Sienna celebrated her 2nd birthday on Grandma Brenda's actual birthday, which turned out to be an absolutely perfect day to revel in the sun. We grilled burgers and ate sinful potatoes (thanks Grandma Brenda), salad and relishes (thanks Grandma Belva) and Mommy's favorite grape salad (thanks Grandma Julie). Sienna loved each and every present she received and has been playing with them ever since (so has her big sister!). She got a wand from Steve and Sondra (who couldn't be at the party but stopped by earlier to visit), a Sesame Street school bus from Auntie Megan, Uncle Phil, Sadie and Eliose, cogs and screws, a growth chart, and a super cool puzzle from Grandma Julie and Uncle Jimmy, super cute clothes and a baby doll from Grandma Belva and Grandpa Tim, a baby doll high chair from Grandma Brenda and Grandpa Kevin, an art smock from Auntie Annie and a little piggy book from Uncle Luke (Dunka Duke, as SiSi calls him). After opening presents, we ate bee cupcakes and Sienna ate the candy bees off the cake. Finley chose the theme since Sienna loves to sing, "Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee." We spent the rest of the afternoon lounging in the perfect late summer/early fall day.
Now that she's 2, Sienna is really showing her personality. We all love how she sings songs to herself while she plays - everything from "EIEIO" to "God Bless America!" (Great Grandma Joyce is smiling down from heaven on her for that one.). She's very loving to her babies and to her "Ninny" when Finley gets sad - although she also has a fierce temper and pulls Ninny's hair at the drop of a hat. She goes on and on and tells long stories, although many of the words are indecipherable, but she definitely has the inflections down. She loves Barney and watches his DVDs to fall asleep at night. She LOVES the pool and has very little fear in the water. She also loves to do gymnastics and she tries to copy every move Finley makes. She does still hate loud noises like tractors and vacuums ("I scared. I scared of tractors," she says). She's just as sweet as can be and so huggable, even when she is standing on her chair and climbing on the table with a twinkle in her eye! We love you, Sienna!
