Cienna - 3 Years, 3 Months... Kaylee - 10 Months!

The month was off to a good start with Ryan's Birthday at U-Bounce (after some coercing until Cienna was comfortable).  Nana and Poppa came to enjoy the rest of the month with us which was quite eventful.  Auntie Kimmie celebrated her birthday in Vegas and Mommy had her favorite brownie cake specially made and decorated for hers!  Mommy and Cienna got a special play date at a local Library story time and lunch with the Geithmans while Poppa and Nana stayed with Kaylee.  Since Kaylee wanted to see them also they came by the next week for a while so we could all play before they headed to their Ireland vacation!  Brian, Erin, and Alexa stopped by and had dinner.  The girls all had fun playing together.

We fit in some play time at the park and a baby shower for the Shiroma's for Brandon who should be here any day! We got to share our local Farmer's Market with Nana who loved all the delicatessens.  Although there were some unfortunate circumstances with Poppa we still enjoyed having them around and were also able to hang out with Uncle Mike for a day!  Mommy's office mate and good friend from work decided to move on to a new company, we wish him good luck.

At the end of the month Cienna, Mommy, and Kaylee went to see Darcie at her Regionals gymnastics meet in Anaheim.  It was the girls first time watching a meet and they both had a great time!  It was nice hanging out with Jason and getting to see Darcie in action!  That day, Daddy got to enjoy a VIP event at the Long Beach Grand Prix!  Cienna had a doctors appointment. which was smooth sailing especially since we had lots of pretend doctor play time with Dora!  She was telling Dr. Sherman what she should check next!

We got a few projects completed including fixing up Nana and Poppa's motor home with a new flat screen!  Mark also worked hard and finished Kaylee's letters to put on her wall which turned out beautiful, glitter and all.  We took advantage of some good weather and got the garden in tip top shape and finally started some planting!  We also made a dent in configuring the garage to fit a perfectly timed donated Refrigerator from the Snow's.  The frig will hold Daddy's new keg that he got as an early birthday present from his girls and boys for our home brew!

The greatest event of the month was the birth of Charlotte Marie Payne weighing in at 7lbs 9oz born on April 19th with both parents overjoyed and healthy!  We welcome her with hugs and kisses from a far!

Cienna now at 34.5 pounds and 38 inches tall has excelled in reading/sounds this month, actually sounding out words she does not recognize and remembering the ones that she has seen.  She also loves to trace letters and has made numerous cards for friends!  Most of the cards now include stapled on bracelets since that is a new craft we enjoy together.  We still all continue to enjoy the new outfits that she puts together!  A great quote while we were at the gymnastics meet was "Mommy they are all wearing shirts that are attached to their underwear!"  (Leotards)!  Check out the video below for our first attempt at blowing up a balloon!

Now waving, giving high/low fives and kisses (the cute open mouth baby kisses) are her new and safest accomplishments.  Kaylee has also mastered climbing up the stairs (which she is only allowed to do when Mommy and Daddy are there), not so much going down although she'd love to just go for it.  She is also walking while holding just one hand and cruising like a champ along any item she can find.  She is a go and get um type which has earned her first black eye and forehead bump all in the same week!  She is luckily following in Cienna's footsteps listening to what we ask of her for the most part (she may try to push buttons a bit).  She even helps in the garden without putting dirt or rocks into her mouth too many times. 

They both are growing to quickly as might have been stated before but we are truly enjoying our family and are lucky for all that we have.  It is great to be able to create these blogs each month although they are lengthy you get to realize time isn't just flying by but we are enjoying each minute!

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