9 months old............

Long over due pictures..........

Christmas 2009.

Long time no blog..............

Sorry for taking so long to update the Whiteside blog. I know some of you look at this blog to see what is going on with us, so I apoligize for the delay.
We have been up to a lot. Buying a house, selling a condo and renting a condo are a few little things we have been working on. All I can say, is "Dont buy a house". Ok, its not life or death, but it is sure a hassle to get a loan. John and I, besides giving blood, have pretty much shared with our loan guy everything and anything about us.
Needless to say, Monday is the big day, when we find out if we were excepted or denied a loan to buy a house. Its been a very long process, but to be honest, we wont be devasted if we dont get this house. But if we do get it, we will be relieved to have more space.
As for the selling a condo, we have learned a lot. And for the renting of a condo, we are still looking for a renter , if you know of anyone.

Enough about that, lets talk about Sierra...........
She is doing great. I think she is getting taller everyday. She is not gaining to much weight, but I believe that is due to her extremely busy life. She crawls everywhere, climbs on everything and keeps us busy with her Hi's, DaDa's, Nana's and occasionally a MaMa. She had her first sleepover at Nana's and Grandpas the other day so John and I could take a 2 day trip snowboarding.
She has her 9 month appointment on Tues, so stay tuned for the stats.

I hope you all are doing well, and when I get a second I will download some pictures.

The Christmas season

When I was younger and lived in a house, one of the things I looked forward to the most, was putting up the Christmas lights. Every year I would come up with either new colors of lights or a new way to strand them around the house.

This year, being Sierra's first Christmas, we took her to one of the neighborhood streets to show her Christmas lights. Decorations sure have come along way. Not only are there still lights, but now there are moving reindeer's and giant animals or characters blown up with air. Sierra had a great time, and I even think she is starting to understand. After every house she would say "Ohhhhhh". That is her newest sound along with "Hi" that she says to everyone she passes.

Needless to say, we had a good time looking at lights, and I also think she is getting the hand of what it is going to take next year when she is my assistant in decorating the house.

Picture with Santa.....

I was hoping for the typical picture with Santa, where Sierra would be crying or making a funny face, and I could summit the picture to the Ellen show for her bit on (Bad Santa Photos). Instead, Sierra was pretty fond of Jolly Old Saint Nick. Once on put her on his lap, she hesitated a bit, but pulled through like a champ.

Here is Sierra's first photo with Santa.

December already

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We shared the holiday with our family in Palm Springs. This was Sierras first Thanksgiving and first time the family time share. It was a much needed couple days for John and I, since the last month has been a little crazy.

Johns dad passed away on November 8th after battling cancer. We have been up and down with emotions, but truly believe Bill is in a better place.

Sierra is growing and growing. She will be 8 months on the 10th and is almost walking. She tricks us with standing and balancing on her own, but then decides to plop on her buns.

She has her two front teeth and babbles up a storm. Her first word was DaDa, not that anyone is counting. Everyday gets better and better, and I am really looking forward to Sierra's first Christmas and all the festivities that come along with this joyous holiday.

I hope you all are doing well and finish out 2009 with mush love and happiness.

Sierra on her first swing..........

Here are a few photos of Sierra swinging for her first time at Del Mar. I have been waiting to put Sierra in a swing, and when we walked by an open one at the beach, I thought there is no time better then the present. She loved it>>>>