Grandma Sandwich!

March 29, 2014 (8 months and 3ish weeks)

Last weekend the Wick family came down to see Grammie and Grandpa Jer Bear! Auntie Lyn was down too. On Saturday the whole crew went out to dinner at a great place in Fresno with Great Grandma. Grammie Anne gave Sierra a beautiful dress to wear (thank goodness, because Sierra wet her previous cute outfit on the way down from Davis).

Sunday was a birthday brunch for all of the March birthdays in the family (and family friends too... so many). Anne had been planning and prepping for it all week.  Fruit salad, quiches, meats, mimosas, Lyn made salmon cakes... so much food!

I love the 4 generations pictures!

Anne's friends all came too. They are all great to talk with. Nancy took tons of great photos for us. What a life saver (we forgot our camera). Sierra had a blast. All of the guests got a kick out of watching her crawl around everywhere, and Sierra was up for entertaining too! We gave her a bunch of differnt foods that day. She was making new faces with her new meals, breathing in through her scrunched up nose and  pushing out air through her pursed lips.

What an amazingly devolpmental week it was?! Sierra has been eating foods with her fingers (and sometimes insisting on it, which makes it harder for Papa and I timewise). It was so nice to take a few days off this week and be with our baby. I brought her to a few "play sessions" with other moms and their babies. I saw Bailey and the girls on Wednesday too. Sierra LOVES kids, and she especially loved seeing Etta toddle around everywhere (she is almost 1). I think she picked up some cues from her on how to eat.

She is eating just about everything now and is becoming increasingly independent. She often takes her stuffed animals and brings them on "adventures" with her. She looks under the automan and then she sticks her stuffed animals' heads under to see what's going on. It is absolutely adorable.

She stood up from the ground unassisted about 10 times just today! What an independent little lady!

We came down again for an extended weekend. Gus took Friday off, so we left late Thursday night (unfortunately half of the trip involved her screaming). We made it though... very happy to arrive close to midnight so we could wake up at Grammie's and Grandpa's.

Today was Great Grandma Maribeth's 87's birthday! We had a great time hanging out with her at her apartment. Grandma seemed to enjoy herself too!

She really seemed to enjoy Great Grandma's whistle on her key chain. Everything she likes to play with lately has been all of the "non-toys" type of things (keys, catalogs, napkins, etc). She is especially fond of tearing up the catalogs.

After that we visited Grammie Anne at her work. The kids in the library were great! They all loved seeing Sierra. One sweet young girl immediately began reading to her. I could tell Sierra was starting to get overwhelmed with the attention and began to grab for my leg and hide behind it when she was uncomfortable. It was great to see Anne in her element, the kids love her there. 

 Her 3 top teeth are causing her discomfort even though they cut through 2 weeks ago, so she is wearing her amber necklace again. It is emotional watching her grow up so quickly before my eyes, but I must say I truly do love this age. I feel so lucky to be able to take vacation time to be with her, watching her grow brings me so much joy.