" I'm 2 !"

Thursday was Savannah's 2nd birthday! It was a wonderful day! Today was her birthday party and she got spoiled and had lots of fun! I will have to post all the fun in the next few days.

Yesterday Savannah pulled out my Greatest Hits: Britney Spears cd. I thought, "Why not?" So we put it in and Savannah played and I cleaned to it. Once I finished cleaning I sat down on the couch and as each song would come on, I'd have a different memory. It led me to want to watch some old home videos of my teenage years. So I went down to the basement and grabbed my box of tapes and headed upstairs to watch some. I must say, my hair was so much more awesome back then. Anyway, I watched some of these tapes and was amused by how dorky and silly me (and my friends) were. At the time though, we were so awesome. I thought I'd amuse some of my friends with funny things we said back then. So here goes: (you should know who you are)

"I'm so going to marry Elder Moss"....but you're not even 17 yet...."so, my parents will allow it. At least my Mom will."

"I'm soooo glad that Marshall came to youth conference."

"My boyfriend JC is on tour right now, so I need to get back to him soon."

I, on the other hand, never said weird stuff like that. I never "lost that loving feeling". I never acted totally silly in front of the camera. I never said how much I "loved" someone to the camera. I never made a tape with my best friend that was so hilarious, but so for real, that was meant to go to Nsync. Never. I did however have so much fun in those years that it doesn't matter how silly we look now, it's how much fun it was while we were doing it. I did have some clothes that I really wish I still had. Let alone, still fit in to. I did learn all of Nsync's and Britney's dance moves, and I tell ya, I can still remember some. They are in my blood. And the hair. Man, I want my old hair. Except, I don't want it to make me look 17 again. Then people might really think Carter robbed the cradle.

THIS IS WHAT SAVANNAH DOES EVERYDAY!!!
She loves picking out movies to watch and looking at all of them. She knows which is which; it's so crazy to me. She is currently in LOVE with Jungle Book and really likes 101 Dalmatians. She loves singing the "Bear Necessities", but it sounds absolutely nothing like the song. It's kind of like, "La La La N..Cds." It's so funny. For days I was wondering what the heck she was saying and then it hit me. She also has 2 Dalmatian (or as she calls them, Almatians), and she knows that they're Pongo and Purdee. It's so cute. She mixes those two movies up with Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Alaadin and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Carter will always sit and watch a movie with her. Jungle Book isn't my favorite and Carter kind of agreed, but the other day he was saying how now he thinks it's a really good story and that the animation is amazing. Funny how your mind changes when you watch something all the time! We're definitely glad that she's starting to watch the Disney movies and it's so cute how much she enjoys them. It's just so hard to pull her away from them.

A Day At Lagoon

On Saturday we were invited to go to Lagoon with all of Carter's family. Buzzy, Lesli's husband, had received a very generous gift from his work and they decided to share it with all of us!! There were free tickets, free parking passes, and food vouchers. I kid you not, we spent nothing! I had to work until 3 so we got up there around 4 and stayed until 10. It was so fun! I hadn't been since I was a little kid and Carter hadn't been in awhile either. It was Savannah's first theme park and when we got there, she was ready to GO! We met up with everyone and picked her first ride.

This little boat ride took them around in a circle and they could pretend to drive it and ring the bell. After this we went on this really cute little kids coaster, but it went so fast that Carter couldn't get a picture of us. Then Barbara, Larissa, Buzzy and Lesli watched Savannah for a little bit and took her on the train so that we could go on a ride.

Then we all decided we needed to eat so we got some yummy pizza and a drink. Kacey and Parker showed up with ice cream and Savannah had to have some!

The carousel was right next to where we were eating, so Savannah spotted it and afterward Carter took her on it.

I don't know if you can see what Carter's doing in this picture, but it's classic Carter for ya.

After the carousel, the group split up for a little while. Carter went on some roller coasters with Parker, Kacey, Buzzy, and Steve, while Shelby, Larissa, Lesli and I took Savannah on some kids rides.

This was on this boat swinging type ride. I don't know why my hand looks like it's about to claw someone.

This cute little whale ride was so funny. It actually went pretty fast for a kids ride. Savannah was so good on all the rides and just sat there nice and calm. I was so worried about her falling out of a ride or something. At the end of a couple rides all us girls would be clapping for her and she'd throw her arms up in the air.

Savannah was too small to go on this ride but Shelby and Lesli gave it a try.

I was really nervous for her to go on this ride because it went high and even kind of curved while they were swinging, but she was fine. At one point she was going along and she was hanging on for dear life.

After a couple rides she was getting so tired. She was walking all over the place so while normally she's not a fan of the stroller, she was all too ready to lie down in it and take a rest. We thought she was about to fall asleep but soon after we met up with everyone else again and she perked right back up.

We all took a bit of a breather and figured out what to do next. Shelby, Steve and Larissa took off cause they'd been there since it opened. The rest of us stayed and tried out a couple other rides and took some pictures.

Parker, Kacey, Carter, Lesli (4 of 8)
Savannah and Uncle Buzzy.

Kacey and I. (I'm REALLY not posing, Carter just took it so fast because HE was done with pictures.)

Who do they get this from?

After a few more rides we were getting hungry again so we stopped for churros and funnel cakes. We hung out for a bit and it was getting close to closing time so Carter and Savannah caught the carousel one more time and then we packed up and headed out.

It was such a fun day! Almost everyone was able to make it and it was great to all be together. Lesli and Buzzy, thank you guys soooo much for your generosity! We all had a blast! Now everyone send each other your pictures! I need that group one!

Sweet Things

This morning I was awaken to the sound of my almost 2 year old singing.....at 6:10 A.M.! Now, normally when she does this it's really cute and it kind of wakes Carter and I up in the morning, but it's also normally at least 7 A.M. We were both wasted from staying up until midnight watching DWTS and Heroes. So 6 A.M. was just too early for us. After a few minutes of singing I went in and told Savannah that it was too early and she needed to go back to sleep. She was just lying there anyway...just singing away. So she stopped for maybe 2 minutes and started in again. This time she added in some talking and counting as well. So I went back in and told her to go back to sleep. And once again it only lasted 2 minutes. I figured at this point she wasn't going back to sleep, but I also wasn't getting up. I turned down the monitor and let her sing away. I could still somewhat hear her but I think I was finally able to doze off for a little bit. Carter eventually got up and I heard him and then could hear that Savannah was crying in her room. I think she had just started crying probably because she heard Carter get up. We both reluctantly got up with her and proceeded to let her watch 101 Dalmatians and Jungle Book. Back to back. At least she was pretty tired by 11 A.M. so she went down for a long nap and I was able to snooze for awhile too.

In case you're wondering what she likes to sing, her collection includes: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Happy Birthday, The Clean Up Song and variations of others that we're not so sure of. She'll also count 1,2,3,4,5,6...9,10!

I can't believe she's going to be 2 in 2 weeks!

No More Monkeys...

...jumping on the bed.

Or trying to get out of there bed.

Monkeys can definitely do this. It makes there Mommies laugh. Especially when they have mittens on in September.

It all leads to Mommy tickling the little Monkey.