Christmas

I can't believe how much Sierra has grown! I knew this Christmas would be so much fun with Sierra. We just had a blast. We had a wonderful time with family. It was exhausting, but all so worth it. We celebrated the big Mitchell Family Christmas the Sunday a week and a half before Christmas. Then we celebrated with Reaux and Dee Dee (Todd's dad and step-mom) on Christmas Eve. On Christmas day, we went to Nana's house (Todd's mom). What a wonderful time of being together.

Thanksgiving/Wright Christmas

For the Wright family, Thanksgiving and Christmas fell on the same day this year. Shireen (Russell's wife) is pregnant. She is due at the end of January. If we wanted to celebrate with the whole family, we needed to do Christmas early. Thanksgiving was a perfect time. It made for a hectic weekend (because we threw a baby shower in the mix too! :) , but it was so great to spend so much time together. By the end of the week one of Sierra's favorite words was "Reen" for Shireen! I am thankful for all of the family time we were able to enjoy!

Sierra trying on her new rain boots with Aunt Tami (or Ta Ta)
Sierra playing football!

Daddy and Sierra playing with the keyboard from Uncle Russ and Aunt "Reen"

Sierra wanting to be like Aunt "Reen" with her own water bottle.

My wonderful family. I am so blessed!

Halloween 2008

Sierra dressed as Tigger for her second Halloween. We had such a busy night after a full day of school. Sierra held it together well though! We went by Reaux and Dee Dee's house to see Ayden and Gavin, the pirates. Next we went to school to play and dance!

After all of that dancing, daddy joined us and we went to Grandmom and Poppa's church to the Trunk or Treat. There we saw a BIG gorilla that scared us! We walked around a little more, but we soon got tired. We all went home and decided it was time for bed. Sierra of course was over tired. Watch out for nights like that... She fought sleep and fought sleep. Finally I just laid her in her bed. Well, that didn't last long. Sierra was screaming and so upset that when she pulled and threw her leg up on the bed rail, she actually hoisted herself up. I caught her before she was completely over, but we all know she is now capable of climbing out of her crib. YIKES! They grow so fast! What will Halloween be like next year?

I can't believe how much Sierra has grown. She is nearly 14 months old now! Sierra is finally happy at preschool again after being home with mommy all summer. We had a great summer playing together, but returning to school was hard. But we are in a great routine now, even with being out for a week because of Hurricane Gustav. ( Sierra still went to school while I worked at home on lesson plans.)
Todd and I are taking Sierra to see the ENT doctor tomorrow for the first time. We have to discuss when to get buttons/tubes. Hopefully this will help with all of the ear aches Sierra has.

Sierra's Birthday

We had a great party at Aunt Lynda's. Sierra enjoyed family, cupcakes, presents, and swimming! We all had so much fun.

Crawford Family Reunion

We had our annual Crawford Family Reunion this past weekend. It is always nice to see family. We had a good time hanging out at my dads and eating WAY too much! :) Three generations were gathered; my mom and her brothers/sister and cousins, my siblings, cousins and their spouses and our children. It is amazing how these things change. We've been going to family reunions for as long as I can remember and now my daughter is experiencing the same thing. Life is one big crazy cycle!

Marja, Shawn, Stan, Russ, Shireen, Ryan, Linda, (Judy's daughter, sad i know), Kristie

Several cousins couldn't be here for multiple reasons. They were all missed.

Missing: Michelle, Susan, Eddie, Clif, Tami (who was inside sleeping)

Tami with Mason and Sierra

Poppa with Sierra

My two babies! Todd and Sierra

Early Birthday

Aunt Tami brought Sierra her birthday present early this year! Everyone knows Aunt Tami LOVES Mickey Mouse. Well, she is hoping to help Sierra develop a love for Mickey, although, maybe not quite as strong.

Sierra loves her new toy. She walked behind it, rode on it, and just played with it for hours!

Thanks Aunt Tami for the wonderful gift!

Wow! Sierra LOVES ravioli! This was an experiment and boy did I learn from it! She loves it, it turns her orange. (can't wait to see the end result! ) Of course we had to take a bath right after!

Swim Day

Well, summer is here and Sierra LOVES to be outside (as long as the sun is not too bright! :) We have just a little backyard and deck, but this pool fits nicely in it! Hopefully, we will have a summer full of swimming and sun!

Ayden and Sierra LOVED the pool!

We had to make Ayden sit! He loves to go, go, go!

Play Day

Sierra loves her cousin Ayden! Ayden was born just 5 months before Sierra. He lives just down the road, which makes play days fun and easy! :) We are eagerly awaiting summer so that we can play in the blow up pool outside! But for now, the playhouse inside will have to work.

We bought Todd a new truck this month. His old one was dying a slow painful death. The A/C had gone out and summer is approaching. Plus, his old truck didn't have a place for a car seat. That is not an option any more! We LOVE Todd's new truck, especially Sierra. She can ride in her car seat and turn her head to see her daddy driving. It is so sweet! He had the windows tinted in back so the sun wouldn't bother Sierra like it does in Mommy's car! ;0) Needless to say, we are happy with the purchase!

Todd showing Sierra how to drive! :)

The proud daddy!

Sierra's first Easter

Sierra's first Easter was the best holiday yet! She understood so much more today than she did at Christmas. When I picked her up from her crib she saw her Easter Basket on the table. She was not interested in her bottle, she wanted to see what was in the basket!! I put it on the floor for her to dig through. Todd and I watched as she pulled and played with the objects inside! My two favorite things were the stuffed puppy dog and the hat, but she also got her first chocolate bunny. We will see if she gets to eat it! :)

Smiling at Daddy!
Lookin' cute in the baseball cap
Sierra's first Easter Dress

We celebrated Christmas a little late with the Wright family. Poor Russell and Shireen were on their way to Louisiana when we all decided Sierra and I were too sick to participate in Christmas and what fun is Christmas without the baby? We celebrated Sierra's first Christmas with the Wrights in January! It was great time with our growing family.

Sierra loves her picture book Aunt Tami gave her!

What a big girl!

Look what Poppa and Grandmom gave me...it makes music!