Big Girl Bike!

Sierra is our ever growing girl!!!  This summer in shorts it's not as obvious as she is not turning pants into high-waters to show us her growth spurts.  However, after we returned from our California vacation I noticed different things around the house that she was able to reach a lot easier... or there was the fact that when we stopped by her friends house and she was out on the porch and he stood up on the threshold... she was still as tall or taller than him!  So we came home and measured her.  Sure enough she had grown 2 more inches.  She's now just over 40 pounds and is 42 inches tall!  She's doubled her birth length... and more than quadrupled her birth weight! 

She has still been attempting to ride her tricycle, but her knees now bow way out to the sides and it really wasn't feasible any longer.  We have been frustrated at times because she has been offered the opportunity to try out bigger bikes with training wheels but quickly quits/gives up when she encounters one of the many hills in our neighborhood.  But... last week there was a bit of a change!  Her buddy Owen had his smaller bike and bigger bike out when we stopped to say hello.  The two of them decided they wanted to race... which was a great motivator.  She is a good bit taller than him so she got to try out the bigger bike.  And to my surprise she put a good amount of effort into it and did fairly well.  So... when in the midst of errands (mostly for the baby) we stopped by Toys R Us.  We got a killer deal on a cute bike for her as it was the last one of that bike in the store.  It was already assembled and ready to go for $49!  We got her a cute little basket and she test drove it around the store and up to the register.  Didn't want to get off and then rode it out of the store and to the truck.  We're working on laps around the flatter parts of the neighborhood and will probably have to load up and take it to the cement pad at the park one of these mornings too for some good practice.  So proud of her for stepping it up!

 Trying it out in the store

Loaded into daddy's truck... and for size reference!

Sierra riding the bike out from the store and to the truck

Sierra riding in the neighborhood