The Hill of Apples.

I LOVE fall. It doesn't quite feel like fall here yet, but it's getting there. I like the idea of snuggling in a blanket, watching a movie with cold air blowing through the window while you eat a bowl of soup. Nothing says fall though like a trip to Apple Hill. The weather was perfect and the apple juice was just as delicious as I remember. We went up with my parents and had a very low key trip. We looked at all the craft booths, fed the fish, ran into some friends and my sister Katie, ate lunch and brought home an apple pie. Sienna even got to try some of Grandpa's apple donut, mommy's sandwich and some berry apple pie! We didn't take a ton of pictures but here are a few of us enjoying our day.

I'm so excited for the rest of this year... all the fall holidays, Nick starting school, the Idahoans coming to visit AND Sienna's first birthday!

Teeth!

Miss Sienna thinks that teeth are funny for some reason. She has five now! Whenever she gets the opportunity she loves to stick her finger in mommy or daddy's mouth and touch our teeth. She is so weird... I haven't figured out if it's actually teeth or the word teeth that makes her giggle. Anyway, for Labor Day we went over to the Langstraat's for some swimming and lunch. While we were there Erin took a couple of pictures that I loved and wanted to share.

Playing with Mommy's teeth.

I just love this picture...it's so Sienna.

Showing off her top teeth with her monster face smile!
I just love this silly girl!

Bed Head.

For someone with so little hair that is some serious bed head.

Fake Coughing....

...and other silly things that I want to remember. I have been pretty good about blogging the big things that happen to our small family but after looking at a friends blog I realized that I was missing all of the everyday stuff that makes me laugh or makes me crazy. This post will be my attempt to journal all the stuff that Sienna is up to and then I hope to blog more about the everyday crazy as well as the bigger stuff.

1. Fake Coughing. The girl is out of control. It started a couple of days ago and she thinks that she is so funny. I think she is just silly.

2. She LOVES music! Sienna is a dancing queen but since she doesn't quite stand on her own yet mostly the dancing consist of "rave hands", furiously waving her arms and a big cheesy smile. She appreciates any music from Beyonce to Brad Paisley to church hymns. She also likes to sing which sounds alot like screaming but she stops when the music stops and to me it just sounds awesome.

3. Speaking of screaming...she also does her fair share of that. Last week Nick took her to Target and almost felt like leaving because she was screaming so loud. I should mention that most of the time the screaming is purely to hear the sound of her voice and is not because she is upset. This also means that we have the noisy baby at church (see #2 as well)

4. Like any other baby she hates her toys. Ok, not really. However, she would rather play with golf balls, the laptop, the remote with batteries in it, shopping bags and the laptop cord. I have no idea how she knows if a remote does or does not have batteries but if it doesn't work, she doesn't want it.

5. Not so awesome...she throws fits. Full on throwing her head back, arching her body, holding her breath until her face is red fits. Someone forgot to tell her that she's supposed to walk before she gets an attitude...seriously. We definitely have our hands full!

Day Trip...

On Saturday we woke up with no plans and ended up headed to San Francisco for the day. We figured that Pier 39 would be good for lunch and my salt water taffy fix, but not necessarily something we could do all day with Sienna. We decided to go to the Zoo since neither one of us had been there and we heard it was a pretty cool zoo. I LOVED it! I loved how many things they had for young kids, that animals that lived together in real life got to be together at the zoo (i.e. zebras and giraffes), random peacocks, and how close you seemed to be able to get to the animals...seriously, it was crazy. They had some awesome animals too! Here are some pictures of our favorites.

We also saw a Bald Eagle, a Hippo, Lions, Bears, Sea Lions, Monkeys and so much more including a HUGE anaconda. I literally stepped back when I saw it. Sienna did great! We stopped a couple of times for snack breaks but for the most part she just soaked up everything and even put up with Daddy putting on some silly animal ears at the souvenir shop.

I told Nick that I definitely want to go again when Sienna is bigger. We then headed to the Pier for lunch, taffy and the traditional picture at the end of the pier. Sienna was pretty much done by that time so none of those pictures are awesome, but good enough. It was such a fun day!

Smoothies...

Recently Nick went and bought us the Magic Bullet with some extra money that we came into at Aunt Sam's wedding. It has been awesome! We especially love making smoothies with it. Sienna especially loves sharing with mommy and since there is nothing in it that she can't have mommy is willing to share a little.

Unfortunately for mommy, strawberry banana smoothie is apparently baby crack and Sienna often tries to steal the whole thing!

The Long Weekend of Awesomeness and Stuff

The craziness started on Wednesday for us this week! Wednesday after work Sienna and I went over to Grandpa and Grandma's house to help make Sam pretty for some pretty wedding pictures and then spent the rest of our night playing with the Gibson kids so that Aunt Katie could go enjoy a night out with her friends, we even got to spend the night! Unfortunately, Aunt Rachel wasn't feeling well the next morning and couldn't watch Sienna. Daddy drove out to Elk Grove and picked up Sienna and the two of them got to spend the whole morning together. Sienna was very excited....

On Thursday night we had the opportuntity to go to the temple to be there with Sam when she went through for the first time. Sienna got to spend that time hanging out with Grandma Hudson and Great Grandma Swanson!

Friday, I left my favorites in bed as I went off to work. Right after work though we celebrated Baby Jett's first birthday. I can't believe that he is actually one already! We celebrated with some swimming, opening presents and pirate cupcakes. We love that little/big guy and were so excited to be able to celebrate with the Esslingers...we sure miss them... Friday night we had a bachelorette party for Sam at Chevy's on the River...sorry no pictures Andi took them all.

Saturday, we started our day back at Grandpa's house helping Aunt Sam get ready for her big day! Sienna decided doing hair isn't that exciting and played with Miss Jenny instead.

After everyone was pretty we went off to the temple for the sealing. After the sealing we took some pictures and then went over to Olive Garden for a luncheon with the two families. We got home with just enough time to get Sienna ready and head over to the church for more pictures and the reception. Some of my favorite pictures of the day for you:

We were definitely tired by the end of our weekend but we are so excited for Aunt Sam and Uncle Jake. We had alot of fun seeing lots of our friends and being able to celebrate this special day. We can't wait for them to get home from their honeymoon so we can hear about how awesome the cruise and Alaska was!