Ben update!

I seem to forget about when all the milestones happen but I think Ben is making them just as fast as Siena did. I don't know if them doing these things early is good or bad. I definately don't want him to walk anytime soon. Ben is really fast at crawling and can get into everything before I can get to him. Siena goes and opens the bathroom door and Ben crawls to the bathroom really fast. They think it's so funny to make me go in and get them in the bathroom. From the previous post this occupies a great deal of the day for me... chasing them out of the bathroom.You will notice in the picture we don't even have a doorknob on the door because Siena has locked herself in there too many times and it terrifies her. A couple weeks ago I went to get Ben from his crib and he was standing up in the middle of it not holding on to anything. He has started pulling up on everything and can stand for a couple of seconds by himself. Whenever I put him down he tries to find me and climbs up my leg. He is getting a little clingy. I don't know if it is because he is the second child or what but he is so mellow. Just recently he has found his voice and when he wants a toy he will let you know. He seems to always want the toy Siena has. That doesn't usually end well. Siena is learning how to share toys with him or how to trade toys.

Craziness

I know you think this post is all about the election. I really don't know how I feel about it all eventhough we all knew this is how it was going to turn out. I am writing about the craziness of my kids. We miss nana and papa's attention and we have had too much candy. Siena has been potty trained for a couple of months and rarely has any accidents and doesn't have to be rewarded anymore, but as of halloween she thinks she needs a halloween treat everytime she goes to the bathroom. She is constantly on a sugar high or screaming in her room because i won't give her chocolate. It has been a long day. Ben starts crying if I walk out of sight and tries to follow me wherever I go. Either that or I find him in the bathroom playing with the plunger or the screws on the toilet. SO GROSS. I don't know why he has chosen that place to hang out. I can't wait for this day to be over.

future wedding video

Someday when Siena gets married she is going to regret all these pictures. We have the funniest pictures of her. I don't know why she decided she had to take her pants off in this picture. I guess to see the whole boot. She loves her shoes!

Halloween

We had lots of trick or treating parties. On friday morning we went to the library for storytime and a parade. That night we had pizza with our neighbor and then tried to go trick or treating. We went to probably 20 houses and only 3 people were home. It was so sad. I don't think Siena really got the idea that people were supposed to give her candy. Then later that night we went to the church trunk o treat. We got lots of candy there. It was really fun and there were a lot of people there. Siena had a little piece of candy on the way there and perked right up and was hyper for the whole event. Now she has been asking non stop for halloween treat and has been quite persistent about it. I can't wait till the candy is all gone. Ben was really good and went along for the whole event with his costume on. He didn't really like his hat on and Siena would not keep her wings on but it was a great night and wonderful weather. We didn't even have to wear jackets. Now if I only could have gotten Dave to dress up like captain hook!

Utah trip

Instead of doing laundry and putting away our tons of luggage I will write about our wonderful trip to Utah. We had so much fun but missed Dave by the end of the week. It was the most perfect flight on the way out there. It wasn't a full flight and we had the nicest flight attendants that actually took my kids and walked them around the plane for a little bit which saved my sanity. We also had a whole row to ourself which was nice. On the way back it was another story. I didn't get on the plane early enough so we got the last seat where there were actually 2 seats next to eachother and it happened to be next to an older man, he was very nice and helpful but it would have been better if we had the whole row to ourselves. Of course halfway through the flight Ben was stinky and we had to change him. So I took him to the back where the flight attendants were and changed him there on the little jumpseat that the flight attendants sit on. I changed him then lifted him up and Siena had her fingers there when the seat came up slamming her fingers in the seat.She screamed for 30 minutes while a nice flight attendant held Ben. It was awful and we still had 2 hours left. We never really recovered from that and had a wigly crying wining rest of the flight. Thank you, thank you holly for the dvd player that helped. We did so much in Utah. Siena was really excited that we could see so many temples. We saw the almost finished Draper temple and we went to temple square. We went to music and the spoken word to see my dad sing in the choir and then president Monson came out after they sang. It was cool. I was so close to him and it was cool to see my dad sing live. We went to a halloween party where we could trick o treat and Siena fell asleep in the car ride there so she missed the whole event. She woke up when we put her back in the car when we were done. We were so off our schedules and were always so busy. Ben had a good time trick o treating. A lot of people thought he was Robin Hood which I guess is easy to mistake him for. If Siena was awake and trick o treating with him they would have been able to tell he was Peter Pan. They are so cute together in their costumes. We went to Thanksgiving point and did the Dinosaur musuem which Siena was scared of. I don't know why. We went to barnyard boo also at Thanksgiving point. That was lots of fun. There was a little petting zoo, pony rides and a haunted hayride where the headless horseman came up and rode right next to you. She wasn't scared of that. Surprisingly I saw my mtc roomate there, that was really fun to see her little family too. We braved the HUGE crowd to go to Boo at the zoo. It was the most perfect fall day ever to go to the zoo. I think my kids were the only ones not dressed up. They would not put on their costumes. I got yelled at by a little 4 yr old because I thought he was a tiger when he was a lion. WOW. I guess I don't know my animals well enough. We saw lots of animals and got some candy. They need to be a little more organized about it all. We got to hang out with my brother that day which was really fun. My sister Jennie and her 3 boys came to play a lot and they loved hanging out in grandmas basement and on her swingset and my sister Amy came and stayed with us while we were there. It was fun to see my newest nephew and my little sister Amy cute and pregnant. The cousins got along wonderfully and we miss you guys. We played all day and shopped a lot which was exactly what we wanted to do.

Haircut

We are having a great time in Utah and Dave will never let me come back because I cut all my hair off here. I love it. We miss you Dave

Happy Birthday to... ME

this is the only picture of me on my 29th birthday...how sad



Yeah I had my birthday Wed. It was a good day but not the kind of birthday you had when you were little. I miss those fun all day birthday party type days. I got to spend it with a 2 1/2 yr old and a 7 month old doing errands. Yeah! It was nice Siena would randomly say happy birthday to me all day and she even said it this morning. It was a good night, we went to Five guys and we had a delicious chocolate cake that Siena was so proud of but she would not sing happy birthday to me. She had been asking for the cake all day. I turned 29 and will forever be that age. It's been a great year!