Thursday, September 19, 2013

Summer Pictures

Savannah loved the splash pad
 Lady in Red
 The slinkie won
 Happy family at Prescott Bull Riding
 This girl loves her flowers
 Yay for AZ monsoons!
 Little munchkin climbed out of her high chair, onto the table, and started sorting the nuts out of the bowl onto the table...none in her mouth, thank goodness!
 Savannah loves her stuffed animals
 She also loves daddy's backpack

Sunday, August 11, 2013

6 Wonderful Years

Happy Anniversary to us!  We got to celebrate with an afternoon on the town-just the two of us.  What a wonderful 6 years it has been.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

1 Year Old


Happy 1 Year, Savannah!

Wow, we can't believe how time has flown by.  You are a big one year old now and you can do so many things!  Daddy and Mommy love you so much and have enjoyed watching you grow.  We are excited to see you grow and learn even more this next year.  Here is an update on what you have been doing.

You are learning about body parts.  You can correctly point to your own hair, nose, mouth, tummy, bellybutton, diaper, toes, and sometimes eyes.  You like to tickle toes...yours, daddy's, mommy's, the teddy bear-anyone who has them.  You squeal and tickle and it is the cutest thing!

You have stood up and walked!  You walked 2-3 steps between mommy and daddy for a week before your birthday.  Grandma and Grandpa gave you a popper and instead of pushing it, you picked it up and carried it 10 steps!  Way to go!  By your birthday you were walking 10 feet at a time and loving the attention you got from mommy and daddy cheering you on.  Such a big girl!

You like to look at animals.  Almost every animal we see, you make a growling sound, whether in a book or real life.  Daddy has finally gotten you to make a cute, high-pitched "woof woof" for doggy and you sometimes howl back when I make a howling sound for our wolf pillows.

You love your teddy bears.  Any stuffed animal you see you give it loves and kisses, point to its nose, and carry it around.  You especially like when we play Cosmo's music (BYU fight song).  You dance along as Cosmo plays.

Speaking of little dancer, you love to move and groove to music.  Sometimes you just bob your head from side to side, but more recently you have started swaying your whole body, pumping your arms up and down, and standing up to bounce and bend your knees.  You stood up and danced at Storytime at the library on your birthday and it was darling!!

You have almost given up your pacifier in your crib.  You threw it out a couple times and still fell asleep so we are trying it out to see if you will continue to be a champ sleeper without it...2 days and counting!

You have 3 molars and one on the way.  We missed when the first two came through (maybe in CA during those 6 sleepless nights) but we knew when the 3rd came in and that 4th one is taking a looooong time.  Thank goodness for tylenol!

You enjoyed your first fireworks from an air conditioned car (you loved them!), your first rodeo in Prescott at the World's Oldest Rodeo (you loved dancing to the music and charming the ladies behind us), your first parade (the horses were interesting at first...then you were more interested in the other spectator's dogs), first circus show at the library, and first time on a plane (to Idaho for your cousin's baby shower who is due the same day as your baby sister).

Happy happy birthday, sweet little Savannah.  We love you so, so, so much.  You have changed our lives for the better and we love that you are in our family!

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Birthday Fun

 Balloons in bed
 Dancing at Storytime at the library
 Popping a bubble at Storytime
 Happy Birthday, One Year Old!!
 
 
 

Sunday, July 7, 2013

4th of July Weekend

3 Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue!  We enjoyed our 4th of July weekend as a family!
 Dinner at In N Out, Dessert at Krispy Kreme
 She loved the fireworks...watched from inside our air conditioned car
 Prescott Rodeo!
 Happy family
 
 Prescott Parade
 
 

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

11 months


Happy 11 months, Savannah!

New tricks!  It's so fun to watch you learn new tricks and be so proud of yourself.  You learned to clap and love when we clap and you get to clap with us.  We clap when you take a bite at dinner, we clap when you smile, we clap when you make a funny face, we clap when you stand up on your own, we clapped A LOT when you took a step or two without holding our hands...or realizing that you did it, we clap when we want you to be happy, we clap when you point correctly to your hair, toes, and someone else's nose.  You also like to wave.  You wave at us from your highchair almost constantly at dinner, you wave at the trees as we are driving in the car, you wave at mommy's hand in your mirror as we drive, you started waving at random strangers,  you wave at your reflection in the mirror, you wave at the couches, you wave at the wall, really, you just like to wave.

You've stood a few times without holding on to anything.  You definitely don't like to and if you realize what is happening, you immediately sit down on your bottom or lean forward and land on your hands (and knees).  You also took a step or two when mommy and daddy were helping you stand on your own and your momentum took you forward. :)

You have been a great napper this month and this makes mommy very happy.  You are also so happy when you wake up.  You could talk and play in your crib forever!  Often I hear that you are awake by the sounds of you clicking your pacifiers together rather than a cry or talking.  I think you just enjoy some quiet time all to yourself sometimes.

You have done really good at trying new foods.  You will take one bite of just about anything that goes on your tray.  However, as soon as you have licked or eaten one bite, you form an opinion of that food and if you don't like it there is NO WAY you will try one more bite for that meal.  Good thing your memory doesn't last too long between meals!

You were very sweet to daddy on his first Father's Day.  You finally spotted him up on the stand at church and you had the greatest time giving him your biggest smiles.  You kept turning around to make sure that mommy knew that you were so excited that you could see daddy. You sure made his day!

You survived mommy and daddy's first anniversary trip without you.  You got to stay at Grandma and Grandpa's house and you were so good for them!  Hooray!  We are happy that you love all your grandparents so much and that we got to see all of them this month.

Can you believe how the time has flown by?  In one more month you will be 1 year old and I can hardly believe that it has already been 1 year.  We love you so much and are so grateful that you are part of our family!

Sunday, June 16, 2013