A few weeks ago, Grandpa took Dad, Uncle Eric, and me hiking on a Sunday afternoon. This is how Grandpa prefers to spend his Sunday afternoons especially if he doesn't work. I like hiking...most of the time. I tend to get a little cranky that I can't just wander off.
We've reached our 100th blog post! Yeah! Today's post is about sharing a picture of my favorite thing.
Chocolate.
I managed to find my Grandma's Valentine's Day chocolate. I quietly (so my mommy didn't notice even though she was in the SAME room) knocked the heart box (which is metal) off the nightstand. This dislodge all of the candies inside. I then QUICKLY stuffed the biggest piece I could find in my mouth. Luckily the mess was confined to me because Grandma's carpet is a lovely cream color.
Of course, Grandma is the one who has groomed and possibly genetically passed on this love for chocolate so she should not be surprised.
My other favorite thing is shoes. No. I'm not a girl or anything. I managed to pick out a pair of shoes from my big bag of shoes this morning that perfectly matched my Sunday dress. Could be chance, but still.
Then again, my next favorite thing is probably being outside and playing "baball". So maybe I won't be TOO girly.
Well spring is in the air again! It's just taunting us though. We know it's not here for good and Mommy continues to just hope and wish upon a star that it will stay!
I got to go have fun at the park in the mean time.
Mommy and I don't consider ourselves funny bloggers, and I have not yet begun to be able to compete with my cousin Smith in hijinks worth writing about. So we hope you continue to enjoy our many "photo blogs".
In these photos, you can see that I'm still developing my motor skills and I manage to make it down a slide by myself. I still need a little work though before mommy stops having to run around the playground equipment trying to prevent injury.
The first few days of February brought us a delicious taste of spring and I just soaked it up. We went to the park 4 days in a row and it was almost 70 degrees! Mommy just sat and soaked in the sun. I really miss those days. It's been cold and kind of rainy and Mommy is very unwilling to spend time at a park with me now. Here's how I spent Super Bowl Sunday, that delightful first day of February. 
There are a couple of cute videos of me jumping on the trampoline, but the internet and every browser on the computer does NOT like Mommy and seems to refuse to download them. Sigh.
So Mommy and I added a little something to the top of our blog. Did you see it?! I finally decided that after 2 ultrasounds I get to share our good news. Mommy can't keep it a secret any longer.
I'M GETTING A SIBLING!
Mommy is due during the first part of August which means it will be a LONG summer. But we're excited!
These ultra sounds were done a little more than 2 weeks apart. The first one is more of a lump and the second one looks like an alien. Mom assures me that she's NOT having an alien.
Today is my Great Grandma Larsen's birthday. I'm assuming they call her my "great" grandma because she is so wonderful.
These pictures are some awesome tights that she gave me for Christmas. And in case you're wondering, the book I'm reading is the Constitution of the United States.
Some other silly facts about me:
I LOVE chips and salsa. Preferably from Chili's. I sit and dunk my chip into the salsa bowl and just eat, eat, eat.
Pickles are delightful, but cottage cheese is just UGH.
I ask to play baball (basketball).
Obviously blogging was not one of my mommy's New Year Resolutions! However, she would like to make some notes on how FAST I'm growing up! So I'll turn this blog post over to Mommy:
So we borrowed these Signing Time videos from Pete's sister Rachel back when Siena was like 4 months old. We weren't really ambitious about them. We didn't have high expectations for Siena signing, but her cousin had done it with much success.
Well Siena finds the videos very entertaining. She'll sit and watch a whole 30 min show without flinching. Now we haven't been big on reinforcing the signs. We'd do them occasionally but we'd kinda just let it go, but we still had her watch the videos because she liked them.
Now Siena signs all the time! But what's awesome is she says the sign as she does it. The cutest is probably "please". She'll see food in your hand come over and say "Pease" as she strokes her chest. The sign is actually rubbing your tummy but it's dang close.
Other favorites:
"Ea" or "Num" (Food) and she'll put her fingers to her mouth.
"Ink" (Water) This one she just started doing. She brings her hand to the side of her mouth and kind of slaps it.
"Mo" (More) She'll bring her fingers together and touch them.
"Doggie" She slaps her leg. She'll also do this when she says "Bru" which Aunt Angie's dog Bruce.
"Hat" She'll touch her head.
