Welcoming Bryce to the world

On Tuesday August 24th, 2010 Sierra got to welcome her baby brother into this crazy world. She stayed with her Grandma JoAnn while Erik and I were in the hospital for the 2 days recovering from the planned C-section. When she came into the hospital room, her other Grandma, Meredyth, was also visiting. Sierra was joined with her Aunt Kerstin, Uncle Ryan and Cousin Dresden too.
The meeting of brother and sister was wonderful! We asked her "Where is your brother?" assuming she would point to my stomach like she had been doing for my months but she surprised us all by pointing to her brother! She also gave him kisses and hugs and just seemed to be excited in general. Here are some pictures we took of our new family.

Preparing for the arrival of Sierra's brother

Wow! It has been a long time since I have posted anything! This second pregnancy has flew by. It has been so different than how it was with Sierra. Of course with it being my second rodeo, I am a lot more relaxed and not calling the doctor asking a million questions and wondering "is this normal?" I have a lot more energy which is a good thing because if I had the same feeling of utter exhaustion with a toddler to deal with on top of it, I would have had a melt down! No huge cravings or food aversions. Last time around, I was eating a ton of Pho and fruit and this time I would say I had more sweet things and Panda Express.
I have been telling Sierra that she has a brother coming and pointing to my stomach and she now points to it and gives it kisses. She even lifts my shirt if asked where her brother is (not embarrassing at all).

Here are a couple of pictures of her saying goodbye to her brother before we left her at Grandma's and went to the hospital. We also got a video.

Sierra saying Good Night to Beaker

Here is a video that I took of Sierra playing with my very tolerant bird, Beaker. The funny thing is that if Erik goes anywhere near his cage, Beaker tries to attack him but thankfully for me and Sierra, Beaker does not seem to mind Sierra trying desperately to befriend him. Every morning she uncovers his cage and always says Hi to him when she gets home. Recently, she has figured out how to climb up on top of the chair next to the table so she can be literally nose to nose with him. I just keep praising Beaker saying, thank-you for allowing this!!
She also kisses the fish tank. Imagine if she had a dog or cat...

April 2010 photo's and videos

Here are some pictures of Sierra easting her favorite food:

In this video, Sierra is saying hello to our pet bird Beaker and our fishies. She loves animals and every time she sees any she races to them.

Easter 2010 Egg Hunt

For Easter Grandma JoAnn bought Sierra some plastic eggs that we put some treats in and hid around the living room for her to find. She had a blast organizing the eggs into her basket and the decorative bowl on the table.


We joke about how fast it takes Sierra to taker her socks and shoes off once she gets them on. She just loves to be barefoot.

Photo's from March

We have a park near by that we have taken Sierra to to play on the swings and kick her ball around.


Our little Olympic swimmer in training is still in love with her bath time. all we have to do is say the word and she runs into the bathroom and patiently (SORT OF) waits for us.

Some old photo's that I have meant to post (Feb)

Here are some photo's from when we went to Conner's 1st birthday party in late February:


These photo's were taken by Erika's Dad and are just gorgeous of her: