I love playing with Acacia!!

On Monday I made my way down to Orem area and had some arrands to run and also wanted to swing by and see Grandma B, Jake, Larissa and Acacia. We hung out for awhile there and then I had to go pick up Carter. They invited us to come back for dinner if we wanted so when I picked Carter up I asked him and of course he wanted to. Especially when he found out there would be DESSERT! ( And, oh how yummy it was!) So we went back down there and had so much fun just talking and letting the kids play. It was so hilarious seeing the two of them together. They would hug and kiss and Savannah was trying to get Acacia to walk with her. She doesn't realize that Acacia doesn't walk yet. BUT, later on Acacia took 3 steps!! It was so fun to be there for that. Savannah really enjoyed playing with Jake and Larissa too!

I love how Savannah is just sitting there waiting for me to take the picture. She looks so grown up!

I'm totally at the wrong angle, but they were giving one another kisses.

Look at that face!!

When it was time to leave it was so cute. Savannah said bye to everyone and gave hugs and kisses. We didn't even have to force her!

On the drive home she was so tired but at this point she hadn't quite fallen asleep yet, but she was closing her eyes really tight and she was all curled up.

Recent Pics

These pictures are in order of most recent on top, to about a week and a half ago on the bottom.

Tippie Tippie Toes

I just love how she's standing in this one. And her ponytail.

My cute outfit.

Where'd my crackers go?

She's looking at me like she did something wrong....

And the best for last...

Seriously, CLASSIC!!

Story behind it is, she took her diaper off while we all were in the computer room and Carter says to her, "Savannah, where's your diaper?" She just kept looking over at it but really didn't have any interest in putting it back on. Apparently she took it off because she had a....itch.

Savannah was just rummaging through my scrap booking stuff and she came across a sticker that said 75% off. She stuck it on herself and said, "Picture?" She's done that a few times lately.

New phrases: "Come here." "Come on."

She pretty much copies EVERYTHING that we say. She'll say the word pretty good most of the time, but she has problems with v's and l's so far.

She likes to call anything that makes a loud noise a vacuum. (or bacuum) The lawn mower, the vacuum, a motorcycle, etc. And if the vacuum is out, she will point it out to you 10 times a day.

Right now she loves movies. Any kind of movie. Carter will turn something on, and she wants to watch it. Sometimes she won't even watch it, she just likes it on. She gets mad if you turn it off or pause it and just keeps saying, "Movie, watch, on".

She is teething like crazy. She had a fever early in the week and it took a few days to break. She is so cranky and breaks down about anything. She wasn't eating a whole lot early in the week but is doing better now. She's got 6 teeth coming in. Two on the bottom and four on top. One of the bottom looks sooo bad and inflamed. She calls her Orajel, "better".

She is starting to understand reasoning more now. You can give her an explanation and she seems to understand or agree. (or disagree)

She loves to help her Daddy get ready in the morning. It's like the Carter and Savannah Morning Show. She waits for him to get out of the shower. She wants to put lotion on like him. She gets him his shoes, socks and belt. They talk and play and it's so cute. She loves to eat his breakfast too.

The Zoo

On Saturday we decided to take Savannah to the zoo in Salt Lake for the first time. We got up there around 11:45 and stayed until about 3. She seemed to really enjoy it. It was a scorcher though. 100 degrees!! No sunburns reported though.

She ohhh'd and ahhh'd about the tiger.

As we pulled into the zoo she woke up from her nap. (This one got out of order.)

Bears playing.

Savannah liked the giraffes. We went into this one building where you can stand just as high as the giraffes are, and she was like "Hi, Hi" and waving to them.

Checking out the monkeys.

Making monkey sounds.

I took her on the carousel and I tell ya, it is hard to balance yourself on it, let alone another little person in front of you, especially when there isn't a belt or anything. At least it's a cute picture.
Sitting on this large elephant...thing. It made elephant noises and sneezed and she didn't like that.
Leaving the zoo. She got a little tiger because it really seemed like she liked that animal a lot. We got snow cones and slushes and ate at the zoo too. We had planned on taking Subway or something into the park but we got a little lost on the way there (mapquest is no help) so we just ate there. We're going to try to go back once or twice more before it gets cold and hopefully she'll start to remember the animals. A very fun little family adventure!

Sold!

Carter and I made a goal to get rid of debt by the end of this year. Mainly school loans, credit cards, etc. We have been trying to do it but it's pretty hard to do. We'd been talking about selling my old Ford Focus that Carter was driving, but we didn't make a solid decision until this month. It was kind of an amazing situation for us. The car was in great shape and had insanely low miles, so after looking at Kelly Blue Book and NADA we were able to come up with a asking price that we felt was very reasonable. Carter drove the car to work on a Thursday and then this last Monday (a week ago). On Monday night we had a guy calling and he was very interested and wanted to see the car on Tuesday. They made plans to come look at it at Target while Carter was at work. I received two calls about the car on Tuesday as well. We were so shocked that it was happening so fast.

When we decided to sell the car my thoughts were that I'd love to sell it to a young girl, like I was when I got it. Well, the guy that had called on Monday night wanted to buy it for his teenage daughter. Carter called me on Tuesday afternoon and said that they looked at it and wanted to buy it right now. WOW! So they went off to get $$$ and I had to meet Carter down there and make it all official since the car was in my name. I was excited that the car was going to someone I wanted it to go to. It was sad to say goodbye, but we got what we needed and wanted out of it so it was a tremendous blessing. We've already started paying things off and it feels so great!! Carter and I definitely feel as though this wasn't just luck, but a true true blessing from above. We definitely feel like someone is saying, yes, this is a good thing to be doing.

Now, ask me in a few weeks or months how I like having 1 car, but for now it hasn't been too bad. One of the best things about selling the car was that it was on empty when we sold it and the registration was due at the end of the month, so we saved about $230 just by selling it!!

Swim Days

We've got a community pool down the road so we went awhile back and Savannah really liked it. She dosen't want you letting go of her though; she clings! These were two seperate days.



Blowing bubbles.

Cousins!

We met up with the Cherry's on Friday night and Savannah got in some play time with Acacia. I think everybody knows that here in about 5 months these two are going to be running around everywhere, causing trouble. I'm excited to see them really play together though.

Afraid of bubble gum?

Is it possible to be afraid of a bubble gum bubble? I think not, but Savannah thinks so. She is literally crawling away from me right now because I blew a (tiny) bubble. She said, "noooo". I did it again and now she is crying. She actually jumped at the sound of the tiny bubble. Oh crap, I think she may need bubble gum therapy. Oh it's so sad, but I can't stop laughing.

A few things I forgot

It's always hard to think of all the new and fun things that Savannah does while I'm writing a post, so here are a few things I forgot.

Her feet are getting big. All the sudden they look really long and thin and we had to buy a new pair of sandals.

She likes to play with my make up when I put it on myself. This is cute and all, but I don't want her to ruin it.

She is eating a lot better lately. We had a mystery shop at Chili's the other day and she ate salad with tomatoes, carrots and ranch, of course. This girl loves ranch, or any kind of dipping sauce. She also ate some of Carter's Cajun Chicken Pasta. And she loves chips! She actually will eat salsa too. She likes muffins right now too because we made some the other day. She calls them cake.

She has been facing forward in her carseat for awhile now. She likes it so much better.

She wants to drink out of our cups now, especially if there's soda in them. We made the mistake of letting her have a few sips awhile back and now she knows what's in those drinks. She will not give up. The other day we had to get Sprite just so that she'd think it was water and not be interested in it.

I can't leave my bag out for two seconds or she is rumaging through it. She opens my wallet and starts taking everything out! Debit cards, discount cards. She does it so fast! She also loves to get the keys out and try to press the panic button on the car. Done that a few times.

It never fails that she takes out her adorable ponytail or pig tails and then looks funny looking. She'll end up with this fro looking style. Carter's always saying, "The 80's called, they want there hairstyle back."

She is so good about saying Please, Thank you and "Welcome." In fact, she will say Welcome for you. What's hilarious is when you have to remind her to say Please, and so we'll say, "what do you say?" and she'll say "what do you say?" After a few times she gets that SHE says "Please".

Right now it is raining, and there is thunder and lightning. I love it. The rain not so much, but I love July thunderstorms. Although today we're supposed to go have a barbecue at my parents, so I'm not sure how that will play out.



Our baby is really growing up. She has left behind her binky and really didn't fight us on it. We just stopped giving it to her about 2 weeks ago and a few times she's asked for it and we'll just say we don't know where it is and she's fine with it. I'm glad that wasn't a huge deal. She is extremely independent and if you let her, she'll wander. That scares me. Every morning she likes to pick a "baby" (stuffed animal) off of her bookshelf and take it with her downstairs. So consequently, there are tons of "babies" downstairs. She's a wiz at her puzzles now. I watched her do them the other day and I could just read her mind. "Ok, this goes here, that there." It's so cute. She is sure a chatterbox too. Lots of new words and phrases are coming out of her.

Here's a few: monkey, bathroom, phone, grandma, milk, camera, puzzle, blocks, potty, give, muffin, Where's _______? (to be filled in with Mommy, Daddy, Baby, etc.), close, shut, open, buckle, couch, chair.

We believe that she's teething right now and has been for a little while. She likes to put everything in her mouth and chew on it and sometimes she just rubs her gums with her fingers. I think her binky helped that process not hurt so much. We can see them coming in but they are taking forever!

She now knows that when her and I come home from the grocery store that we come inside and go to the back door, open it and I go out and get the groceries and she watches me. The other day I came in and she had moved a bag of groceries over to the refrigerator for me! She really likes to help. Well, with some stuff.

She is enjoying her pool at my parents and is getting TAN! We never thought she'd be tan since she's pretty fair skinned.

Anyway, everyday is something new with her and it's so exciting for us to see her soak things up and remember them. She's a keeper!

Last Sunday

So....my parents bought Savannah this little car the other day and she has being having a lot of fun with it at their house. She doesn't know how to scoot around with her feet just yet, so she'll just sit in it or push it around.

This is a mini nightmare for me!

I was fiddling around with my parents camera and came upon a button that allows you to change the photos to black & white, sepia, etc. I was so excited! So this was one of the pics that I snapped. I already printed it out and am going to put it in some of our new frames.