las Vegas...bonus, because I was wearing both girls the TSA must have taken pity on us because we got pushed into the VIP line
Ready to head home after a whirl wind adventure
Reading on the plane
Desperately needing a nap
Finally passed out 6 minutes before landing (ugh)
July also brought on one of our favorite days, Father's Day! We turned it into a weekend of fun and played around at Scheel's, took naps and went to the Arboretum with the family to look for fairies. We are so lucky to have an amazing Daddy that takes care of us, makes us laugh, kisses our boo-boos and is always up for an adventure. And to Pop Pop and Grandpa Ray-Ray, thank you for being the best Dads/Grandpas in the world!
The girls let their Daddy nap
We love our Uncle Mat...and we picked out our outfit ourself
Feeding the fish and turtles
Checking out the trains
Boxcar children
Daddy's girl
Original Daddy's girl
I never dreamed having two girls could be so much fun, and watching them together completely melts my heart. Bailey loves Sienna so much and Sienna is already looking up to her big sissy so much. I can't wait to watch the shenanigans these two get into...it is sure to be one heck of a ride! Right now Bailey loves to hold her sissy, show her all her dolls and Barbies, bop her on the nose and hold her hand. I hope they always remember the sweetness and love they have right now (and if not, we have photo proof).
This picture cracks me up
Holding hands
Showing Sienna her SLIME
These two are going to be trouble someday
Walking to sissy
This month we decided to try something new and headed to the Drive In for the opening of Despicable Me 3. To say someone was a little excited would be an understatement. She picked out her outfit from head to toe and made quite the impression on fellow movie goers. It was a beautiful night and we will definitely be back for more fun!
This was 12 hours before we left for the theatre...she couldn't wait
I think she had the theme down
With my other little minion
The whole minion crew
Whether we're at the pool or a local park, we are soaking up some much needed summer fun. Our new favorite past time is looking for fairies at dusk and we are welcoming them into our backyard with a fairy house of our own that Miss Bailey created. Sienna enjoys the outdoors when it isn't too hot and loves to look around at all the leaves on the trees and have the grass tickle her toes.
Forgotten puddle jumpers = hilarity watching her in a life jacket
The lifeguards were laughing at her insta-turtling
This is how we roll into the park
Bailey's fairy house
Trying to impress the boy
My little fairy
Our little water babe
Stylin'
We have gotten so much "Guhg" time in this past month and Miss Bailey couldn't be happier...they are the best of friends and I love watching them together. We are so lucky to be able to spend so much time together! This past month we did a lot of treasure hunting, had a lot of outdoor fun and checked out the new Kidscape at the Johnson County Museum.
We thought getting naked was hilarious
Waving to her fans
With Guhg and Miss Marcy
Rocking the babies
She loves her Guhg so much
On one of our treasure hunts
Just another day at the park
The museum was a lot of fun
She really loved the fish
So sweet
The girls love to get out and learn and what better way than a trip to Wonderscope and Deanna Rose. Luckily we have annual memberships so we can take our circus anytime we want. Sienna really loved visiting Wonderscope for the first time - she saw her reflection for the first time and realized that Daddy had done her hair the night before (so fly). We also celebrated Bailey's sweet friend, Miss Everly's 3rd birthday with a morning party at Deanna Rose and the highlight (besides the friends and the cake) was definitely fishing. Bailey caught two and made sure each knew how much she appreciated them with a few smackeroos (no ,we don't encourage kissing fish, but it happens and we can totally laugh at it) - now Brian may have suggested that Bailey and her fish lips go and give Miss Bree a big smooch, but that was all him.
She loves looking at the animals
Happy Birthday Everly!
Looking so fly
Daddy does a great job with my hair!
She was laughing so hard that the goats tried to nibble her ear
Sienna loved Miss Maddy
Our little Dancing Queen is getting so big! She loves to dance around the house and this week she had her first big girl dance class. She was supposed to have class with 2-3 year olds but there weren't enough signed up so she got bumped up to the big girl class (3-5 year olds) and she did fantastic! Miss Holly from Wiggles & Giggles is the teacher and Bailey ran right into her arms and loved all the big girls telling her how cute she was. She did the entire hour class without us in the room and Miss Holly said she did awesome. We are so proud of this little bug! And she can't wait to go back!
Bitty Ballerina
So proud of her!
Sienna enjoyed Mommy and Daddy time in the lobby
Hugging Miss Holly after class
Giving hugs to Miss Lexi
Bailey's style runs at two very different speeds - nakey + diaper or full fledged princess attire. Mom can usually coax a few outfit selections out of her that fall within that spectrum, but depending on the day you never know what you're gonna get. She's been known to go on errand runs with dad wearing PJ's, a tutu and some sweet shades so that she can strut around like she means business. And make sure to acknowledge her outfit, she will make sure to continue to get your attention to show you until you do. I love how creative she can be and I know she can't wait until Sienna's a little bigger to start dressing her up too! One of her favorite new must-haves is her "wedding dress" we picked up at a garage sale for $1 because she was convinced she needed to get married because Miss Stephanie was and she has already married Tequila several times. Look out boys, she doesn't take no for an answer :)
So happy with her new dress
Totally practical outfit for July
If Mom is icing her knee, the bride and Rapunzel also need to ice their knee
Princess Anna with her Silly Putty crown
I love this pic
The bride
Just call her Chef Boy-ar-Bailey! Bailey loves to help around the house, but she really loves getting her hands dirty in the kitchen. She has world-famous brownies and chocolate chip cookies that she loves to make and share with friends! Bailey is also really good at whisking the eggs for breakfast, making tacos and even tried her hand in lasagna! It sure gets messy, but we all have a lot of fun!
Baking her world famous brownies
The lasagna is huge!
Oh Tequila...how patient you are. We love you so much and I know that sometimes it's a little too much, but you put up with all of us and secretly love all the extra attention. Bailey loves to tell everyone about her Bubba wherever we go and now she blames her toots on him even when he isn't in the room. In return, he enjoys all the extra food Bailey loves to sneak his way and the toys that he seems to think they share. Tequila loves keeping track of his newest wolf pack member, Sienna, and is always checking up on her to make sure she isn't ready to move around too much because he isn't sure how he's going to deal with two wild little girls. We did surprise him with a dinner out at Rock & Brew where he had so much fun chilling on the patio, slurping water and eating a hot dog (and part of Bailey's meal).
The bride and groom during the ceremony
Checking up on Sienna
He loves laying with her during playtime
She thinks he is the coolest
Bailey loves showing off her Bubs
Rock 'n Brew
Making sure she takes her time
Sweet boy
Handsome little firecracker
Bridal shot
More Rock n' Brew fun
Sleep tends to be a rare thing in this household...Sienna is still our magical unicorn that sleeps through the night, but she isn't too keen on taking naps unless she is on/touching Mom. Bailey has a serious case of FOMO that prevents her from getting lots of sleep (especially at night) because she doesn't want to miss a thing. I have been able to snap a few sleepy photos to prove that there are times that their eyes are closed.
Not a great shot of me, but this is how we looked the day after Vegas (not pictured, Tequila laying on the floor next to Bailey)
Oh look...they are both sleeping at the same time...
Haha...just kidding (this happens all the time)
Sleeping beauty
This is how she passed out
Milk wasted
My big girl needed some extra snuggles...babywearing for the win
There have been too many fun moments this past month to count and we have had fun keeping track of them all. Here are a few more favorite pics from this wild and crazy month...because there are always more :)
This pic pretty much sums up what it's like to hang out with the three of us. Me = exhausted and super awkward, Sienna = totally chill and asleep on Mom, Bailey = can't contain her.
Hanging out with Miss Karen
What makes this funny is Dad started singing "Milkshake" and she started shaking her booty like this
No boundries
One happy toddler
Plotting to take over the world
My view 75% of the day
Loving our doll house book shelf
Face masks
I could watch her read all day
Hi guys
Getting Daddy's nails ready for Vegas...he is still rocking the polish (because there are like 10 layers)
She loves her Daddy
My blue eyed babe
Who doesn't love a parachute?
Bailey discovered how to do the filters on instagram and we had a little fun
Even with the lack of sleep, these girls make our world such a better place. We are so lucky to be your Mommy and Daddy! Love you baby girls!
