A week in pictures

June 23, 2014 (11.5 months)

Sierra, Gus the dogs and I went for a few walks at a local preserve a few mornings this week, and on the days we didn't we got out on the bikes. Sierra is still loving her chariot, I mean bike trailer. On Thursday we met up with Sophia, Eric and Ariana at a park in town, Jill and Wes stopped by too.  Sierra and Ariana were sporting their shades together.

We are still reading a lot of books to her every day. We were just gifted a bag of books from a colleague of mine with older kids who was downsizing. 

Sierra is completely confident in exploring new surroundings without me by her side. 

We biked over to the UC Davis Rec pool on Saturday, and it is becoming quite evident that she is a natural water baby. 

 Her duckie towel inspires her to take flight!

On Sunday we headed out for a "bike ride" where Gus and I had plans to switch back and forth between riding and hiking with Sierra and the dogs. We forgot our helmets so it turned into a group hike with the 5 of us... me in my bike shorts and mountain biking shoes.

We wrapped up the weekend on Sunday by having Auntie Lyn over for dinner. She brought with her Sierra's 1 year birthday gift. A kid's basketball hoop! Gus and her seemed to enjoy it more than Sierra can right now, but I know when she's ready she will love to play with it. Sierra is now climbing on and off all of our couches (usually without incidence). Unfortunately this morning she did take a tumble when she reached over for a book.

 Auntie Lyn brought her iPhone for our musical entertainment. Sierra likes to bring it around with her as if it were a boom box. Dance parties are a common occurrence with Sierra.