The week went by very quickly. Between me having some friends over to lift at night on Monday, going on family bike rides around town with Sierra in her trailer, and a play date with Marleene and baby Andrew (who Sierra also gave a hug too). More of her baby friends are becoming more interesting to her; instead of just parallel playing she seems to interact more often with them. We made it to Friday in a flash.
Sierra's gibber jabber has turned into more like flowing sentences of gibberish. There are peaks and valleys in her tones and there are new consonants mixed with vowels more often. She has pretend play with her stuffed animals and loves all (I do mean ALL) of her books. She will go retrieve a book after we ask her to get one for us, and then she scoots her bottom back onto our laps so that we can read them to her. She is cutting two more teeth on the bottom of her mouth and is very happily using them to chew all of her favorite foods: tofu, raspberries, watermelon, (America's favorite food) cheese, raisins, tomatoes, steamed and sauteed veggies, lentils, eggs, pancakes... the girl can eat (sounds familiar)!
Friday I took off from work and Sierra and I headed up to Truckee for the weekend. Gus was coming up after work and Joe and Elsa were going to get up there at night, so Sierra and I checked into our VRBO rental early and hung out all day at the North Star Resort. I have succeeded in making it through 2 lone 2 hour drives with just her and me now; I feel like I deserve a gold star sticker for overcoming my fear. She fusses for half and sleeps for about half, not bad.
Friday we unloaded all of Sierra's toys and books, played in the new space, went for a few walks and went to the homeowners' rec pool and playground. Sierra loves spending time in the pool! Did I also mention we took selfies... I'm guilty as charged: see below. I also took her down to the outdoor roller skating rink where all of the big kids were rollerskating. Sierra was very interested so I decided we should hold her hand out to give all the kids who skated by high fives (I saw a few of the little girls later in the weekend that remembered us for it).
"Mom, I'm not impressed by your antics at all."
She now knows how to fence with a spoon too.
It was well worth coming up the day early. The mountain air was fantastically refreshing. Joe and Elsa came in later and I had already set up a dinner for them (since they really had a killer drive up from LA). Sierra seemed to remember Joe, and took to Elsa after about 10 minutes too. Gus got up around 2am. Sierra did not sleep well that night....
We were quite groggy the next day, and got off to a late start. So we went into Truckee (Jax by the Tracks diner) for breakfast. It was wonderful and filling (Sierra ate 1 egg and nearly 2 pancakes), and very generous of Joe and Elsa to treat us. After returning the guys hit the lift to mountain bike and Elsa, Sierra and I went to the rec center again. Even with the overcast, Sierra was all up for swimming. I gave her a red kickboard to hold on to and she never let go of that thing until we left. She loved seeing the older kids too.
Elsa made some quality guacamole and after the guys got back we all snacked on that before going for a nice hike/walk around the resort. I was able to get some great photos while we were out.
Our Burley Honeybee trailer doubles as a stroller (AWESOME investment - great self birthday gift)!
We all pushed Sierra. On the hike we saw tons of 2+ million dollar homes (we know because Joe pulled them up on Zillow.com)... quite the sight to see.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY GUS!!!
There were mountain bike races all weekend and we happened to see the podium (Gus and I of course had the same idea)! I feel like the winner because I love my family so damn much!
Sunday morning Elsa made omelets (Sierra ate a whole 2 egg omelet after already eating a whole yogurt), we checked out, and headed over to King's Beach to look for asphalt biking trails that we could all ride and pull Sierra on. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I directed us to the beach access which we hung out at for about a half an hour before realizing (thanks to Gus going to the local bike shop) that it was actually in Tahoe City. Unfortunately, Joe and Elsa had to get on the road by that point, so the three of us headed off to Tahoe City to bike along the lake and Truckee River. It was a great day, and truly the perfect Father's Day for Gus. I loved hearing other dads say Happy Father's Day to him as they biked past. We had a quick stop back at North Star for dinner and then headed home.
Sierra's photo shoot at Lake Tahoe... could you be any cuter?!
Grammy Annie came to town on Sunday night
and was staying with Aunt Lyn, and was able to watch Sierra today while
we were at work. As soon as she walked in the door Sierra just lit up.
It was incredible to watch that smile come across her face, especially
knowing the way she is with "new" people now. It made us all realize
that Sierra remembered her grammy. They had a wonderful time today and
Sierra was happy as ever when I got home (actually she really didn't
even make a big deal out of me coming in, which is another way I knew
she was having fun).
I do feel very lucky for such a wonderful weekend, such wonderful people in my life and such a great family.
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