March 6, 2011 - Siri's baby blessing

March 6, 2011 - Our sweet baby Siri Danielle was blessed today by my Aussie. It was a beautiful blessing and wonderful meeting with all of our family there to support us. The entire day was a complete joy! This baby has been sent to us straight from heaven. She is a complete joy! I cannot begin to express my gratitude to my Heavenly Father for such a gift. Each of our girls are the most amazing blessing in our lives. I just love them! She looks pretty tough in her muscle onesie. (I had to cut the sleeves off the onesie so they wouldn't show in her blessing dress.)

Siri wore the same beautiful dress that Aniston and Tylar both wore for their baby blessing. Grandma Annie did an amazing job and I am grateful to have this beautiful dress for each of our girls...and the many more to come :).

Siri kept a low profile after the blessing, just relaxing in our room.

Great Grandma Pat and Great Grandpa Ed. Grandpa Ed made the cradle that each grandchild/great grandchild has slept in.

Grandma Annie and Tylar

Grandma Eileen and Grandpa Craig

Grandma Annie and Grandpa Clair

The Sorensen 5 - Austin and his girls

Siri Danielle Sorensen

I made it!

Every time I look at this baby I smile!

At her 2 month appointment Siri was in the 97th percentile for weight (12.4 lbs ~ or so), 90th for head, and 75th for height....that's my girl!

February 27/28 & March 3/4, 2011 (Week 10)

February 27, 2011 - Here are a couple of photos Aniston took in the back of the car on the way home from church:

February 28, 2011 - Tylar is a very passionate, strong-willed, independent little person. You cannot make her do something that she has set her mind against. It is truly amazing! We have definately had a battle of wills over the past couple of months. We are learning together and it is taking every ounce of my patience, but that is what this is all about. I am grateful for the gift of patience because I desperately need it with our Tylar bug. You might as well throw out any trick or tactic that may have worked with Aniston because Tylar is a entirely different game.

On this particular day we were having a lovely morning. The girls were playing well and I was ready to hop in the shower. As I was almost in I heard the screaming begin. You see, Tylar was playing with one of the Polly Pocket dolls and was trying to get a miniscule pair of pants or shirt or something tiny on it. Needless to say, she was not having any success and quickly got frustrated. I asked if she would like me to help and she immediately barked, "No!". Although this kind of disrespect is not tolerated, I really wanted to shower and was honestly not in the mood to have an exhausting "teaching moment."

Instead of sending her to her room and having to come up with a consequence, I said, "Fine." I took Siri into my room, locked the door (locking out the screaming child) and proceeded to take a shower. I could hear her screaming the entire time. Not screaming at me, screaming because she was frustrated with the doll.

When I got out of the shower, Tylar had gone through her phases of anger, real anger, and then sorrow. She was now ready for help. After getting dressed, I opened my door to a sad, wet, crying face and hugged her. Aniston was quick on her heals with a huge smile and camera in hand. She said she was taking pictures while I was in the shower and this is what I found: (Please don't be alarmed by these photos...remember, she is not hurt, but upset about the Polly doll's clothes :))

This makes me chuckle and shake my head. I love the random, different shots taken among the crying Tylar. In the end, all was well and I put on the Polly shirt/pants/dress/whatever and all was well.

March 3, 2011 - Siri bug

March 4, 2011 - We love these girls!

February 20/21/24/26, 2011 (Week 9)

February 20, 2011 February 21, 2011

February 24, 2011

February 26, 2011 - We decided to take the girls to Jungle Jims. They had a good time, not great, but good. The facility is....ummm....

Here they are on the horses.

The rockets were a big hit!

The roller coaster was fun too...until Aniston tried to stand up to move...that was a bit scary.

This was the aftermath of the bumper cars. ...

I'm quite sure we will never do those again!

We're still trying to recover from the previous "ride".

The swings made things a little better.

As they supported each other during this tough time, Aniston and Tylar knew they could make it through the awful experience/memory of the bumper cars if they stuck together...(insert me shaking my head).

Back to the roller coaster

And we're done!