the remaking of a kitchen

some more photos from another skype call.....i do love those calls so much! it is such fun to hear siena saying so many new words. whatever anyone says, she will try to repeat it. that can be a bit scary, and we will all need to watch it in the future!

Labels: sarah and siena, talking and loving

here we have a pile of siena, auntie jewlee, and mommy sarah, siena walking with loni and siena entertaining herself on the floor.

Labels: auntie jewlee, loni, sarah and siena

thanksgiving in palo alto....what a treat! cara and steve invited us to join the silvers again for a grand feast. you can see that everyone is eagerly awaiting the carving of the turkey....and then there is a photo of jeff the creator of the magnificent bird showing his wild enthusiasm!!

Labels: ben, cara and steve, dolan and will, jeff, sarah and siena

this was a shot from a call last week. siena pulled herself up to the window sill in the living room and walked back and forth to pick up a plastic piece sarah re-placed after siena threw it on the floor. she then pulled herself up so she could see out the window. so cute!

we had a skype call a few days ago and siena showed off her new skills pulling herself up to the window seat in her room. you can see the amount of effort and concentration involved! she is getting ready to take off one of these days!

Labels: cruising, sarah and siena

we had a delightful skype call a few days ago. a special treat was watching siena enjoying sarah reading to her about the big bear who really likes strawberries.

Labels: reading, sarah and siena, skype, sweetness

this will be a very short post.....we had a skype call this evening, and this is a snapshot of siena pointing at me. i melted. i can't wait to get to california and we are really leaving in the morning for our road trip!

Labels: pointing, sarah and siena

another skype session with sarah and siena....this one cut short by the arrival of ms crumple cakes. the call was a little too close to bedtime, but very sweet while it lasted. siena did some of her scoot on her way to grab the computer, and showed us how she played with and chewed on some of her toys. she always seems to recognize us and that is a joy in itself and very heartwarming to the too faraway grands.

Labels: sarah and siena, toys and scoot

today we had a great skype visit with sarah and siena. siena was in fine form, she actually laughed out loud at one point and she was "talking" and smiling away most of the time. she even demonstrated her new tricks....she can move! it does involve a lot of flapping, but then she bounces or hops forward on her little rear. it's very sweet. i took many many snaps, so here we go. the really close ups are when she was diving at the computer; in fact she was able to close the lid a couple of times. the side view of her smiling is when she saw her daddy in the front garden. she alternated looking at pictures in her books and chewing on them.....very tasty titles for sure.
one of my faves is her lifting her foot, so she could get it into her mouth! :)






















i am just back from a lovely visit to omaha...staying at my friend judy's basement motel. i had a wonderful visit with her and her family, plus i was able to touch base with so many friends. it was very therapeutic and i think i just need to do something like that more often!! we even went to the henry doorly zoo which has changed so much since i last visited. it was a great treat!

Labels: good friends, omaha, sarah and siena, skype, zoo