Umm...

Sienna hated Santa...

...but loved the candy cane she got from Mrs. Claus.

I'm not surprised.

The First of Many...

I feel like I need to have a preface for this post:
Sienna LOVES her Aunt Rachel! I was blessed to have Rachel watch Sienna when I needed to go back to work. Unfortunately, we don't see her that much now that I nanny for my sister in Rocklin but that hasn't changed Sienna's feelings. If you remember Sienna wanted to sit on her lap to open presents on her birthday! Even Mommy is chopped liver compared to Rachel. Fortunately, Aunt Rachel loves Sienna just as much.

The first of many babies to steal Sienna's thunder is here! (I say this in the best way possible...the girl could use a little of her thunder stolen...) Rachel had her sweet baby girl a couple of days ago and Sienna and I got a chance to go to the hospital and visit.

Sienna did a lot of staring at baby Evelyn and was very interested in her. She asked Aunt Rachel to pick her up about every two seconds but was content with just sitting on the bed next to her. Her favorite part was probably when she was finally able to sit on Aunt Rachel's lap while I held Evelyn though. We are so excited for the Riddle family and thankful that even though they have a beautiful new baby of their own they still love my silly baby just as much.
Congratulations Riddle family!

A tree and some ugly sweaters...

We had a very busy Saturday! The first Saturday in the month of December is set aside every year to head by to Apple Hill for a Christmas tree hunt. Nick and I have a fake tree so we usually just go to hang out with my family, lend our opinions and get a free meal out of the deal (Thanks Dad!) Unfortunately, Nick didn't go up this year so that he could get in plenty of study time before the evenings festivities. We sure did miss him but I'm glad that he was able to get things done so that we could actually hang out as a couple.

Sienna and I had a great time though...well, I had a great time. Sienna hated the trees, hence the reason she was crying in the picture with Aunt Katie. Silly Aunt Katie kept trying to put her in them. All Sienna really wanted to do was crawl and play rocks with Lucas. After everyone found their tree, Sienna and I shared a cake pop on our way over to the train! She LOVED the train! The family then stopped by High Hill for some treats and then to Round Table for lunch. When we got home Nick surprised us by having our tree up and ready.

That evening Nick and I got a chance, thanks to my wonderful Mother in Law, to go to our friend's house for an ugly sweater party. We had a great time hanging out with our friends that we haven't seen in awhile and hanging out with each other. We even got to have fancy mocktails! We didn't win the ugliest sweaters but we did make out pretty well in the white elephant gifts.

Next on the list is sending out cards and finishing the pesky shopping...