Sienna the Giant

Someday Sienna is going to say she hates it when her parents are right.

It is a rite of passage that starts when we are young, finally admit that it is plausible when we are toddlers, forget when we are teenagers, and remember when we reach college.

Sometimes our parents are right.

Both Grandma Trudy (Sessa side of the family) and Nono (Parillo side of the family) pointed out how the children grow up quickly. That in a blink of an eye the child will be talking back and time stops being linear and somehow manages to fold back on itself, turn into a pretzel, and the memories become hazy on "what age did that happen?"

Okay the time part is my thought and this only after 4.5 months.

Sienna is a giant. She is strong. She flips herself around. She rolls herself into a circle. She grabs Scudder and come back with a handful of fur.* She is just over 11 pounds now - large enough to face in the world in both her Baby Bjorn and stroller - which is double her birth wait.

It makes sense that Danielle and I think she is a giant. Relatively speaking her body mass has doubled. She looks around on her own and has gone from reflexively smiling at everyone to sizing everyone up.

Which brings me back to my original statement: I hate when my (our) parents are right. This kid is growing up in a flash and Danielle and are constantly amazed at how she manages to be growing so quickly, yet seemingly around forever already.

Wayne

* I swear Scudder looks at her and tries to figure out how she went from half his size to bigger than him in such a short period of time. Or he could be figuring out when she'll be able to work a can opener.